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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. 13 No. 31 - ISSN: 1533-3698 March 13, 2012 Dear People: From lies to lack of preparation, poor attitude, and insincerity, you can pick up on signs and collect evidence during an interview that the potential employee is not for you. If you know what you are looking for, employers can successfully spot these job interview red flags - before making a job offer to a prospective employee. They're all deal breakers and you'll recognize them most effectively in a well-thought-out, consistent, employee selection process. 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 Top 5 Ways to Destroy Trust Trust is the foundation of all positive relationships you seek to create in your organization. Trust is one of the strongest bonds that can exist between people and customers; trust is also one of the most fragile. Once you destroy trust, break the bond of trust, trust is the most difficult facet of your culture to rebuild. You can build a culture of trust in your organization if you steer clear of actions that destroy trust. Avoid these trust busters to build a trust culture. Read more... What Is Trust? Top 10 Ways to Build Trust See More About:  trust  interpersonal relationships  organizational culture Best Ice Breaker for Meetings Have you taken a look at my best one-word ice breaker for meetings? I received and continue to receive such positive feedback about its usefulness that I wanted to bring it to your attention again. This ice breaker for meetings is simple to use, sparks unending conversations, and can be massaged to fit almost any situation. Two readers used the one word ice breaker to open planning meetings... Read more... Meeting Leader: Roles and Responsibilities How to Develop an Agenda See More About:  ice breakers  meeting facilitation  meetings Rate Me; Rank Me; Lose Me For two years in a row, an employee's manager and her manager's boss have rated her performance at the top of the rating scale. Then, their recommendation goes into some dark hole in the organization and what comes back is always a rank lower. This affects her pay, her bonus, her motivation, and her longevity. But, she'd sure like to understand what is actually happening. Find out more... Take Those Numeric Ratings and - Make Them Motivational What Is Performance Development Planning - Instead See More About:  performance appraisals  performance measurement  performance feedback Are You an HR Dinosaur? 5 Practices Ready for Extinction Every Human Resources department and job have practices, policies, and procedures that need to become as extinct as dinosaurs. These are the kinds of actions and attitudes that employees complain about HR all day long on this website. They lead me to write articles about whether HR is misunderstood or whether we just plain blow it with employees. Read more... What HR Practices Should Go the Way of the Dinosaurs? How HR Thinks See More About:  hr roles  human resources practices  employee complaints Human Resources Ads Human Resources Jobs Human Resources Employee Performance Trust Relationship Employment Employee Featured Articles Eliminate Backwards Thinking Women's History Month: Women and Work New Manager Requires Employees to Be Available 7 Days a Week What Should Be in Your Employee Handbook? 6 Tips for Productivity Improvement Make March Madness a Win in Your Workplace   More from About.com Financial Emergencies An unexpected change in your financial situation can be incredibly stressful. Here's how to cope. More> Retirement Planning Learn the top five things you need to do in order to start building a retirement nest egg. 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 © 2012 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