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How to pay… and whom??

December 10, 2008 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

I recently had a discussion with a client about "merit" pay increases. Never mind the current concerns over giving ANY pay increases; we were discussing how to divvy up the dollars. She asked me how, if we budget for across-the-board adjustments, do … [Read more...]

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Pick of the Litter

December 5, 2008 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Don't get stuck with a dog...You are searching for a valuable contributor; an able-bodied addition to your staff. You know -- or have a really good idea - what you need in the way of skills, knowledge, and experience.You network, post, advertise, … [Read more...]

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      • Everybody's doing it -- are you??
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      • Leaders Communicate, and skim-listening is not the same thing...
      • Employee Layoffs -- Cause and Effect... and Results
      • All Senior Leaders Need a Shirt
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      • You Aren't Paranoid -- they really don't like you!
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      • Leadership sometimes requires Leaders. Whouldathunkit??
      • Why do Leaders make this so HARD??
      • Frequent Decisions Usually Make Successful Decisions
      • So, is HR Really Important?
      • Who Best to Develop Leaders?
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      • Challenging times require real, no-kidding leadership
      • GM's Problems... Whouldathunkit??
      • "NUTS!!" Decisive Leadership Matters
      • Leadership, Innovation, and Old Age
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      • Creating and Maintaining Culture
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  • ►2008 (36)
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      • How to pay... and whom??
      • Pick of the Litter
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      • Leaders Lead, Manipulators Manipulate
      • Leading during layoffs...
      • Brother, have you got a dime?
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      • Those Who Can't Do... TEACH!
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      • Change is good... To WHOM???
      • Well, it's getting better...
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      • Just be nice...
      • Egalitarian Folly
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      • Strategic, yes, Planning, no.
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      • "Stupid should hurt..."
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      • Airline CEO = Rocket Scientist
      • Continental Idiots Refuse to be Left Out
      • Stupidity in the Skies
      • The Missing Leader
    • ►Mar(7)
      • Entitlement tips
      • Did I mention that I HATE traveling?
      • Forced Ranking -- Good or Bad?
      • Someone Turn out the Lights...
      • Coffe Break
      • Show me da money!
      • Out with the old, In with the new...
    • ►Feb(8)
      • COLI is bad for you... and no, I don't mean E-coli
      • Smart Coffee
      • Just wanna have FUN!
      • Do what we do...
      • How much do we have to pay??
      • Customers DO Matter...!
      • SHERM's got bucks...
      • What's this "empowerment" stuff?
    • ►Jan(2)
      • Give it to me STRAIGHT!
      • Yooo-hoooo... Here I am!!
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      • Automatic Crap
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      • Checkin' up on you...
      • I'm just sayin'...
      • Investment in Leadership
    • ►Sep(1)
      • All you need to know about incentives...
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      • Back 'em First -- Kill 'em Later...
      • Outsource or Die...!
      • I Want to Develop Somebody... but Who??
      • A Monster of a lesson...
      • Tip BIG for the deserving, and drop coal in the tip jars!
    • ►Jul(6)
      • Leadership Laws: #5
      • Leadership Laws: #4
      • Leadership Laws: #3
      • Fees, Fees, Everywhere, Fees!
      • I Don't DO Mediation...
      • Leadership Laws: #2
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      • You can't quit -- You're FIRED!!
      • Leadership Laws: #1
      • A Pig in a Dress... is Still a Pig!
      • Who's on First?
      • Stars that, well... Aren't
      • It's in the Stars...
      • HR 2.0 -- Logical connection to Web 2.0??
      • I can't do what I don't know...
    • ►May(7)
      • What's my motivation??
      • Mas Dinero...
      • Process makes perfect...
      • Pay for departure??
      • Advancing in HR -- it takes effort
      • Just Pay the Man...
      • Sign, sign, everywhere a sign...
    • ►Apr(1)
      • HR & Ethics -- Marriage or Mismatch?
    • ►Mar(6)
      • Talent Management -- Dogs!!
      • Where have all the people gone...?
      • Talent Management -- Snakes!
      • Leadership Orientation
      • Let's Benchmark!
      • Different Thinkin'
    • ►Feb(3)
      • You make how much??
      • Forest for the trees...
      • Never wrong doesn't necessarily mean always right
    • ►Jan(2)
      • Executive Life... How Hard Can it be??
      • 2006 is gone... So What??
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      • Change, change, change...
      • 2007 -- is that a light or a train??
      • Outsourcing Management
      • More Manna on Mediocrity
      • Stop Mediocrity -- A 12-Step Program??
      • So, I Built it, They Came... Now They're Leaving... What Gives??
      • HR Leadership -- Alchemy or Oxymoron??
      • Turnover...?
      • Mediocrity Kills...
      • Incentive Compensation -- Make it Work!
    • ►Nov(3)
      • CEOs and Talent Management
      • "How to Succeed in Human Resources"
      • Shut up, sit down, and color...
    • ►Oct(4)
      • Take us to your Leader... Beam me up, Scotty!
      • Fish or fowl?
      • Across the Board isn't enough...
      • Leadership Squared
    • ►Sep(11)
      • Talent Management -- Keep it Simple...
      • Ivory towers are everywhere...
      • Some clarification for my sensitive readers...
      • Minimum Wage... Get real, but get ready
      • Process beats promise any day...
      • Wherefore art thou, CEO??
      • Real leaders “Lead.” That’s right, folks, and you read it here first…
      • That's not fair
      • Make wrong decisions
      • Just say "no" to "yes"
      • Pay them, they will come...
    • ►Aug(2)
      • The Book of Marlin
      • Why Retention Plans?
    • ►Jul(2)
      • Ken Lay
      • The Troops Eat First
    • ►Jun(4)
      • "Personnel" -- The good old days??
      • Are Leaders Made or Born?
      • Increasing Employee Benefits Contributions
      • Marketing HR
    • ►May(11)
      • Unions -- Wherefore Art Thou??
      • Manager Evaluations -- 360 & Subordinate
      • Organizational Design
      • Compensation -- Executive Comp in Smaller Companies
      • More HR Budgeting
      • Compensation -- Gainsharing
      • Span of Control
      • I Believe...
      • Exceptions vs. Precedents
      • Top HR Issues for 2006
      • Budgeting That Matters for Human Resources
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      • Executive Teamwork Depends on the Executive First
      • Leadership Stengths, Weaknesses & Skills

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