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      <title>The Learning Initiative: Creating the Value in On-the-Job Training</title>
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      <description>Most business owners and executives know the value of training their workforce. However,</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Elizabeth  Black</author>
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      <title>Understanding How Learning Impacts Organizational Culture</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Welcome to the New Enforcement Environment</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Devora Lindeman</author>
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      <title>Leadership Potential: Look for the right indicators</title>
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      <description>In my years of observing leaders, I&amp;rsquo;ve seen certain signs that a person has high</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Ram Charan</author>
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      <title>The Movie Scene Every Manager Should See…If You Want Engaged Employees, High Morale and Employer of Choice Status</title>
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      <description>While TV shows such as The Office and cartoon strips such as Dilbert make us laugh at</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>David Lee</author>
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      <title>Tackling the Declining Economy’s Effect on Your Organization’s Bottom Line</title>
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      <description>The economy this. The economy that. Economy, economy, economy. OK so we&amp;rsquo;ve heard a</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Creating and Sustaining a Powerful Workplace Team</title>
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      <description>Probably one of the most difficult achievements for managers is to assemble and maintain</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Renée Cormier</author>
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      <title>Keeping Leadership Talent Engaged Starting With Hiring and Onboarding</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=120&amp;columnid=1</link>
      <description>Low employee engagement and the millions of dollars that this is costing U.S. companies</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Sue Schaefer and Sue Wyman</author>
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      <title>Seamless Succession: You Are the Leadership Baton Carrier in This Tough Race</title>
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      <description>As a CEO, you carry the baton of leadership in a special relay race. If you do a great</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Marshall Goldsmith and Pat Wheeler</author>
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      <title>Running Training Like a Business: Delivering Unmistakable Value</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=122</link>
      <description>Training is central to business success, and organizations world-wide have ramped up</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Edward Trolley</author>
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      <title>What Everyone Knows is Frequently Wrong</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=897&amp;columnid=7</link>
      <description>Drucker is rarely quoted on this, but it was one of his most common cautions to us in</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>William Cohen, Ph.D.</author>
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      <title>Leading Multiple Generations in the Workplace</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=883</link>
      <description>&amp;quot;I don't get it. I hire these fresh-out-of-college accounting grads, and they don't</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Joel DiGirolamo</author>
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      <title>Linking Talent Management Initiatives to the Bottom Line</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=857</link>
      <description>Businesses large and small have incorporated talent management to some degree. But</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Bouvier Williams</author>
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      <title>Effective Management Toolkit: Managing Your Time to Reduce Stress and Leverage Productivity</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=139</link>
      <description>Is it possible to manage something invisible such as time? I think not. However,</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Ideation vs. Innovation</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=633&amp;columnid=3</link>
      <description>Both Peter F. Drucker and Harvard's Ted Levitt noted that creativity is only one part of</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <title>Designing and Implementing Impactful Performance Management Programs</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=181</link>
      <description>In today&amp;rsquo;s competitive world, most organizations are trying to do more with less,</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Edie Goldberg</author>
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      <title>Capturing Cost of Human Resources Programs: Easier Said Than Done</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=839&amp;columnid=2</link>
      <description>Many of the ROI articles in this column have focused on the benefits of a particular</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jack and Patti  Phillips</author>
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      <title>It's Not About The Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=127</link>
      <description>Have you thought about what&amp;rsquo;s at the root of your organization? what makes your</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Do You “Use” User Groups or Do They “Use” You?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=869&amp;columnid=22</link>
      <description>&amp;ldquo;Recruiters are all the same. They ask to sponsor our group only to troll around</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Scott Gordon</author>
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      <title>Who Are We Talking About?: The Necessity to Identify the Subjects in Performance Review and Employee Evaluation Documentation</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=826&amp;columnid=21</link>
      <description>I cringed at the performance review documents my client, an employer, had claimed would</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Devora Lindeman</author>
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      <title>Managing Strategic Risk and Emotional Risk Within an Organization</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=841&amp;columnid=8</link>
      <description>Contrary to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens&amp;rsquo; Shakespeare conspiracy</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Doug Wilwerding</author>
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      <title>Linking Pay to Performance: Increasing Employee Engagement and Organizational Performance</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=117</link>
