Motivation vs. Management: Leading in the Mobile Era

By Jennifer Gerves-Keen Allison is a senior leader in a large, global organization. She has 18 direct reports in five different countries and over seven...

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HR Ambassadors Wanted: Creating Agents of Change

By Amelia Chan, CHRP Attracting and retaining talent continues to be a challenge for employers due to the competitive job market, flat compensation budgets, shortages...

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Beyond the Carrot and the Stick

By Andrew Woods In the 1800’s, Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher considered the founder of modern utilitarianism, theorized that all human action was driven by...

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Top Line HR: Driving Business Results

By Nancy Painter While it is generally accepted today that HR practitioners contribute to their employers’ bottom line, questions remain—such as how, and by how...

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Christine Maassen, CHRP: 2014 HR Professional of the Year

People have asked me, “What is different about me in HR?” I always say, “I don’t do cupcakes.” I don’t want to organize the...

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Leadership, Motivation and the Brain

By Trevor Maber What does the human brain have to do with leadership and motivation? It may surprise you to know that, until recently, no...

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Motivating Employees: Ideas to Create High-Performing Workplaces

By Merge Gupta-Sunderji, MBA, CSP It doesn’t matter how large your organization or what industry you’re in, if you’re having trouble inspiring your troops, you’re...

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

When Mick Jones of The Clash belted out this line in the 1991 punk classic, the state of employee morale was not his inspiration....

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