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	June 10 - 16, 2007 Vol. 8 Issue 25

In This Issue ...

Workforce News of the Week
Feature: Keeping Score With HR Analytics Software

Dear Workforce: Leadership

IBM's People Chief: A Leader in Leadership

Forum Post: Hypersensitivity and HR

Blog: Running With the 'Knuckleheads'

Best in Shows: A Review of Conventions & Conferences

Commentary: Not All Turnover Is Equal


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Workforce News of the Week:

Discrimination Suit Against GE Might Expose Flaws in Ranking System: Whether or not GE discriminated against a female general counsel because of her gender, the fact that she was surprised by her demotion indicates a problem with the company's performance appraisal process, observers say.
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Early Dialogue May Get Retirees to Stick Around:
By the time companies initiate conversations with older workers about what they can do to get them to stay, it's often too late.
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H-1B Charges, Social Unrest Test India-Based Outsourcers:
One day it was a political bombshell; the next day, it was a bomb. The fallout over H-1B visas and a terrorist bombing and subsequent riot here in Hyderabad, India, were unrelated, but they illustrate the disruptive potential such incidents can impose on this booming city of 8 million people that leans so heavily on companies outsourcing their work.
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High Court Backs Plan Termination Option:
In its decision, the Supreme Court held that a company’s decision to terminate its pension plans did not breach its ERISA fiduciary duties.
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Monster, HotJobs Announce C-Suite Moves
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Group Seeks to Achieve Federal Health IT Legislation
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Teeters in Senate
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Quick Takes:
Are You Better Than Your Boss?
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Spring Fever, Summer Absences
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Demand Spiking for Substitute Teachers
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Blogging With a Vendetta
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Execs Don't Have Faith, But HR Has Measurable Effect, Separate Surveys Find
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HR tech report
Feature: Talent Management: Keeping Score With HR Analytics Software

Makers of the cutting-edge talent management applications promise business insights by organizing workforce data in easy-to-understand 'scorecards' and 'dashboards,' but many employers remain unclear what information they should be looking for

Questions and answers
Dear Workforce: Leadership

Dear Workforce: How Can We Reinforce Our Leadership Development Training? Read more.

Dear Workforce: Developing Future Leaders:
Developing future leaders is an ongoing process that should be integrated into daily business practices. Take care to develop a formal system for management development. Read more.

Dear Workforce: Can Leadership or Creativity Be Measured?
A lot of tests are out there, and they've improved quite a bit over the past decade. Read more.

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Exclusive interview
IBM's People Chief: A Leader in Leadership

IBM HR chief Randy MacDonald strives to cement Big Blue's performance culture by shaking up its leadership development and equipping all 350,000 of the computer giant's employees with the skills they'll need for the future.

Discussion
Hypersensitivity and HR

Posted in the General Forum:

A reader writes: "I need suggestions from the seasoned pros out there on how to become less sensitive to the worst part of the HR function—letting people go. We are a small company, only 30 employees, so I know everyone. The supervisors have to actually do the deed, but I'm responsible for the 'fallout'—last paycheck, COBRA, etc.—and since I usually know about a termination a day or so ahead of time I find it hard to concentrate on my day-to-day work because I'm upset/worried for the person, even when I know that the termination is justified. Short of being completely distanced from everyone (hard to do in a small company), how do others deal with these situations? I guess ultimately I just want to be liked by everyone, but that's just not possible."

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Blog
The Business of Management: Running With the 'Knuckleheads'

One of the curious things about writing a blog is that sometimes, you get delayed reaction and feedback from something you've written. So it is with Circuit City.

Conventions & conferences
Best in Shows 2007: Notes From Key Workforce Management Conferences and Conventions

Ever wanted to attend an important conference or convention but just couldn't make it? The staff of Workforce Management will bring you reports from key workforce management conventions and conferences throughout the year in this exclusive Web feature. We'll report on the buzz at each show as well as highlights from selected seminars, presentations and speeches. We hope that Best in Shows will be the next best thing to actually being there.

Read about the IHRIM HRM Strategies Conference and Exposition; WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference and Exhibition; Mercer Latin America & Caribbean Human Resource Forum; Fourth Annual World Health Care Congress; SAPPHIRE '07; NY HR Week Conference & Expo; and the Workforce Management Talent Management Conference, featuring the 17th annual Optimas Awards.

The Last Word
Not All Turnover Is Equal

Measuring and reporting turnover might seem simple, but that is because most organizations report only on aggregate turnover, a generic measure that can be very misleading. While aggregate turnover adequately shows the number of positions vacated, it does not account for some turnover being positive, some negative and some catastrophic.

The Turnover Myth >>>

The First 3 Things That HR Should Measure >>>

15 Ways to Help HR Generalists Measure Up >>>