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Human Resources Human Resources Employ People Manage People Succeed at Work From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources Vol. 12 No. 81 - ISSN: 1533-3698 June 15, 2011 Dear People: Conflict is critical to a company's success. You need to build a team work environment in which employees have each made the commitment to play well with others. Employees who like each other, work well together, and support each other serve customers well and deliver market worthy products. This is why you never want to allow an employee squabble to get out of hand...but you need meaningful conflict. 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 week, Susan The Manager's Opinion Is Always in the Mix Here's a little secret if you are still laboring under a different philosophic point of view. A manager's opinion of an employee's contribution is always a factor in the compensation decision mix. To artificially strip it out of the picture, seems like a game that attempts to disguise what is really going on. Read more... What Is Performance Development Planning? What Is Merit Pay? See More About:  compensation  performance development planning  job plans Are You an Employer of Choice? Do you work for an employer of choice? Better yet, are you an employer of choice? You often see me writing about the actions and factors that make an employer, an employer of choice. An employer of choice is an employer who offers a work culture and workplace environment that attract and retain superior employees. The features of the environment available at an employer of choice favor the well-being of employees and customers. Read more... Culture: Your Environment for People at Work Interview Questions to Assess Cultural Fit See More About:  employers of choice  employee engagement  employment status On a Find an Ice Breaker Mission? Are you on an ice breaker mission? Seems as if I am always searching for ice breakers - especially quick and easy ones. I remember my early days in training when I purchased every ice breaker book on the market. I spent hours looking for an ice breaker that would fit the needs of my upcoming training or team building session. The books had good ideas that I could adapt for my groups, but I rarely found an ice breaker that I could use "as is." Read more... My Best One Word Ice Breaker Share a Favorite Ice Breaker See More About:  ice breakers  team building activities  training activities Reasons Why You Might Want to Use a Job Plan Need an employee and company friendly way to keep employee job descriptions, goals, and plans up-to-date without Human Resources intervention? Consider a job plan. Owned by the employee in conjunction with and negotiated with his or her manager, the job plan solves the most frequent problems organizations experience with job descriptions. Read more... Find a Job Plan Template How Job Analysis Helps See More About:  job plans  job descriptions  job profiles Human Resources Ads Human Resources Employee Performance Employee Retention Job Hiring Employment Job Featured Articles Work Schedules Employees Love No Exit in Sight for Ronald Average Employee Tenure Is 6-7 Months: What Should They Do? Sample Job Offer Letters Top 10 Ways to Make Employee Empowerment Fail Sample HR Generalist Job Description   More from About.com Best Places to Live in America One of the nicest aspects of living in the U.S. is the ability to choose from a huge variety of climates and lifestyles. More> Birth Control Myths & Facts How much do you know about birth control types, sex myths and pregnancy? Can you identify the myths verses the facts? More> This newsletter is written by: Susan M. Heathfield Human Resources Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Human Resources newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads Human Resources Basics, Careers, Jobs Free Human Resources Policies, Samples Human Resources: Job Interview Tips Human Resources Job Descriptions Top 10 Human Resources Tough Questions   Follow me on: Advertisement