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Human Resource Management Articles

Employee Performance Review Time

Tips to conduct a powerful and productive employee performance review

Managing the Generations

How to manage and motivate Baby Boomers, Gen X & Gen Y employees

Why do I need an employee manual?

What you need to know about employee manuals

Power of Personal space

How personal space affects productivity

Good Question
How to improve the power of your employee performance reviews through good questions

Part-time employees - full time headache?

Are part-time employees more trouble than they are worth?

Successful successions

How to plan for transitions at work

How to hire your first employee

It is both simpler and harder than you think

A managers guide to managing change

A tip sheet to help managers successfully manage change

7 Reasons for Failed Job Probations
Learn the 7 Reasons new employees fail during their job probation

Beginners Guide to Employee Performance Reviews

How to conduct employee performance reviews with employees that motivate and build performance

The Challenge of Blogging and Employees

Blogs, Instant Messaging and emails all create new management challenges. Learn how to manage them.

Codes of Conduct that are worth More Than the Paper they are Written On

Well written codes of conduct that are clearly communicated make a difference to business - learn how

Your Emotional Guidance System and Work

Listen to your emotional guidance system and improve your performance

Hard Conversations

When the soft skills turn hard - how to have difficult conversations with people

Is there a Perfect Job?

Is there such a thing as the perfect job?

Job Interviews Made Easy

Tips for Managers on conducting job interviews

Managing with Heart

Management isn't all about control - effective managers manage with heart

Power of Positive Inductions

How to ensure new employees get the best possible start on the job

Who is Responsible?

How over-responsibility is just as bad as under-responsibility

Personal Development Articles

Fear + Self Esteem = Your Success level

The equation behind your success

Be Careful What You Ask For

How what you focus on and ask for is what you get in life

Too busy to think?
Learn how being too busy to think can limit your life and what to do about it

Getting Unstuck

Everyone gets stuck now and again. Learn how to unstick yourself

Happiness is only a thought away

How to get happy (and stay that way)

Mid Life Crisis?
Are you suffering from Mid Life Crisis? Take this quick quiz to find out

Stop Letting Fear Limit Your Life
Learn how to live with and go through your fear barrier!

7 Tips for Powerful Choices
Learn how to make more effective choices in your life

That Little "aha" Moment

Instantaneous solutions to life's little problems

Anger - the Hardest Emotion

Why is anger the hardest emotion to deal with?

Brush up your Listening Technique
Do you get told that you don't listen? This article gives you 12 ways to brush up your technique

Goals that Work!
If you don't know where you are going, all paths will get you there. This article gives you 10 tips to help you set goals that actually work!

The Art of Questions
One of the quickest ways to get to know someone or understand something to ASK QUESTIONS. This article helps you understand the art of asking questions

The Pain of Being Perfect
Trying to be perfect creates pain, saps energy and limits success. When you let go of the need to be perfect and just be who you are, warts and all, then life is richer, fuller and easier. This article helps you be who you really are

In Praise of Procrastination
Are you a Master of Procrastination? This article helps you take the creativity you have learnt in avoiding issues and turn it towards more helpful behaviours

How do you Sabotage Yourself?
Do you repeatedly get close to your goal and then "something" happens? This article helps you to identify where you are sabotaging yourself and how to choose a different behaviour

New Year's Resolutions

Reviewing the year that was and setting New Year's resolutions

How who you love tells you who you are

Love isn't blind

Beating Back to Work Post Baby Blues

A lighthearted look at the challenge of returning to work after baby