BlogNotions HR Newsletter August, 2012

August 5, 2012 Online Version HR Newsletter Bringing you the LATEST information from industry experts New Resources • Improving Performance - Helping Employees Step Up Their Game • Top 5 HR Compliance Concerns for Small Business • Small & Sophisticated: Integrated Talent Management in SMB Scandalous Ethics: The Solutions Are Not Nearly as Simple as Most Believe by Dan Erwin Seek simplicity, then distrust it. –Alfred North Whitehead As a result of the financial and ethical meltdown, both HR organizations and colleges are rethinking relevant corporate ethics and what to do about them. As all of us in business recognize, since the collapse of Enron, the fraud at Worldcom and the ethical meltdown of the finance [...] Read More Pay Budget Survey Indicates Modest Rises for 2012 and 2013 by Steve Bruce BLR's 2012-2013 Pay Budget Survey results suggest modest increases for another year, with 40% of employers awarding merit increases of up to 2.5%, 36.5% awarding increases of more than 2.5% and 2% awarding increases above 5%. Among employers awarding merit increases in 2012, the most commonly cited increases ranged from 2.5% to 3.0%. This corresponds closely [...] Read More Let Data Drive Your Sales Compensation Planning and Expense Forecasting Let Data Drive Your Sales Compensation Planning and Expense Forecasting compensation plan modeling gives companies the confidence to respond promptly to market opportunities by reducing the risk of change and dramatically increasing the accuracy of variable compensation planning, budgeting and forecasting. Download the full offer for free here The Employee Engagement Dialogues: Leadership Insights from Mike Morrison with David Zinger by David Zinger Employee Engagement Dialogue with Mike Morrison and David Zinger Watch the video and follow along with the transcript. Or read the transcript and the timings are posted after each interaction. To visit Mike Morrison’s site go to: www.learnplando.com. Here is a short sample from our conversation: Mike Morrison: I would encourage people to really look [...] Read More What Can You Do Differently? by Terrence Seamon There’s a saying that the definition of insanity is, Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Think about your own behavior patterns. Does the shoe fit? Is there some area in your life where you are repeating some pattern over and over while expecting different results to occur? I recently read a very [...] Read More The BlogNotions HR Newsletter is Powered by NetLine Corporation. About NetLine | Subscribe | www.blognotions.com NetLine Corporation, 750 University Avenue, Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA 95032 You are receiving this BlogNotions newsletter because you subscribed to it or because you opted-in to receive relevant email communications from NetLine and TradePub.com when requesting free business resources. If you no longer wish to receive email from NetLine's BlogNotions, please click here. To ensure delivery of your Blognotions newsletter, click here for whitelisting instructions. NOTE: This message was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address. Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.