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What issues do you anticipate with morale around the holidays?

Companies are scaling back their holiday party plans or cancelling them altogether. Some companies are requiring employees to take unpaid leave between Christmas and New Year’s. And end-of-the-year...

Tagged: Companies, Employees, Holidays, Resources, Human

Started Nov 18

What do you think of the passage of the highly contested national health bill?
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CNN gave the passage of the bill one-third the space on its home page that it gave “New mom inspired to lose 71 pounds.” Is the United States apathetic to the cause? Are we doubting its reality? Wh...

Tagged: Resources, CNN, Human, Bill, Health

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Simonton Nov 10.

What HR function are you or would you outsource in 2010?

Interesting. You make some great points. Thanks for your insight Bobby. Cheers, Trevor www.Focus.com

Tagged: 2010, Outsource, Resources, Human

Replied Oct 29

What HR function are you or would you outsource in 2010?
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We have a Focus Community member that is looking for some help with this - any insight? http://www.focus.com/questions/small-bus

Tagged: 2010, Outsource, Resources, Human

Started this discussion. Last reply by Trevor Usken Oct 29.

 

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Companies are scaling back their holiday party plans or cancelling them altogether. Some companies are requiring employees to take unpaid leave between Christmas and New Year’s. And end-of-the-year bonuses are likely a thing of the past across the...
November 18
I doubt that anyone is apathetic to the cause of fixing what is wrong about our health care system. But there is no attempt in the present legislation to address those ills, only to effect a federal takeover of what it does not already control abo...
November 10
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CNN gave the passage of the bill one-third the space on its home page that it gave “New mom inspired to lose 71 pounds.” Is the United States apathetic to the cause? Are we doubting its reality? What do you think? We have a Focus Community member...
November 10
Interesting. You make some great points. Thanks for your insight Bobby. Cheers, Trevor www.Focus.com
October 29
None. I don't believe in outsourcing a critical role such as HR. I have too many friends that often complained about outsourced HR functions. For example, my neighbor, who was a VP at a large bank, if he had a question and had to consult HR, the c...
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Employee Engagement for All - All the Time: I think we work at employee engagement during good times and bad. Satisfaction is just one component of engagement and people can be very satisfied and unproductive. I think our plans and strategies sho...
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Who are you?
I recently made the move from Citizen Sports to Focus in June of 2009. At Citizen Sports I performed duties as Community Manager for Protrade.com. I continue to hold the name Community Manager these days, but for Focus.com. I have a strong passion for Social Media Networking, b2b Market Research, and Lead Generation.
What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
Social Networking
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http://www.Focus.com
Where are you located?
San Francisco

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Understand the needs of your employees and make room to accommodate when you can, and be honest about why you can't.
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Communicate; honestly, plainly and often.
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Create opportunities for autonomy, Give your employees the "what" and let them come up with the "how".
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