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George Washington.  Steve Jobs.  Gandhi.  Three vastly different people – but they do have something in common: Each of these leaders brought their followers through times of cataclysmic change, and emerged successful at the other end.

Today, even President Obama struggles to lead through times of rampant change.  Yet while the times call for leaders who can bring their teams through challenging, gut-wrenching change, such “transformational leaders” are hard to find.
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Writer’s block. It can strike managers and HR professionals when they sit down to document employee performance and behavior issues. But correctly documenting discipline is critical for both legal protection and clear employee communication.  Most managers never learned how. Now they can.  Mastering Employee Discipline will show you how to document and discuss employee discipline in the most clear, accurate and legally safe way possible.
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Do you sometimes struggle to write clearly and concisely? Do you spend far too much time organizing your thoughts? And do the recipients of your communication sometimes think, Huh?  Many employers today complain that their employees have poor written skills.
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Wal-Mart: $640 million, IBM: $65 million, Siebel Systems: $27.5 million ... These aren’t sales or profit numbers. These are lawsuit damages each company was forced to pay for making avoidable overtime, payroll and other Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) mistakes. Even the EEOC – the federal agency that protects workers from bias – was recently found to have violated overtime law. If the feds can’t even get the law right, how are you supposed to understand it?

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Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have had a major impact on the way people interact and communicate.  And as an HR professional, it’s up to you to understand and set rules for these social-media technologies in the workplace.  Unfortunately, the impact is not always positive.  Improper use of social media at work can damage morale … hurt productivity … and even expose your company to a lawsuit.
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched what it’s calling “a bold new audit initiative” to find and punish employers that hire illegal workers. Proof: In just one day, ICE sent out more Notices of Inspection than it did in the entire previous year!  President Obama is pushing a major shift in immigration enforcement to focus on civil and criminal actions against employers that violate I-9 and hiring laws.
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Save the Date!
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Inappropriate attire … tardiness … poor work habits ... sexually offensive behavior … personal hygiene. Managers and HR professionals are routinely forced to discuss those uncomfortable topics with employees. But most never learned how.  Now you can—with Tough Talks: Scripts & Strategies for Difficult Employee Discussions.

Save the Date!
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Save the Date!
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Save the Date!
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