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  Well-Trained Managers Can Curb Attrition

  It may not always be a straight-line connection, but managers exert great influence on whether top performers stay or go.

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  Wisconsin's Tough Choice

  Facing a $3.6 billion deficit for the state's 2011-13 budget, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he knew he had to do something and didn't really like the choices.

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  Independent Contractors Helping to Shape the New World of...

  Of 530 recently surveyed independent consultants, more than 80 percent expressed satisfaction with their employment status, although 27 percent admitted that, given the chance, they would return to a full-time job.

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  Data Bank Focus: Who Takes Advantage of Retirement Benefits?

  Not surprisingly, union employees have greater access to retirement benefits than nonunion employees and take greater advantage of them, with fully 94 percent of union workers who are offered these benefits participating in the programs.

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Upcoming Events

• Culture on Purpose: Developing a High Performance Corporate Culture February 29, 2012 @ 2 pm ET | 11 am PT

  While there seems to be almost universal agreement as to the importance of corporate culture, it is a concept that is often difficult to describe and easy to blame for virtually all of the ills that might befall an organization. In this presentation, Todd Gentzel, Chief Strategist at Yaffe Deutser, provides a framework for describing and understanding culture in a way that demystifies the concept and makes it useful in practice.

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• Workforce Benefits 2012 Wednesday, March 14, 2012

  This exclusive online-event provides smart strategies, expert insight and proven best practices to support a culture of health focused on your employees' health and wellness and a healthy bottom line for organizational success.

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Tools & Best Practices

• Best Practices in Succession Planning

  Your leadership defines your organization's strategic vision and long-term success — the ability to identify, develop and retain your internal pipeline of talent is critical in planning your future leadership strategy and building a strong bench to be competitive in today's...

• Leading the Way in Staffing

  Social media has pushed recruiting into new, unchartered territory, and companies are scrambling to capitalize on the benefits.

• Best Practices in Performance Management

  Performance management is a dynamic process, aligned hand-in-glove with productivity and long-term business success.

• Best Practices in Employee Screening

  Balancing the demands for excellence in every hire; keeping current on employment legislation and regulations; building a qualified talent pipeline—with so much riding on talent, it's critical to stay one step ahead with fresh staffing and recruiting strategies to...

• Leading the Way in Training & Development

  Maximizing Every MoveDiscover the Strategic Game-Changer: Leadership CoachingFor many organizations, rebounding from the recession is like playing a serious game of chess.

• Leading the Way in Testing & Assessment

  Solve Three Key Problems with Personality Assessments —and Make Your Testing Program Work for You

• Best Practices in HR Technology

  Advances in technology continue to change at lightning speed, strengthening HR departments with tremendous power and reach.

• Best Practices for Diversity Training

  Here are five of the best practices based on research and companies’ experiences.

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