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How To Develop Your Global Leadership Pipeline
How's your global succession planning going? Could it use some updating and fine-tuning? The right international leadership strategy could be what your company needs to achieve optimum growth.

If Accountants Ran HR…
Human Resources isn't known for its financial acumen. Could your company's HR department learn a few lessons from Accounting?

Intuition: Your Career's Secret Weapon
Could logic and fact-based thinking be missing something? Yes, according to an author of a recent book, who says forgetting about the power of intuition can stymie a career.

A Grassroots Approach to the Challenge of Organizational Change
Have attempts at meaningful organizational change failed? You may need an approach that's bottom-up, rather than top-down, so employees feel they can take the initiative.

Your Book as Your Business Card: Getting the Edge By Putting Your Expertise Into Book Form
Your business acumen, and that of your subject matter experts, is great in front of a classroom, but how much greater could it be in book form? It's easier than you think to bind together the knowledge slowly seeping from your organization.

The Silent Killers of Productivity
The sign of an unproductive workforce often is silence, as half of the employees are sleeping while the other half are out to a long (i.e. three-hour) lunch. As it happens, the culprits behind deficient productivity also make no sound.

Columns

Compliance Science: What Workforce Managers Need to Know About Immigration Enforcement
Your company may be flirting with a danger your compliance programs haven't taken into account—immigration enforcement. Do you know if your company is following immigration laws, and what to do if it's not?

Instructional Design Diva: What's Your Training Objective?
Have you lost sight of the end goal of your latest training program? When putting together your next curriculum, it's worth thinking harder about what you are trying to accomplish, and how those goals impact the design of your course.

The Virtual Trainer: How Learning and Development Professionals Can Get Ahead of the Virtual Curve
Many of you have mastered virtual training, and some of you have even gotten the knack of training in 3D virtual worlds. So, that begs the question, what's next?

Productivity Coach's Corner: Your Reputation Speaks Louder Than Your Words
With so much to do, it's easy to forget the promises you make to others, but there are few assets more valuable in business than your word. The right productivity strategy can help ensure your best qualities—in the form of superior completed projects—are communicated to business partners.

Last Word: Rude Awakening
Incivility has no place in the workplace. Here are five steps to eliminate it.

News

Despite Treatment, Employees with Depression Generate Higher Absentee Costs
People with depression generate higher absentee and disability costs on the job—even when they are treated with antidepressants, according to a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

U.S. Salary Increase Budgets Nearly Matching Inflation
With total salary increase budgets now barely exceeding inflation, even top performers may barely be keeping up with cost of living increases, according to The Conference Board Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update, containing revised projections for 2010 U.S. salary budgets and salary structure adjustments.

10 Predictions for Online Learning in '10
Online learning already has a foothold in many of your companies. But the technology is evolving fast these days. Do you know what lies ahead this year in e-learning? Shawn Englund, CEO of LearnLive Technologies, offers a glimpse with 10 trends to expect this year in e-learning for professional services firms:

Is Your CEO Ready for the "Retirement Bubble Disaster?"
Just when your CEO was sure she had it all figured out—how to minimize spending while maximizing profit—the bubble burst, the Boomer retirement bubble, that is. A new book seeks to show your company how to handle the mass retirement of Generation B.

Are You Working for a "Good Manager?"
There are days when it would take convincing, but you hope your employees feel they're working for good managers. The question is whether you believe it yourself.

How Good Is Your Company At Strategic Workforce Planning?
If your company's workforce planning has been less than "strategic," things may be about to change.

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