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Three Rules of Management

Visit the business section of your local bookstore and you’ll discover many books promising you the latest and greatest insight for becoming a better manager. Each one features a little bit different twist, a unique title or a catchy story. Most contain some good ideas. Some even deliver great ideas. But who has time for all of that reading? Today, let’s boil down the bulk of management literature into 3 very basic rules.
Rule #1 If you …Read More

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How to Set Strategic Goals Part III: Compensation

Salaries are always an issue inside any company. Every manager believes he or she has the best performers who need more money. Every HR manager is trying to keep salaries within the equity constraints of the company’s compensation plan and budget. For CEO’s, salaries can be one of their biggest headaches.
Managers often believe that it is imperative to pay their best employees outside of established parameters to keep top performers happy …Read More

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How to Set Strategic Goals for Staffing, Turnover and Compensation:

Part II Turnover
Terminations or turnovers can have advantages -an opportunity to add new players with innovative ideas is never a bad thing. Yet, turnover is costly. Depending on the level of skills and experience, you can expect the loss of an employee to cost the company somewhere between one and half and three times their annual salary.
Establish goals for controlling turnover in key positions. Knowing your company’s business …Read More

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How to Set Strategic Goals for Staffing, Turnover and Compensation Programs: Part I Staffing

For Human Resources, perhaps more than any other department in the company, the process for picking and choosing strategic goals is more complex than it may appear at first glance.
Simply put, strategic objectives are targets developed specifically to direct organizational activity, moving the business from where it is to where it wants to be within a defined timeframe. Strategic refers to the course set by the organization to be sustainable, …Read More

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Legal Alert: President Extends COBRA Subsidy Under New Department of Defense Appropriations Act

On December 21, 2009, President Obama signed legislation extending the COBRA premium subsidy originally established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”). Under the ARRA, only individuals who were involuntarily terminated and who lost group health insurance coverage before December 31, 2009 were eligible to receive the subsidy. Moreover, the subsidy was only available for nine months of coverage.
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