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May 2009

Reward Systems – Book Summary

May 30, 2009

Steve Kerr, former chief learning officer for General Electric and Goldman Sachs, has written a short book on Reward Systems: Does Yours Measure Up? The book is in the Harvard Business Press Memo to the CEO series. However, any employee at any level can learn valuable lessons from the enjoyable book.

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A Personal Goodbye to Dr. Paul Lam

May 28, 2009

The Akron community and the University of Akron lost an oustanding Dean and faculty member when Paul Lam passed away this week. I have written before in this blog about my work with Paul on STEM projects at the University of Akron. We were just in the process of completing work on a three year [...]

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Test Preparation Programs and the SAT

May 22, 2009

In a recent article, the Wall Street Journal questions the value of test preparation programs for standardized educational tests.
I am a common sense kind of guy, who likes to nutshell. I believe you can reduce the literature on coaching programs for standardized educational test taking to the following:
Coaching does have an effect on test performance [...]

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Public Sector HR Certification

May 20, 2009

If you are interested in public sector hr certification, IPMA-HR offers professional certification designed specifically for public sector human resources professional.IPMA-HR offers two certification designations:
IPMA-Certified Professional (IPMA-CP) for HR “generalists.”
IPMA-Certified Specialist (IPMA-CS) for HR professionals who specialize in any number of highly technical skill areas – Employee Labor Relations, Employee Selection, Organizational and Employee Development, [...]

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Academic Time to Hire

May 19, 2009

When I start thinking about the issue of time-to-hire, I contrast two very different approaches. The two approaches are the 1) corporate – we need someone yesterday approach and the 2) academic – it takes us a year to fill a position approach.
So, I thought I would reflect on the academic approach. The very people [...]

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Wellness Programs at the Cleveland Metroparks

May 16, 2009

A reminder on an upcoming presentation from the local IPMA-HR group. David Duane, Associate Director of Human Resources at Cleveland Metroparks, will present “Cleveland Metroparks Wellness Initiative.” Cleveland Metroparks recently won the “Wellness at Work” Award from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The meeting will be Tuesday, May 19th at 11:30am at the Cleveland [...]

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Upcoming Training and Experience Seminar

May 12, 2009

As part of the 73nd Annual IPMA-HR Central Region Training Conference, being held in Cleveland in June, IPMA will put on a Training and Experience Seminar. This seminar will be held on Sunday, June 7, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. It explores how measures of training and experience can be used to assess the [...]

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MAPAC Conference in Harrisburg, PA

May 12, 2009

The Spring 2009 Mid-Atlantic Personnel Assessment Consortium (MAPAC) Conference is being held in Harrisburg, PA on May 13, 14 and 15. If you are in the neighborhood, there will be a number of great presentations, including a number dealing with legal issues. Further information is available on the MAPAC webpage.

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Handling the Flu

May 7, 2009

Organizations should have in place guidelines or procedures for handling emergencies and other unusual events. My guess would be many companies have added such procedure to their HR manuals, and then again, many have not. The recent concern over a flu pandemic has generated concern over how to handle HR issues that arise in such [...]

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Book Review: Helping

May 6, 2009

Almost all of us have encountered the confusing situation where we offer someone help, but our offer of help is refused. Edgar Schein has written a new book entitled “Helping: How to offer, give and receive help,” which is available from Berrett/Kohler or online bookstores. The book analyzes the difference between effective and ineffective help [...]

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