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Playing Politics on Social Issues
Companies during election season increasingly took public stances on same-sex marriage. How does this impact business?
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A Promise to Reshape a Community
For Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Mich., President Obama’s commencement address on campus in June 2010 was a measure of progress.
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The Week That Was
Holiday music always goes best with some sophisticated reading. With that in mind, here are the top five stories from Talentmgt.com for the week of Dec. 3. 1. Tips to Correct Poor Performance: When a rock star employee takes a turn for the worse, …
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How Businesses Can Avoid Their Own Fiscal Cliff
Infighting, favors, sacred cows, self-preservation, grudges, power struggles, finger-pointing, grievances, cronyism — and that’s just the tip of the glacial behemoth we call the federal government. The American people have heard so much about bureauc…
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Question Talent Assumptions
Should your talent management systems attract, retain and develop the elite few or focus on improving median performers?
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Who Do You Punish?
I ran into an interesting bit of case law regarding racial discrimination in a university kitchen. In Vance v. Ball, Maetta Vance, an African-American woman working for the university dining services at Ball State University, alleged that she experie…
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Kickstart HR
Asking individual line leaders to dig into their operating budgets ups the stakes dramatically — and that’s a good thing.
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Playmates vs. Professionals: Who Are You Hiring?
Just because your hiring manager bonds with a candidate over membership in a college fraternity doesn’t mean he’s the best hire. Diverse candidates offer different and beneficial perspectives.













