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Affirmative Action I
Why they're good. Why they're bad.

Affirmative Action II
Preparing yours.

Affirmative Action III: The Forms

Americans With Disabilities Act
It's helping a lot of people but not those it was created for. Here's how it works.

Are You a Good Manager
A quiz to find out

Are You Looking for a Manager or a Leader?
Is There a Difference?

Auditing the HR Department
How do you measure HR performance?

Automating the HR Department
Employees love it and it lowers the costs.

Bad Management
Is It Better Than No Management At All?

Benchmarking
Benchmark your benchmarking!

Changing Face of the Personnel Department. Part 1
Stories From the Front Line.

Changing Face of the Personnel Department. Part 2
This is not your father's personnel department.

Changing Face of the Personnel Department. Part 3
Why we hate HR.

Changing Face of the Personnel Department. Part 4
Can we re-invent HR?

College vs. Blue Collar
Is College always better than career training? Let's make some comparisons.

Company Bibles: Should You Have An Employee policy Handbook?
What is an employee handbook, should I have one, how do I create one, what should (and shouldn't) be in it?

Creating the Human Resource Department: Where Do We Start Doing What?
Small company about to grow? New company startup? How to properly create your new Human Resources (HR) department.

Deducting Money From Pay
When you can, when you should and how.

Drugs In The Workplace. What's Fair, What's Legal, What Works
What does the law say about drugs in the workplace? Can I, or should I test for drugs? What kinds of testing should I use?

Emergencies at Work
How to Handle the Unexpected

Employee Surveys
Your employees have a lot to say. Let them communicate with you.

Employment At Will
Does it still work?

Employment Potpourri
New employment regulations you probably have not seen.

Ethics in Business
Should your company have a code of ethics?

Exit Interviews: Where Did We Go Wrong
Your last chance to talk to the employee you chose to work with.

Fair Pay Rules
Changes In The Overtime Regulation.

Fair Pay Rules II
Final changes updated

Family and Medical Leave Act. Part I. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Do I have to provide this benefit to my employees? What problems am I facing under FMLA? Where can I get all those forms?

Family and Medical Leave Act. Part II. Making It Work
Okay, now I understand the pitfalls, how can I live up to and live with this law?

Gainsharing. When Workers Become Partners.
Showing your employees how doing a good job for you is doing a good job for them.

Generation Gap(s)
When people with different values need to work together.

Golden Rule
Following Good Advice is good advice.

Hazard Communication Standard.  What You Don't Know Can Hurt You.
It's a lot of paperwork, but you must inform your employees of these hazards.

HIPPA: Keeping Health Information Private
Medical information is a secret, and that's the law!

How HR Becomes A Strategic Partner
Ready to Be Part of the Solution or Outsourced?

How Many Generations at your Job?
There is more than one set of values your employees seek. What are they?

Independent Contractor or Employee? Who's In Charge Here?
How can you tell who is an employee and who is not? You need to do this before Uncle Sam makes that decision for you!

Keep Those Personnel Files
How long should you keep your HR files?

Leadership
Is It All About Emotions?

Light Duty and Return to Work
The Myths and the Realities.

Looking for Violence in the Workplace
Are you proactively protecting your workplace?

Meals and Rest Breaks
What's required in your state.

Minimum Wage
One minimum wage for the whole country right? Not anymore! Yours can be much less or much more!

Motivation Part 1
Can you motivate anyone to do anything?

Motivation Part 2
Let's look at the basics.

The Mystery of the New COBRA Regulations
You've GOT to do it.  But, do what?

Myths of the Older Worker
Lots of surprises! After you read this you'll know that you'll soon be hiring older, much older, workers.

Mythbusters About Work
Does what you pay do what you think it does?

Mythbusters About Workers
Some Inside Truths About Your Workers

Mythbusters For Managers
How do you spell success?

Mythbusters For Pay
Will Pay Keep Your Employees or Help Your Bottom Line?

Overtime
It's not just about who gets it.

Paying Hourly Workers A Weekly Salary
A seldom used regulation that can be to everyone's advantage.

Performance Appraisals: Part I. The Annual Classic
What is an employee performance appraisal? How do I do them, what am I appraising? Where can I get the forms?

Performance Appraisals: Part II. The New Wave
What are these new and custom designed performance appraisal systems?

People Dynamics: Managing The Differences In People May Be the Ultimate Skill
What is your management style? What are its strengths and weaknesses? What is the management style of your boss, your staff, your spouse? This stuff is not only valuable, it's fun!

People Dynamics II
Additional Information and clues for the advanced people manager.

