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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010.  Here are my picks for the week of November 15 - 21st, 2010. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. .  Enjoy!

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). For about one year, many of my evenings, weekends and lunch hours were dedicated to self improvement and studying for my professional coaching certification.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

It is like the company who commissions a color brochure but has no budget for writing, photographs, or design. It is too easy to waste time in unprofitable promotional pursuits without taking time for considered strategy. It is like spending on one or two ads and nothing on other more accessible and cheaper opportunities.

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When Organizational Memory Stands in the Way

Harvard Business Review

This organizational memory creates biases that get embedded in planning processes, performance evaluation systems, organizational structures and human resource policies. As a result of this successful transformation, Infosys grew 25-fold over the decade from 2000 to 2010 — from $200 million to $5 billion.

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When Organizational Memory Stands in the Way

Harvard Business Review

This organizational memory creates biases that get embedded in planning processes, performance evaluation systems, organizational structures and human resource policies. As a result of this successful transformation, Infosys grew 25-fold over the decade from 2000 to 2010 — from $200 million to $5 billion.

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Moneyball and the Talent Mismatch Facing Business

Harvard Business Review

When Billy Beane took charge of the Oakland A's he was tasked with building a winning team, but to do that he had to compete in the talent market against teams that could afford to pay players triple what his budget allowed. In the three years since I read Moneyball, the talent crisis has only deepened.

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

Harvard Business Review

Several Harvard-affiliated economists argued in a 2010 Health Affairs article that wellness programs produce a 3.27-to-1 There is also a great deal of controversy about wellness programs and whether they add value for companies, and hence shareholders. to-1 return on investment.