      <description>People who feel recognized demonstrate a stronger desire to help the company grow and</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Executive Coaching: A Leadership Development Tool for Top Performers</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=99</link>
      <description>&amp;ldquo;Coaching&amp;rdquo; used to be a popular approach for derailing executives or</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Gayle Lantz</author>
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      <title>The Evolution of Technology in the Workplace</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=838</link>
      <description>In the mid to late '90s, I had an opportunity to witness firsthand a monumental shift in</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Phil Kotacka</author>
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      <title>Social Media in Human Resources: An Interview with Johnny Taylor Jr.</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=831</link>
      <description>Social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, just to name a few, have</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Johnny Taylor Jr.</author>
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      <title>Can I Have Your Attention? or, The Little Engine That Could…</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=368</link>
      <description>Every once in a while we have an &amp;ldquo;affliction of the moment,&amp;rdquo; a new</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>David S. Cohen, Ed.D.</author>
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      <title>Why Leadership is a “Marketing Job”</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=827&amp;columnid=7</link>
      <description>One of Drucker&amp;rsquo;s far reaching and integrative ideas is actually little known. This</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>William Cohen, Ph.D.</author>
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      <title>How Social Networks Improve Employee Productivity and Organizational Performance</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/video.cfm?externalID=139</link>
      <description>As organizations are trying to emerge from the current economic crisis, all human</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Implementing a Global Onboarding Program for Offshore Partners</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/video.cfm?externalID=138</link>
      <description>Offshoring any company in a global setting requires an extreme amount of training.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What the Leader Needs To Know: The New Rules of Talent Management</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=816</link>
      <description>According to a recent survey by McKinsey &amp;amp; Co.1 only 12 percent of the CEOs of large</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Leo Flanagan, Jr.</author>
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      <title>Improving Business Performance Through Effective HR Decision Making</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=118</link>
      <description>In society we measure just about everything. The key is to make effective decisions</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>The Talent Drought is For Real</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=516</link>
      <description>The timelines to identify, source, interview and extend an offer to talent is longer now</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Ginni Garner</author>
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      <title>Management Skills: Missing in Action</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=749</link>
      <description>Even before the most difficult economic climate since the Great Depression,</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Elizabeth  Black</author>
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      <title>Six Great Ways to Energize and Engage Your Employees</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=802</link>
      <description>Are you having difficulty pulling your team out of a slump? Gray days, slow business and</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Renée Cormier</author>
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      <title>Facebook: An Employer's Secret Recruiting Weapon</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=111</link>
      <description>Social media as a whole has soared over the past few years. Originally social media</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Avoid the Layoff: Six Tips to Become Irreplaceable</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=797</link>
      <description>How to Achieve Job Retention and Make Yourself an Irreplaceable Employee Although the</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Dr. Lawrence Shatkin</author>
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      <title>How to Guarantee Non-Results: Drucker Management Lessons For the Obama Administration</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=805&amp;columnid=3</link>
      <description>Economists...anti-tax tea protesters nationwide...CEOs from major organizations...and</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <title>Mitigating the Impact of Swine Flu on Your Business' Performance</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/video.cfm?externalID=128</link>
      <description>Having a contingency plan&amp;mdash;an organized way of deciding what to do if key business</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Inadvertent Legal Consequences Text Messages Can Cause for Human Resources</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=796</link>
      <description>&amp;ldquo;TTYL,&amp;rdquo; as every 14 year old will tell you, means &amp;ldquo;talk to you</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Devora Lindeman</author>
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      <title>Social Networking for Your Online Orientation Program</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/video.cfm?externalID=124</link>
      <description>What is Social Networking? Social networking brings people together with like interests</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Delayed Retirement Is Good for Today’s Employers</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=757</link>
      <description>Even before our country began slipping into a recession, all signs were pointing to an</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>John Heins</author>
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      <title>Performance Management: Creating the Performance-Ready Organization</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=792</link>
      <description>Performance conjures up images of orchestras, ballerinas and actors on stage. As</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Mimi Bacilek</author>
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      <title>How Human Resources Can Improve Employee Communication During Tough Economic Times</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=770</link>
      <description>Research has shown that when downsizing takes place, employees remaining in your</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Joel DiGirolamo</author>
