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The Cost of Low Performers

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!   Low performers can "bluff" their way onto your "bus"   Human Resources usually does not want to hear this.    Benchmark the position.  License. . Who are your low performers?

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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test. Are they using email blasts, social networking, relationships with key bloggers? How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? The same idea works for e-marketing.

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Managing People Effectively - Are You Mismanaging Talent?

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « Three Critical Success Factors of Rainmaker Sales People | Main | Carnival of Human Resources at HR Observations! License. .

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Companies Want to Disclose Employee Health Data to Shareholders, and It’s a Bad Idea

Harvard Business Review

First, as I pointed out in this blog , benchmarking against sector indexes over a more recent five-year period yields the opposite result: companies with award-winning programs underperformed the average. Several Harvard-affiliated economists argued in a 2010 Health Affairs article that wellness programs produce a 3.27-to-1