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The Lesson of the Red Horse.
  The key to performance is employee motivation.

Napping at Work is OK?
  "Napping at work" is different than "sleeping on the job". That difference can help you.

Performance Management Instead of Layoffs
It costs too much to leave an incompetent manager in place. If the employee won't request a return to a level at which they were competent, the company must take action. From Your About.com Guide to Management.

Relax Your Office Dress Code?
  Why you need a written dress code, regardless of how casual or formal.

The Right People in the Wrong Jobs
How you can make your people, and yourself, more productive and happier at the same time, from your About.com Guide to Management.

Project Management 101- People Management
One of the four main elements in successful project management is managing the people resources. Here's what you need to know to do it right.

Team Building - It won't work unless people see the benefit
It is not enough to get your group together off site and have a few icebreaker games. If you want team building to work, you have to show the members of the team that it benefits them personally.

There Is No "I" In Team
One of the hardest things about building teams in the workplace is the lack of good examples. Here is a way to overcome that. From Your About.com Guide to Management.

What Good People Really Cost
The why and how of Employee Retention can save you more money than you think. From Your About.com Guide to Management.

What You Need To Know About Surviving Layoffs.
Surviving in an era of layoffs and RIFs means learning these coping and survival skills for managers, and for employees. From Your About.com Guide to Management.

People Are Capital
Ground-breaking thoughts and common sense ideas for businesses and other organizations that want to get the most from their investment in their people.

Age Discrimination FAQ
From Nolo Press, answers to common questions on age discrimination in the workplace.

The American Society for Training and Development
ASTD is a leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues, providing information, research, and analysis.

Choose Where to Live
From Homefair.com, tools to calculate cost of living differences between cities.

Compensation: Where the Culture Meets the Road
One of the most basic questions for any small business owner is how to appropriately compensate employees. This article exposes some of the myths.

Employee or Independent Contractor?
This State of Missouri site details the 20 tests the IRS uses to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor. It also explains their significance.

FirstStep Employment Law Advisor
This new US Department of Labor web site is designed to help employers determine which laws apply to their business. It also provides links to compliance information.

'Net Working
From hrlive.com, A Research Study on Employment and the Internet.

Reference and Background Checks Catch 22s
From ABN, some helpful thoughts on how best to conduct this important business process.

HR Professional's Gateway to the Internet
Eric Wilson, the host of the Gateway, offers this page which provides resources from his company, HR Integrated Solutions, as well as varied articles, chat rooms and discussion forums focusing on HR topics.

Collective Bargaining and Labor Arbitration
At this Cornell Law School site, you will find the latest legal information on collective bargaining and arbitration. It includes cases decided at various court jurisdictions, federal regulations and state and federal statutes in this arena.

Society for Human Resource Management
This organization is a professional association for those involved in human resource management. The site offers a number of online publications in the HR field, a membership directory, information on their certification programs and a number of sites on workplace trends.

Stan Gully's Black Hole
The title is the only thing "off the wall" on this site. Dr. Gully is a professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. He has a number of his published articles online, as well as links to statistics sites, human resources sites, and employment opportunities in the HR area.

Workforce Online
This site is the electronic home of Workforce Magazine. The page offers online versions of articles in the print magazine, along with a variety of information resources including a newsletter, a research center and a survey center.

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