| | Vol. 12 No. 159 - ISSN: 1533-3698 December 8, 2011 Dear People: It's the holiday season when many organizations seek to put the merry, merry in employee pockets. Do you have an employee gift acceptance policy? I struggled writing my sample employee gift policy because I have such mixed emotions about gifts to employees. Some employee gifts such as pens, key chains, notebooks, calendars, mugs, t-shirts, and other tschotskes are harmless in my mind. I have trouble imagining an employee buying decision swayed by a coffee mug, no matter how useful. Read more... Do you know that I write a new blog post every day? Check out the blog in the center column on my home page. Comments, questions, suggestions? Email Me. Please forward this newsletter, in its entirety, to your colleagues, coworkers and friends, because you want to add value to their work and lives. Regards and wishing you and yours the best this weekend, Susan | | 6 Top Hiring Process Trends for 2012 Are you interested to know several of the top hiring process trends for 2012? The past year brought about plenty of changes in the Human Resources, staffing, and recruiting industry. As 2011 draws to a close, our guest author, Bill Glenn, predicts several hiring process trends we can expect to see in 2012 - for better and for worse. Read more... | Top 10 Ways to Build Trust - 5 to Destroy Your organization has fundamental opportunities to develop a work culture and environment that fosters trust. And, it has an equivalent number of opportunities to destroy trust, too. I've covered ten ways to build trust - and five ways to destroy it. Find out how. | Secrets of Leadership Success Key leadership success secrets set the great leaders apart from the so-so leaders in today's organizations. Leadership style is learned from mentors, learned in seminars and exists as part of a person's innate personal leadership skill set developed over years, and existing possibly, from birth. Nature or nurture is a question often asked about leadership. I answer, "yes," because I believe the combination of natural leadership skills and nurture through leadership development defines your leadership style. Read more... | Alternatives to the Holiday Office Party It is still the holiday season, an opportunity for employers and employees to participate in team building, morale increasing holiday adventures - together. Here are ideas to create the merry, merry in the ho-ho-ho season, without committing a lot of employee time, hard earned cash, or energy. Your employees and their families will appreciate your low key alternatives to an expensive, energy-consuming office party. Read more... | | | | Human Resources Ads | | | | Featured Articles | | | | More from About.com | | | | | | 2011's Cutest Winter Boots Snuggly snow boots are essential for women who live in cold climates, but still want to put their best foot forward. More>
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