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Possibility Maximizer: TED Talks

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License. .    However you will also discover numerous rising stars from various disciplines eager to share their thoughts, theories, and discoveries with the world. . 

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The Danger of Wellness Programs: Don't Become the Next Penn State

Harvard Business Review

Penn State University''s wellness program has become every human resources director''s worst nightmare: national news. Instead of creating what one of Penn State''s health care suppliers called a "culture of wellness," Penn State has created a culture of resentment. Health Human resources'

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Should Your Boss Encourage You to Take Drugs?

Harvard Business Review

By contrast, encouraging an under-performing subordinate to lose 25 pounds, get a hair transplant or contact-lenses would likely inspire a formal complaint to Human Resources and/or a possible lawsuit. As people grow older, distinctions between "health care" and "performance enhancement" blur into semantic mush.

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Getting Naps Ahead of the Competition

Harvard Business Review

At the Harvard Medical School Division of Sleep Medicine''s Corporate Leadership Summit last month, Attacking the Sleep Conspiracy, companies like Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and Eli Lilly came together to discuss how businesses can partner with sleep experts and organizations to meet the health challenges associated with sleep problems.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobson

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. The unstable economy, coupled with rising health care costs, make employer offered benefits more important than ever.

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Rescuing Capitalism from Itself

Harvard Business Review

How many of its associations have you interacted with in the past week alone: shopping at a local co-op, driving the kids to a “private” school, playing on a local sports team or joining a group to bring in a refugee family? We “human resources” have the capacity to act as resourceful human beings.

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