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HIGHEST PAID HR EXECS
HR’s Top Earners: Fiscally Fit for HR
By Jessica Marquez
Chesapeake Energy people chief Martha Burger, the top-ranked woman on Workforce Management’s annual list of the 30 highest-paid human resources executives, says her background in finance has helped raise HR’s standing in the company.
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HEALTH CARE
Revolution Health in Deal With Waterfront Media; Steve Case Stays on Board
October 7, 2008 8:40 AM PT
Waterfront Media, owner of Everyday Health, announces that it is acquiring Revolution Health Network, which was launched in 2007 by AOL co-founder Steve Case. Revolution Health Network had been exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible merger, as Workforce Management first reported in July.
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White Paper: Best Practices in Succession Planning
Today it's not just succession to the top—it's getting the right person in place for every job you have! Stay one step ahead and download our Best Practices in Succession Planning white paper now and learn how.
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Ultimately, succession planning is a people-oriented process, from top to bottom.
How productivity, output, labor costs and compensation are changing.
How well organizations survive weaker times has much to do with how they react—from a people perspective—to the ups and downs of the economic environment. Survival depends on maximizing competitive advantage, and the first step is to look at your human assets. Here are eight ways to do that.
Whether it's technology, fancy management techniques, financial incentives or bosses just pushing employees to step up the hours in a workweek, today's mantra for boosting revenues is "worker do more." Some productivity approaches work. Others just get companies in hot water. And the risk of employee burnout still looms large.
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Most important is involving your training leaders to help people transfer learning from the classroom to their jobs. However, learners need to help craft refresher training, as this will increase the likelihood they will embrace and apply the knowledge.
A wide range of tests are available to assess whether selected employees possess the right characteristics. But don’t forget to also assess their family’s ability to adapt to a foreign culture.
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Special Advertising Section: When looking for ways to improve talent management, it can be easy to spread your efforts too thin. It's also easy to focus on several processes at once, only to find that you're not making a meaningful impact on the business. A better approach: Start by stepping back and looking at the challenges that are facing your company.
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The HR leaders at America’s most admired companies represent a wide mix of educational and professional paths. What they have in common is a belief in a responsive HR operation that understands the company’s business objectives and engages the workforce so that everything it does is linked to company goals.
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Outsourcing
Realistic HR Outsourcing: Go Slowly But Safely
Billion-dollar outsourcing contracts always make news. "Company
A" decides to outsource its entire human resources function in a
long-term deal, generating excitement and momentum throughout
the industry. In reality though, such deals are not realistic.
Most Organizations lace the financial resources, not to mention
the risk tolerance, to even consider end-to-end outsourcing.
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