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Black Bear Guards Prison: The Louisiana State Penitentiary, which is located in a rural part of the state, has a new type of guard on the grounds -- a black bear weighing more than 400 pounds that likely wandered over from the nearby woods. [more]
Employees Admit to Working Drunk: One in three employees has gone to work hungover and more than one in 10 employees has been drunk on the job, according to a survey by Norwich Union Healthcare. [more]
A Firm Handshake Can Get You a Job: Instead of spending time sprucing up your resume, start working on your handshake. [more]
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Cost of Employee Misunderstanding: $37 Billion: Everyone makes mistakes, but some errors are bigger than others -- and the big ones can be costly indeed. [more]
The Dangers of Leading by Ego: A healthy ego is critical in good leadership but executives who lead by ego risk missteps that can derail the organization, as this article illustrates through examples in government and business. [more]
Learn to Love the Pressure: In business, as in sports, the biggest obstacle to achieving the seemingly impossible may be a self-limiting mind-set, according to a sports psychologist who has coached Olympic athletes. [more]
Leading the Way in China: Companies that are ramping up operations in China face a big challenge in hiring local talent as they learn their way around cultural complexities. [more]
How Top Companies Build Better Leaders: Fortune Magazine's list of the top 20 global companies for leadership includes household names like General Electric and Proctor & Gamble as well as lesser-known companies such as Natura Cosmeticos and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. [more]
Rightsizing the Risks Around Employee Rewards: The risks associated with employee compensation and benefits programs are multitudinous and can be mission-threatening, as the options backdating scandal revealed. [more]
Global Companies' New Responsibility Playbook: If you work in the finance function of a global company and aspire to climb to the top rung of the career ladder, take the first half of the old axiom, "think globally, act locally," very seriously -- even at the "30,000-foot" level. [more]
Hold On Tight to Your CFO: The lure of the top finance job is not what it was, and CFO turnover is at record highs. [more]
The Importance of Image Consciousness: Image isn't everything, but as this article/book review points out, you need to be conscious of how others perceive you if you want to climb to the top rung of the career ladder. [more]
Build Emotional Connections -- Carefully: The main reason people quit their jobs is because they can't connect with their bosses as leaders and as people, as this "how to" on retaining talent points out. [more]
Creative Leadership at Its Best: Meet a CEO who knows how to have fun on the job while never losing focus on the details of day-to-day management. [more]
Taking Charge in a Crisis: Excerpts from an interview with Michael Roth, CEO of Interpublic Group, offer a glimpse into the necessary leadership skills for taking the helm at a time of turbulence. [more]
Strengthening Stakeholder Management Skills: Good leaders understand the importance of managing stakeholder trust but they don't really know how to do so effectively, these academics claim. [more]
Companies Weakly Facing Employee Language Barriers: Approximately 15 percent of the US labor force is comprised of foreign-born workers, and employers are currently making little effort to overcome language limitations, according to a survey by The Conference Board. [more]
A New Approach to the Talent Hunt: This interview with Peter Cappelli, director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, offers a new and unusual approach to getting talented employees when you need them -- apply the principles of supply chain management to people. [more]
A Window into a Mercurial Leader's Soul: Apple's Steve Jobs is a stellar example of what leaders should and shouldn't do, and as this article points out, he does a lot of "shouldn'ts" and doesn't do a lot of "shoulds. [more]
Giving Back to Knowledge Workers: Leaders expect a lot from their knowledge workers (professionals who may know more about what they're doing than the boss does) but expectations work both ways, according to this viewpoint on giving professionals what they need to keep them fully engaged. [more]
Boosting Talent Through Volunteerism: The sluggish economy is flattening funds for training and professional development, while HR managers are under increasing pressure to avoid talent shortages and develop prospective leaders. [more]
Working for the Biggest and the Best: Making both the Fortune 1000 and Best Companies to Work For lists this year, these companies have a reputation for being the biggest and the best. [more]
Companies Prefer Private Sector Health Care: A whopping 84 percent of employers do not support universal health care coverage, according to the 13th annual Watson Wyatt/National Business Group on Health report. [more]