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      <title>Implementing a Low Cost Solution to Maximize Training and Learning Development</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=100</link>
      <description>During this economic crisis, training is usually the first to have cut backs and budget</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>How Human Resources Departments and Organizations at Large Can Convert Measurement Data into Money</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=759&amp;columnid=2</link>
      <description>In today&amp;rsquo;s economy, a very frequent request (or sometimes ultimatum) is</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jack and Patti  Phillips</author>
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      <title>The Five Causes of Low Employee Morale&amp;mdash;And How To Avoid Them</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=754</link>
      <description>Emerson states, &amp;ldquo;Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.&amp;rdquo; A</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Drew Stevens</author>
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      <title>Six Pay Raise Alternatives</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=748&amp;columnid=22</link>
      <description>As employers, especially today, we are lucky to be able to maintain our current staff</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Scott Gordon</author>
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      <title>Corporate University Leadership Drives Organizational Goals</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=92</link>
      <description>Aligning corporate university initiatives with organizational goals helps increase the</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>What to Do About Office Politics</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=769&amp;columnid=7</link>
      <description>Office politics is the name we give to the negative and harmful maneuvering for</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>William Cohen, Ph.D.</author>
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      <title>Human Resources Action Plan for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=768</link>
      <description>There has been much debate about the impact of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (FPA) on</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Alison Davis</author>
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      <title>Strengthen Your Enterprise Learning Through Strategic Academic Partnerships</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=721</link>
      <description>As corporations are responding to increasing competition and a turbulent global economy,</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Mary Ellen Caro and  Sylvia G. Hamilton</author>
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      <title>Effective Management Toolkit: Creating a Cover Letter and Resume that Sell</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/podcenter.cfm?externalID=95</link>
      <description>When looking for a job, one way to add a personal touch is by including a cover letter</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Drucker's Emphasis on Productivity Improvement</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=741</link>
      <description>Editor's note: This article will discuss four strategies, formulated by Peter Drucker,</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <title>CEO's Guide to Human Capital Value</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=735</link>
      <description>Accounting says human capital is an expense, but human capital is also an investment</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Dr. Jac Fitz-enz</author>
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      <title>Observations on Wage and Hour “Protections”</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=712&amp;columnid=21</link>
      <description>Welcome to HR Esq. As an experienced labor and employment lawyer representing businesses</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Devora Lindeman</author>
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      <title>Business Management and the Modern Day Corporation</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=723</link>
      <description>Before meeting Peter Drucker, I had always wondered how business management and the</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jeffrey Krames</author>
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      <title>Layoff Advice for Business Managers:  People Are Not Deadwood</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=730</link>
      <description>There&amp;rsquo;s some bad management advice gaining traction in this economic recession. It</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Elizabeth  Black</author>
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      <title>Tamara Erickson and Onboarding Across the Generations</title>
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      <description>What would you include in an onboarding program for Baby Boomers? What about an</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Risk of Being &amp;ldquo;Fair&amp;rdquo; During an Economic Recession</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=724</link>
      <description>Discussions of Fairness During an Economic Recession Through my brief 46 years of life,</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Doug Wilwerding</author>
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      <title>The Bright Side of the Recession: Sue Morem Brings a Positive Outlook to Our Economic Crisis</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=718</link>
      <description>The economic crisis has affected businesses and individuals on a grand scale. Every day</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Sue Morem</author>
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      <title>Securing the Best Job Candidate: Are Employers Closing the Deal?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=722</link>
      <description>Have you spent months as an employer sourcing, interviewing job candidates and finding</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Ginni Garner</author>
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      <title>Don't Be Afraid of Getting Laid Off</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=704&amp;columnid=7</link>
      <description>Drucker believed that outstanding job performance was inconsistent with fear of failure</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>William Cohen, Ph.D.</author>
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      <title>Human Resources IQ Miniseries: The Upside of a Downturn: How Smart “Investors” Find Bargains During a Business Slowdown</title>
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      <description>Part 1 of 3&#xD;
The Engagement Cycle&#xD;
A slowing economy has tangible burdens as employers</description>
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      <title>Making Change Happen: The Inevitable Battle Between Required Change and Maintenance of the Status Quo</title>
