Forced ranking is a controversial workforce management tool that uses intense yearly evaluations to identify a company's best and worst performing employees, using person-to-person comparisons. In theory, each ranking will improve the quality of the workforce. Top managers rank workers into three categories: The top 20% are the "A" players, the
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Is "Forced Ranking" a good management tool for your workforce?
Posted by ArmadaIG under ManagementFrom http://www.bnet.com 5967 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 21, 2008 12:39 am
401(k) options for small businesses
Posted by ksmith under Employee BenefitsFrom http://money.cnn.com 5972 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 20, 2008 9:31 pm
An owner looks for a starting point on finding a retirement plan for her workers. "I would like a 401(k) for my small business but there are so many, and I don't know who to trust."
But is a 401(k) really what you need?
"So often people make the term 401(k) synonymous with 'retirement plan,'" says Gene Fairbrother, lead small busin
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New research shows people think better while moving
Posted by ArmadaIG under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.boston.com 5969 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 17, 2008 1:00 am
The brain is often envisioned as something like a computer, and the body as its all-purpose tool. But a growing body of new research suggests that something more collaborative is going on - that we think not just with our brains, but with our bodies. A series of studies, the latest published in November, has shown that children can solve math prob
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Pay-for-performance digs in with employers
Posted by ureach under ManagementFrom http://www.baltimoresun.com 5970 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 16, 2008 10:05 pm
More employers now supplement salaries with one-time bonuses and rewards, with more than 90 percent of employers offering such "variable pay" in 2007, up from 80 percent in 2006, according to an annual survey of about 1,000 large U.S. employers by Hewitt Associates. Spending on such programs hit almost 12 percent of employers' payroll budgets
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How to Conduct a Job Interview
Posted by dobbie under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.bnet.com 5973 days ago
Made Hot by: Shelly on January 16, 2008 1:19 am
Got a key position to fill? Hiring good employees is the foundation of any successful business. But selecting the right ones is hard work, and the interview process is often the most important step in the process. Here's how to figure out if the candidate sitting across from you is likely to become your next Employee of the Month.
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The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask
Posted by dobbie under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.bnet.com 5973 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 14, 2008 1:33 am
There are no magic bullets when it comes to job interview questions, but the way you structure your queries is important: It's the interviewer's job to create a framework for the discussion and prevent it from running off the rails. Every company's needs are different, but a good basic strategy is to ground the interview in questions about past
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Big trends in small business, part 2
Posted by suzyQ under StrategyFrom http://www.usatoday.com 5975 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 11, 2008 1:15 am
Last week, Steve Strauss began his annual look at the top ten trends shaping small business. He wraps it up this week with a look at the Top 5. Be sure to check out trend number 1.
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A Price War in Health Insurance
Posted by JohnH under Employee BenefitsFrom http://www.businessweek.com 5978 days ago
Made Hot by: ureach on January 9, 2008 3:00 pm
Health insurance has always been pricey for small and midsize businesses. But after years of extracting hefty increases from smaller corporate customers, some insurers are showing more flexibility. Why? With the overall market for health insurance flat, carriers are battling to steal market share from one another. "There's a price war going on n
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15 Can't-Miss Ways to Declutter Your Mind
Posted by JohnH under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://zenhabits.net 5980 days ago
Made Hot by: administrator on January 7, 2008 6:20 pm
The world of stresses and worries and errands and projects and noise that we must all endure inflicts upon us a mind full of clutter and chaos. A mind that sometimes cannot find the calm that we so desperately seek. So how do we begin decluttering? It's actually not difficult, if you give it a little thought: simplifying shouldn't be made complica
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Entrepreneurial 'Therapy': Deals, Divorce, Downsizing
Posted by Becky under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://online.wsj.com 5999 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 28, 2007 12:13 am
Once a month, eight New York area entrepreneurs cancel all appointments, power down BlackBerrys and cellphones and gather in a cone of silence. For three hours, they unload the triumphs, and more often, stresses, not shared with spouses, friends or boards: a marriage on the rocks, the pain of firing a long-term employee, depression that's usurped
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