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Employee Benefits Management: Driving Corporate Performance -- A White Paper
In today’s economy, companies of all sizes are facing a number of challenges that require urgent action. Health care costs are rising, pension obligations are growing and top talent is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit in the rebounding job market. Among the most significant business trends, competitive pressure on American workers is increasing at a rapid pace as offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) becomes more effective in performing traditional American jobs at much lower costs. The fundamental challenge for human resources managers is to re-invent employee benefit programs to deliver higher performance

mplaining about the situations he has no control over. He’s a great worker so there wouldn’t be any way he’d be fired for something like this, but it’s an example of how someone can continually get ahead.

Integrating Six Sigma with Business Process Management
The concept of Six Sigma was first developed by Motorola Corporation as an approach to address the high defect rates within the company’s manufacturing processes. With the success of Six Sigma, Motorola has registered the Six Sigma brand name to the corporation. The concept of Six Sigma advocates that data be collected from processes to measure performance and determine the extent of variation from target performance measurements.This approach had been truly effective in ensuring quality in a manufacturing environment and was later adopted by the services industry during the 90s. However, as the Six Sigma framework rel

Bigger Better Deal. That’s what everyone always hopes will come along. And if you are one of the few who don’t, maybe you should reconsider!

Last night I was at a happy hour gathering of a bunch of my friends. There were 14 in all and we had quite a time playing musical chairs every so often to make sure everyone got to talk with everyone. We amused many of the people on the sidelines who wondered who we were and WHY we were having so much fun. The energy was contagious!

At one point the conversation settled in on what people did for a living. Since I’m getting more and more into the recruiting and placement side of my business, it seems that everywhere I go, people want to get me their resume. They want me to keep them in mind as I find new job opportunities. At first I was secretly surprised that so many people seem unsatisfied with their current work. It’s not something that people usually talk openly about so when a certain conversation came up, I thought was quite interesting.

One of the fellows that we were with happens to work at NASCAR. He’s extremely bright, hard working and loves what he does. But his attitude about work was one that I’d love to share with many of the people that I coach or have coached, because it ensures that he’ll never be stale or stagnant in a career.

He said that he told his boss “if you think I’m not always looking for another job opportunity, you’re crazy! I’m always looking and if something better (the BBD) comes along, then I’m outta here” . He also shared with his boss that he should be the same way, and that most ambitious people are like that. His attitude is pulling him forward constantly about looking at opportunities, and its’ not sitting back complaining about the situations he has no control over. He’s a great worker so there wouldn’t be any way he’d be fired for something like this, but it’s an example of how someone can continually get ahead.

10 Tips on Learning to Lead
Leadership is an apprentice trade. In most apprentice trades, you learn about 20 percent in the classroom and from books. The rest, 80 percent, you learn on the job. Here are ten tips on how to do master your own apprenticeship.Pick good role models. Pick out some great leaders to emulate. Then, when you're faced with a leadership problem, ask yourself how your role models would handle the situation.Find a mentor or two or three. Mentors are people who provide wisdom and guidance. Mentors are the masters in your personal leadership apprentice program. A good mentor will enjoy helping you sort out your caree

having so much fun. The energy was contagious!

Is Word of Mouth Advertising Fantasy Land?
Some marketing consultants and authors of marketing books actually believe that word of mouth advertising is Fantasy Land? Isn’t that interesting indeed. So one could ask themselves why these marketing gurus and self-proclaimed wondermen or girlie men think this.Well I have wondered why on Earth anyone could come to that conclusion; and I have determined and am under the opinion that they have never actually marketed a real business in their life; well except the marketing business tapes, seminars and books that they peddle. Is word of mouth advertising really fantasy land?More than one marketing consultant has

nt work. It’s not something that people usually talk openly about so when a certain conversation came up, I thought was quite interesting.

Marketing Plans that Succeed: Three Steps to Getting Noticed
Do you ever feel like you’re on message overload? So many commercials, ads and pop-ups you can’t tell who’s selling what anymore. Well, you’re not alone and you’re not overreacting.Today we are exposed to somewhere between 3,500 and 5,000 marketing messages a day. To put that in perspective, in the 1970’s---that far less aggressive and commercial era---consumers had a paltry 500 to 2,000 marketing messages sent their way daily. While as a customer you may wax nostalgic about the good old days, as a businessperson you are responsible for sending out some of those messages.Step 1: So how can you be sure y

nt in a career.

You Must Know Your Market
When launching a new product or service into the marketplace in a particular market sector you must understand and know your target customer. You must know the demographics of your market including the buying behavior of the customer and the trends that are happening in the marketplace. You must know your market.If you fail to understand and adapt to the market changes as they occur or if you fail to register the reality of the marketplace before you start you will decrease your desired results. You want to make sure that your marketing teams understand all of this or you will increase chances of failure or greatly de

After he shared the story with us, nearly everyone at the table shared a similar story. They’re all in great jobs, making an excellent income, but none of them want to become stale with what they’re doing. They want to remain excited about their work place and the work that they do, and yet, most of them had long histories with their current employers!

The conversation went into WHERE they each wanted to work after they left Charlotte. The places that came up were: Oregon, Southern CA, East coast beach town and FL. That was me of course, because my husband and I are moving there! In every case, the job was a secondary concern to HOW they wanted to live their lives. They considered the environment or the weather as one of the most important things and what the area offered them in relation to their hobbies. Some of them wanted to move just to experience another part of the county, and some of them wanted to be close to the best athletes in the world. The draw for me is coming home to family so my son can grow up around relatives.

The other sense I got at the table last night was how fortunate every single person there felt that they had met a group of people who genuinely liked each other. Everyone there had swimming in common, even if they didn’t swim, their mate did. But everyone seemed so happy to be accepted for who they are and seemed to just love the camaraderie. I remember having groups like this in high school, college and when living in NYC, but hadn’t had this again until recently until this group came together.

So what I see, is that it isn’t MONEY that makes people happy. It isn’t their house or the clothes they wear or the jewelry they adorn themselves in. It isn’t the car that they drive. Rather, it’s being with people who accept them, working in a profession where they are respected and are able to use their talents well, and live in a place where they feel comfortable.

So ask yourself: Have you

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