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      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <description>As a seasoned recruiter and career coach, I have worked with a number of companies and</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Dean Tracy</author>
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      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=313&amp;columnid=8</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Doug Wilwerding</author>
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      <title>Employer Branding at Harvard Business School: An Interview with Jana Kierstead</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=340</link>
      <description>MBA talent remains in demand even with consideration for the mercurial markets and the</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jana Kierstead</author>
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      <title>Joining—The First Step in Internal Consulting</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=343&amp;columnid=6</link>
      <description>How do you change a tire on a moving vehicle? If that moving vehicle is a complex human</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Hugh  MacDonald</author>
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      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=335</link>
      <description>While the economy is in a recession and companies are making budget cuts to training and</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Katherine Mehr</author>
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      <title>Ensuring Success Through Executive Onboarding</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=303</link>
      <description>Onboarding has become one of the fastest growing buzz words in the corporate world, and</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Bob Drovdlic</author>
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      <title>Author Holly Weeks Talks Communication</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=327</link>
      <description>Holly Weeks, author of Failure to Communicate: How Conversations Go Wrong and What You</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Holly Weeks</author>
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      <title>The Culture of Learning</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=332&amp;columnid=5</link>
      <description>Training doesn&amp;rsquo;t work! That is the axiom that many people have lived by for years.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Michael Rosenberg</author>
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      <title>Win-Win Negotiation—Not Always the Right Answer</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=333&amp;columnid=6</link>
      <description>What is a negotiation? Is it a contest, or is it a search for common ground? Is it about</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Hugh  MacDonald</author>
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      <title>Drucker: Every Leader Must Declare His Expectations</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=330&amp;columnid=7</link>
      <description>Dr. Bill Cohen was Peter Drucker&amp;rsquo;s first executive Ph.D. graduate at what is now</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>William Cohen, Ph.D.</author>
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      <title>Don’t Solve the Wrong Problems Precisely!</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=131</link>
      <description>All of the serious errors in management can be traced to one fundamental</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Ian Mitroff</author>
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      <title>Team Building: Leadership Strategies To Address Today's Most Common Team Building Problems</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=84</link>
      <description>Despite best team-building efforts, many organizations are still operating on low power</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Gayle Lantz</author>
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      <title>The Real OC: Five Ways to Make Organizational Culture Work for You!</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=280</link>
      <description>With scarce resources devoted to finding, hiring and training employees who will</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Bruce Mendelsohn</author>
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      <title>Calibration: The Hottest New Trend in Performance Management</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=42</link>
      <description>For years we have all been trying to find the best solution to getting a performance</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Edie Goldberg</author>
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      <title>Do You Have A Frontline Employee Turnover Problem?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=329</link>
      <description>I know you think you have an hourly employee turnover problem, and hiring research</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Mel Kleiman</author>
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      <title>All Aboard: Embarking Employees On the Flight of Their Life</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=150</link>
      <description>With affordable fares and stellar customer service, Southwest Airlines has made a name</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Cheryl Hughey</author>
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      <title>Onboarding: What Is It? Is It Worth It? and How Do You Get It Right?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=168</link>
      <description>In an effort to increase employee new hire retention, competing organizations in the war</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>David Lee</author>
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      <title>Employer Branding to Empower Recruiting and Retention</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=97&amp;columnid=1</link>
      <description>Every company has an employer brand. This is essentially the reputation that is</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Sue Schaefer and Sue Wyman</author>
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      <title>A Seat at the Poker Table with Susan Hailey: Innovation in Recruitment</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=222</link>
      <description>When Harrah&amp;rsquo;s VP of Talent Acquisition Susan Hailey decided she needed a new</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Susan Hailey</author>
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      <title>What Makes the CEO Say "YES"?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=278</link>
      <description>As a chairman and CEO of an $85M company with over 700 employees I was presented with my</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Doug Wilwerding</author>
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      <title>Human Resources and the Science of Persuasion</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=318&amp;columnid=6</link>
      <description>The art of persuasion is very important in the workplace. A great book, one that belongs</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Hugh  MacDonald</author>