Performance Evaluation: The 10 Most Common Mistakes
An essential tool often misused.

Performance Evaluation Part II: The Biggest Mistake
What to evaluate and how.

Performance Evaluation Part III: Understanding and Being Understood
What to assess and how to say it.

Performance Evaluation Part IV: More Understanding and Being Understood
The language of an evaluation.

Performance Evaluation Part V: Understanding More and Being Understood More
The language of an evaluation continues.

Performance Evaluation Part VI: Understanding More and Being Understood More
What to evaluate in your job.

Performance Evaluation Part VII: More Evaluating By Job Title
Evaluating jobs, not just job functions.

Performance Evaluation Part VIII: More Job Title Evaluations
Evaluating jobs, not just job functions.(Continued)

Performance Evaluation Part IX: More Job Title Evaluations
Evaluating by job continued.

Performance Evaluation Part X: Review
Summarizing the Performance Evaluation Series.

Personnel Files, Who Gets to See Them
What the law says.

Personnel Files, Who Gets to See Them: Part II
The rest of the states.

Policies, Practices and Personal Opinions
Part I: Workforce Surveys of HR Professionals

Policies, Practices and Personal Opinions II
Part II: The Opinions

Position Descriptions. Part I: Setting Up Your Program.
Do I need PDs? I know they're useful, but are they worth it? How do I set up a company PD system?

Position Descriptions. Part II: Writing the Position Description.
How do I conduct the PD interview? What do I need to know? Where can I get a PD questionnaire?

Principles for Managing
A Message From a Winner

Procrastination: It's Our greatest Labor Saving Device
It's our #1 labor saving device, but it's expensive.

Productivity
That's what you're in Business for.

Recruiting I
The Basics

Recruiting II
The Internet and beyond.

Sexual Harrassment: Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
What is and is not sexual harassment? What do I do when a complaint comes to me? How do I investigate a charge?

Skills of Top Managers
As Determined By Harvard Business School

Skills of Top Managers II
What It Takes To Be The Best

Skills of Top Managers III
Item Number 10 in Harvard's Top 13

Skills of Top Managers IV
Item Number 11: Becoming a Leader

Skills of Top Managers V
Item Number 12: Strategy

Skills of Top Managers VI
Item Number 13

Skills of Top Managers VII
The Master Budget

Skills of Top Managers VIII
Understanding the Financial Statement

Skills of Top Managers IX
Reading the Income Statement and the Cash Flow Statement.

Skills of Top Managers X
Summing up the Skills of Managers

Small Business Survival Guide for Tough Times Part I
Your Company

Stress Part I
The Conscious Level

Stress Part II
The Subconscious Level

Supervisors Survey
Report from Owners and HR Professionals

Terminating Employment: Part I. It's a Two-Stage Process
Taking these initial steps can save you a ton of grief.

Terminating Employment: Part II. If You're Going To Do It, Do It Right!
The steps to take, the final meeting, the documents.

Timeless Advice from Drucker Part I
If you're taking advice, why not take it from the best?

Timeless Advice from Drucker Part II
More Tips from the Master Manager

Timeless Advice from Drucker Part III
Advice from the Master Advisor

Tips for Supervisors
Recommendations And Notes From The Pros

Trends
Coming Changes That Will Affect Your Workforce

Trends II
More Coming Changes That Will Affect Your Workforce

Turnover, Your Most Expensive Problem?
What causes employee turnover, how can I improve on mine?

Turnover and Retention
Now that you have grown those roses don't let someone else pick them.

Unscheduled Absenteeism: All the Scary Predictions are Coming True.
How bad is it? What are the reasons? What can you do?

Violence In The Workplace I
Negligent Hiring or Retention of potentially violent employees is now covered by law.  What the law says and how to handle violent incident.

Violence In The Workplace II
Negligent Hiring or Retention of potentially violent employees is now covered by law.  What the law says and how to handle violent incident.

What To Do When The Union Comes Calling
Whether you're union or not, these are your dos and don'ts. Not knowing is dangerous.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again - USERRA
He'll Be Wanting His Old Job Back.

Who Gets Paid Overtime In Your Company? Understanding the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
What does exempt mean anyway? How to determine who is or isn't exempt. A test to determine who is which.

Workers' Compensation
It's Got a Language of Its Own.

Workers Compensation: Friend or Foe?
What it is, how it works and how to save money on Workers' Comp.

Workforce Planning Part I
Start planning your workforce and skill needs before you run out!

Workforce Planning Part II
If you know what the future holds, you can be better prepared to deal with it.

World of Work
Advance summary of a soon-to-be published book. A 100-year history of the American workforce 1920-2020.


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