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This is a selection of my published business articles. You are welcome to read, download, or reprint any of them, as long as you include my copyright, bio and byline at the end of each piece.

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Addressing the Challenges of Executing Change
Applied Resource Management (ARM) surveyed 300 companies on the subject of change in the workplace and its effect on culture, attitudes, and perceptions. Organizations have difficulties in implementing lasting improvements as they tend to focus on the technical side and short-term issues. There is a tendency in organizations to disregard the human side and the larger system perspective. The purpose of this SHRM published white paper is to address these challenges and provide you with a window on workplace perspectives.

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Help Wanted: Talent Scouts - Strategies for Retaining Staff
This article published in the Association Forum of Chicagoland addresses what actions organizations (both for-profit and not-for-profit) can do to retain staff in an economic upswing.

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Benchmarking in Human Resources
This published SHRM white paper addresses what to benchmark, where to find benchmarking information, and concludes with a discussion on analyzing data and implementation.

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Take a Peek Inside..."If companies collected their own problem-solving data and studied it, it would offer some tried and true solutions to some of their issues."

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Conducting a Training Needs Analysis
How often have you heard, "We've got a training problem..." or They're not doing it the way they're suppose to...?" Often these statements are only symptoms of a problem. Until the problem is understood in greater detail, proposing a solution or a training intervention can be a costly and fruitless endeavor. Our efforts to improve one part of the organizational system will affect other jobs in the workplace environment. The needs assessment process is an important first step in the development of a training program or performance improvement initiative.

This chapter appears in the book, Effective Human Resource Measurement Techniques, published by The Society for Human Resource Management.

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Employee Benefits: Value and Impact
Cut back on benefits? This published article in the Association Forum of Chicagoland addresses what an HR Professional can do.

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How to Pick the Best People and Keep Them, Potentials Magazine, November 2005.

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Hurricane Katrina's Effect on the 4th Quarter Job Scene
Naperville Sun

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Destination: anywhere else
Stressed-out workers may hesitate to take vacations, but time away is essential, experts say.
Naperville Sun

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How to Set Staff Goals that Improve Performance
8 Ground Rules for Goals
How to Set the Goals
A Simple Follow-up Plan
The Payout
Law Office Administrator, Vol. XIII.No.12, December 2004

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Benefit Communications: Measuring Impact and Value
This article published in the Employee Benefit Plan Review discusses - How - and how effectively - you communicate your benefits information is crucial to getting and keeping a committed workforce. Read on for ideas and case studies on inceasing the effectiveness of your organization's benefits communication program.

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