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      <title>Selecting the Best Candidate Lead—A Human Resources Perspective</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=317&amp;columnid=5</link>
      <description>There are two candidates for a very senior position within the organization. Both are</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Michael Rosenberg</author>
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      <title>The Basics of ROI</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=323&amp;columnid=2</link>
      <description>In previous columns, we have discussed the term &amp;quot;return on investment&amp;quot; (ROI)</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jack and Patti  Phillips</author>
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      <title>Call to Action—Alternative Work Arrangements</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=270&amp;columnid=1</link>
      <description>We&amp;rsquo;ve heard the statistics about 78 million boomers all being 55 and older 11</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Sue Schaefer and Sue Wyman</author>
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      <title>Talking Training with Faith LeGendre of 1-800-flowers.com</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=137</link>
      <description>Training is a critical function within any organization&amp;mdash;but picture trying to</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Faith Legendre</author>
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      <title>Use Research to Make Strategic Decisions with Confidence</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=316</link>
      <description>As business leaders we are faced with many important decisions everyday. These decisions</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Laurie Hredzak</author>
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      <title>Centralize or Decentralize Recruiting? The Answer is Neither…and Both</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=320</link>
      <description>Anyone who has watched recruiting functions closely over the last 20 years will have</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Harry Griendling</author>
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      <title>Investing in Leadership Takes More Than A Strong Incentive Package</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=153</link>
      <description>We are reminded daily that each of us should be investing in our future. To that end, I</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Judith Henry</author>
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      <title>Management Training and Legal Implications</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=173</link>
      <description>Your company implemented an employee handbook to tighten legal protections. While a good</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Devora Lindeman</author>
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      <title>Creeping Credentialism and Credential Inflation</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=314</link>
      <description>We'll hear more and more these next few years about &amp;ldquo;creeping</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <title>Replacement Ltd.—It’s Not Just About Dishes</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=315&amp;columnid=5</link>
      <description>A funny thing happened after I interviewed Bob Page, the founder and CEO Replacements</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Michael Rosenberg</author>
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      <title>Enhancing the Talent Review Process: An Interview with Beth Valenta of Cox Communications</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=134</link>
      <description>The talent review process is an integral part in identifying the productive members of a</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Beth Valenta</author>
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      <title>Money as a De-motivator: Alternative Considerations for Employee Rewards and Incentives</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=191</link>
      <description>Many of us have heard the phrase &amp;ldquo;money makes the world go round,&amp;rdquo; or</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Chris Mattie</author>
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      <title>Global Succession Management at Amway: Moving Away From Being Another Replacement Planning HR Bureaucracy</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=308</link>
      <description>The management of leadership succession in many organizations is often at best treated</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Kee Meng Yeo</author>
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      <title>Talent Management Outsourcing: A Win or Loss?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=146</link>
      <description>As a new grandfather and an executive consultant, the recall several months ago of toys</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>David S. Cohen, Ed.D.</author>
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      <title>Human Resources IQ Miniseries: The Upside of a Downturn: How Smart “Investors” Find Bargains During a Business Slowdown</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=310</link>
      <description>Part 3 of 3&#xD;
View Part 1: The Engagement Cycle &#xD;
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View Part 2: Poor Hiring is Like Poor</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jesse Harriott, Ph.D and Doug Hardy</author>
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      <title>Social Power and the Human Resources Professional</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=300&amp;columnid=6</link>
      <description>Getting a seat at the table requires influence. Getting influence requires power.&#xD;
To</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Hugh  MacDonald</author>
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      <title>Under the Microscope: Matthew Stierwalt, Director of Training, Shape Corp.</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=117</link>
      <description>Training and development is critical when onboarding new hires and leveraging the</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Matthew Stierwalt</author>
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      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=294</link>
      <description>Part 2 of 3&#xD;
View Part 1: The Engagement Cycle  &#xD;
Poor Hiring is Like Poor</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jesse Harriott, Ph.D and Doug Hardy</author>
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      <title>Onboarding the Next Generation: This is Not Your Father’s First Day On the Job</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=286</link>
      <description>An executive vice president of a Fortune 500 company who champions a highly successful</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Lynn Shleeter</author>
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      <title>Beware the “Silver-Tongued Salesperson”: Hiring Using Psychometric Instruments</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=305</link>
