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Are you "successful"?

Interesting article about what makes (Realtors) successful – take and apply directly to our industry.

Successful Agents are reading books, and listening to CDs about building their business, and the less successful ones have one foot out the door trying to get a "real" job.
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Dealing With Difficult People

"Doing nothing and hoping the problem will go away rarely works. Have you dealt with difficult people before? What did you do?"

Many interesting LinkedIn answers accumulating here.
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Secret Salaries

Do you know the salary of every employee at your company? I think you should.

I mean, who is being protected by secret salaries? Certainly not the employee—the more transparent salaries are, the more accurately an employee can assess his or her value to a company.

Fortunately a bunch of companies have arrived with tricked-out tools for figuring out what you should be getting paid. And what your co-workers should earn as well. Here’s a sampling of the top tier of those companies:

Payscale.
Salary.com
Glassdoor

Whole Penelope Trunk post here.
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Headhunting is an essential feature of a free-market economy

HEADHUNTERS are at large in the public sector, trying to nab the best people. Bad news, you might think, unless you are one of those being hunted. Those who have made it to the top are generally prompt to return headhunters’ calls.

One of the keys to success in business and finance has always been to keep in touch with the headhunters who specialise in your area. This now applies to the public sector, too.

But what about your employees? Naturally, senior management would like to prevent their staff from walking out, especially if they have invested time and money in them and rely on them for key skills.

Loin Girding

Interesting LinkedIn question:

What are some talking points for managers to discuss with their subordinates regarding what to do if they are approached by a competitor to recruit them? One of our major competitors just announced publicly that they are going to start targeting experienced employees from their competitors. What can I do to help prepare our managers for when/if their subordinates are targeted.

Original question and answers here.
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Interesting LinkedIn question

How best can we engage an employee? A wake up call for my HR colleagues !
Where, the research shows:
only 36% of employees are actually engaged -
These employees are loyal and psychologically committed to the organization. They are more productive, more likely to stay with their company for more than a year, less likely to have accidents on the job, and less likely to steal.

49% of employees are not engaged -
These employees may be productive, but they are not psychologically connected to their company. They are more likely to miss workdays and more likely to leave.

15% of employees are actively disengaged -
These employees are physically present but psychologically absent. They are unhappy with their work situation and insist on sharing this unhappiness with their colleagues.
Answers here.
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Not many people love (or even like!) their jobs?

There’s a discussion going on over on LinkedIn’s Q&A section where Doug H asked,
“Why do people write angry emails at work?” There are several answers up already but this one, by Ray H, caught my attention:

“Not many people love their jobs...most dislike their job, feel unappreciated and underpaid. Although they may be good at their job, they don't like doing it. Others like their job, but aren't that good at it…”

Do you agree with this assessment? If so, what do you see as solutions?
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Tattling

Interesting LinkedIn question running right now:
I was wondering if any Human Resources professionals could lend some insight. In the recent months my company has noticed that some of our employees have been posting their resumes on job boards. Is it Human Resources’ duty to inform the department manager or would that be invasion on their privacy? Go here to read the responses.
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