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Management Improvement Carnival: 2012 Edition

QAspire

This is the third consecutive year when I am hosting the Annual Management Improvement Carnival organized by John Hunter. This year, I review three blogs that I have loved reading. I reviewed Seth’s blog last year as well apart from doing “one-question interview and review” for his books “ Linchpin ” and “ Poke the Box ”.

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Five Strategies for Hiring Success

Chart Your Course

The National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates the average cost-per-hire in 2011 and 2012 was $5,100. The results were part of the NACE’s 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey. Some managers are good interviewers, some aren’t. Review both the resume AND social and networking media outlets.

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3 Business Reasons for Employee Engagement Program

Chart Your Course

1) Productivity rises: Gallup performed a meta-analysis across 199 studies covering 152 organizations, 44 industries, and 26 countries – which was featured on the Harvard Business Review blog – and found that general productivity was 18% higher at companies where employees were more engaged than not.

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Employee Recognition: Why It’s So Important and How to Do It

Chart Your Course

Human resources firm Bersin found in a 2012 study that 87 percent of companies utilize tenure-based employee recognition programs, despite research showing these methods are outdated. The Harvard Business Review published the results of a study that followed employees of a Chinese call center called Ctrip. Authenticity.

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Showing Appreciation at the Office?

Coaching Tip

More than half of human-resources managers say showing appreciation for workers cuts turnover, and 49% believe it increases profit, according to a study of 815 managers by the Society for Human Resource Management. Even the crustiest managers acknowledge that acknowledgment matters.

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Is It Time For A Peer-Reviewed Bonus System?

LDRLB

The odd-jobs start-up, Coffee & Power, distributed each of its 15 employees 1,200 stock options at the beginning of 2012 and encouraged them to distribute them among co-workers in whatever ways they saw fit. It lets me reward people that management may not always recognize,” employee Becky Neil told the Wall Street Journal.

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What I Wish I Knew as a CEO That I Learned Later in HR

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

first became aware of Les Hayman in July 2012 when I read his excellent guest post for Gurprriet Siingh – “ Transforming HR – How a CEO did it.” I was surprised at the number of reluctant managers I came across. ” Les was uniquely qualified to write this post.

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