      <description>Recent years have witnessed a plethora of instruments from vendors heralding their</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Ernie Stark and Jennifer Murnane</author>
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      <title>Big Training Challenge: Finding High Pay-Off Training Projects</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=309</link>
      <description>Without doubt, a handful of internal training organizations have rendered the</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <title>Will the MBA Degree Become Less Valuable in the Near-Future?</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=163&amp;columnid=3</link>
      <description>Every major business publication, in the recent past, has featured articles on the</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM</author>
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      <title>Macro vs. Micro Metrics</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=295&amp;columnid=2</link>
      <description>When it comes to developing and analyzing metrics it is helpful to view them from two</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jack and Patti  Phillips</author>
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      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=249</link>
      <description>It&amp;rsquo;s no secret that it&amp;rsquo;s been a tough season for the automotive industry. At</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>David Barrett</author>
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      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=293</link>
      <description>A recent KPMG study (&amp;ldquo;The Morning After&amp;rdquo; 2006) confirms our worst fears.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Mimi Bacilek</author>
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      <title>Creating a Paper Trail Supports Discipline and Discharge Decisions</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=256</link>
      <description>Firing an employee who does not expect it is often the impetus for that employee filing</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Devora Lindeman</author>
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      <title>Leadership and Management: A Balancing Act</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=156</link>
      <description>Organizations continue to voice concern about the shortage of skilled workers and the</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Judith Henry</author>
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      <title>Ways Leadership Affects Culture and Culture Affects Leadership</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=260&amp;columnid=5</link>
      <description>There has been so much written on leadership. Leaders should be story tellers,</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Michael Rosenberg</author>
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      <title>Human Resources Lessons from the Campfire</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=299&amp;columnid=6</link>
      <description>While we&amp;rsquo;re here in the office, thousands of young people are having the time of</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Hugh  MacDonald</author>
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      <title>Embracing the Latest HR Technology Trends</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=284</link>
      <description>Advancements in communication and software technology are creating significant</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jim Torrence</author>
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      <title>Under The Microscope: Will Kenny on Corporate Universities and Just-in-Time Learning</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=232</link>
      <description>Corporate Univerisities play an important role in the continuous learning of many</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Will Kenny</author>
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      <title>Reduce Your Leadership Footprint</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=283</link>
      <description>How Principles of &amp;ldquo;Green&amp;rdquo; Living Can Help You Have Leadership Impact</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Elizabeth Carey</author>
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      <description>If we&amp;rsquo;re lucky, the last bully we saw was in the schoolyard. I haven&amp;rsquo;t been</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Hugh  MacDonald</author>
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      <title>360 Degree Assessments—A Great Springboard for Leadership Development</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=180</link>
      <description>In today&amp;rsquo;s business environment, we understand that our level of effectiveness as</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Donna  Rawady</author>
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      <title>Consultants are People Too: Making the Most of Your Consulting Relationships and Managing Effective Consulting Engagements</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=253</link>
      <description>Over the last 20 years I&amp;rsquo;ve had the privilege of being involved in many different</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Angie Keller</author>
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      <title>Back-to-Basics Branding: “Burning” Your Image in Your Customer’s Mind</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=264</link>
      <description>Marking things, people or animals by burning identifying marks onto them is not new. So</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Bruce Mendelsohn</author>
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      <title>The Night Peter Drucker Declared He Was Not My Father</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/columnarticle.cfm?externalID=279&amp;columnid=3</link>
      <description>Because Drucker&amp;rsquo;s students at Claremont Graduate School (now the Peter F. Drucker</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>William Cohen, Ph.D.</author>
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      <title>The Flip Side of Authentic Employer Branding</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=272</link>
      <description>As employer branding has become mainstream an important element gets overlooked in the</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jason Lauritsen</author>
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      <title>Setting Performance Goals</title>
      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=263</link>
      <description>One of the most widely-researched topics in the field of personal achievement is goal</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>John Madigan</author>
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      <link>http://www.humanresourcesiq.com/article.cfm?externalID=261</link>
      <description>There is nothing strategic about the number $5,250. So, why then do companies offer this</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>Jennifer Murnane</author>
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