Books - Human Resources

• Understanding stress
• Types of stress
• Stress and performance
• Sources of stress
• Managing stress

Training Objectives

• Identify the various forms of stress
• Decide which types of people may be susceptible to stress
• Examine the different sources of stress and the impact on people and their performance
• Examine the kinds of coping strategies that individuals and groups use and how these strategies affect performance

• 50 Activities for Managing Stress - Binder/Book $159.99 [Add to Cart]

This title is divided into five sections. Each section has ten exercises designed to stimulate discussion and promote inquiry regarding business ethics. The activities focus on Leadership, Corporate Citizenship, Salesmanship, Management, and Teamwork. Contributing to this collection is a range of trainers from a wide variety of disciplines and locations, including Europe, India, Canada, and a broad cross-section of the United States.

Training Objectives

• Increase ethics awareness among managers, teams and sales personnel
• Help develop values and guidelines
• Provide training activities to support organizational ethics policies
• Provide activities for practice in ethical decision-making

Training Methods

• Icebreakers
• Assessments
• Role plays
• Games

Time Guidelines: 50 activities vary in length from 15 minutes to 60 minutes.

• 50 Activities for Promoting Ethics within the Organization $159.99 [Add to Cart]

Comes complete with learning objectives, facilitator guidance, and reproducible materials.

Activities cover

• Observation skills
• Influencing others
• Group problem solving
• Reducing stress
• Personal motivation
• Responding to new challenges

Training Objectives

• Identify areas needing particular attention
• Determine a complete personal development plan
• Remove blockages to personal success
• Develop effective managers

• 50 Activities for Self-Development $159.99 [Add to Cart]

Managers and supervisors will sharpen their analytical and decision-making skills with this new collection of fully reproducible case studies. Based on actual, real-life situations, these exercises prepare supervisors and team leaders for the challenging problems they face in today's complex workplace.

Each case study includes

• Summary of the case
• Discussion questions which evoke thought and analysis
• Suggested solutions to the problems presented

• Improve participant's listening skills
• Empower employees to negotiate
• solutions fairly
• Provide opportunities for participants to practice new skills in a supportive environment
• Illustrate the skills needed to respond productively to complex issues

• Performance appraisal
• Managing effectively
• Sexual harassment/discrimination
• Managing disruptive employees
• Coaching/counseling employees
• Hiring the right person

400 page 3 ring binder

• 50 Case Studies For Management and Supervisory Training $159.99 [Add to Cart]

This collection of experiential activities in game format will enable trainers and facilitators to make effective use of the outdoors as a vehicle for learning. It contains sixty-three creative games that can be conducted easily and safely with a minimum of materials and preparation. Many of the activities can be run equally well indoors.

Each activity is presented in a standard format that includes a summary, a statement of objectives, a note of any materials required, time requirements, and detailed guidance on the effective use of the games in training. The games vary in length from a few minutes to over an hour. Together they provide a rich store of adventure, energy, and memorable learning.

Games Teach

• Cooperation
• Decision making
• Ethics
• Goal-setting
• Planning
• Rewards
• Trust
• Inter-team collaboration
• Communication
• Creativity
• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Risk taking
• Team learning

Before plunging into a new system, you need to make sure that you know what broadbanding can and will achieve, and how it will support the organization’s overall mission.

If you’re considering a broadbanding program, it’s a good time to review and analyze your entire compensation system, keeping the following three steps in mind:

1. Senior management and individual line management determine the best approach and timing for implementing broadbands.

2. Specific work teams develop job families and competencies. Teams may be structured vertically or horizontality across functions.

3. Supervisors are trained to administer the program and to communicate with employees about broadbanding and its role in managing careers within your organization.

Properly planned and implemented (in the right environment and for the right reasons), broadbanding can save time and money while developing multitalented employees and a more flexible reward system.

by Sharon G. Fisher

Every company wants and needs productive, skilled employees. Investing in a work force that can help your business keep pace with the competition may be the most important strategic decision you make. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management clearly spells out the specific steps a manager can take to ensure improved performance organization-wide. It presents a systems approach to performance enhancement and includes tools for determining current performance levels and establishing desired performance levels.

This handy reference will show managers how to:

• Analyze the performance of individual employees
• Pinpoint the gaps in performance and determine what's causing those gaps
• Develop practical strategies for maximizing performance
• Get the most from your training dollars and ensure that training is successful
• Give recognition of an employee's achievements
• Evaluate whether or not employees are using what they've learned

Identifying Employee Development Needs
A Systems Approach to Performance Enhancement
Fostering a Learning Organization
Analyzing Employee Performance
Identifying Causes of Performance Gaps
Selecting Non-Training and Training Strategies
Managing Training Resources
Promoting Training Transfer
Evaluating Training Outcomes

• Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management $22.99 [Add to Cart]

This Training Manual explains how to use The Ethical Type Indicator with The Seminar on Ethical Reasoning - an experiential workshop in which participants discover, examine and explore their ethical values and inner ethical constitution.

Conduct a two-hour, half-day or full-day module in your organization

Program Includes:

• Background information on The Ethical Type Indicator
• Detailed instructions for its use
• The trainer's guide for conducting a seminar on ethical reasoning using The Ethical Type Indicator
• Seminar outlines
• PowerPoint® slide show

About the Author

Louie V. Larimer, is the founder and president of Focused Strategies, Inc., a management consulting firm that helps CEOs develop and implement profitable business strategies. He holds a bachelors degree in psychology, masters degree in business administration, and a juris doctorate. Mr. Larimer has taught graduate level courses in management, organizational development, ethics, law, conflict resolution, and negotiations.

• Ethical Type Indicator - Leaders Kit $299.99 [Add to Cart]

Why worry about drugs or alcohol? Clearly employer's have a stake in substance abuse prevention because abuse leads to:

• Absenteeism
• Low productivity
• High health costs

According to the American Council for Drug Education more than 70% of substance abusers hold jobs. Employees don't have to indulge on the job to have a negative impact on the workplace.

This new 16-page booklet will help your employees understand the dangers of any substance abuse both on and off the job and how the law requires employers to take specific actions.

Employees learn:

• Dangers of prescription and over the counter drugs
• How alcohol affects daily performance and wellness
• Their own drug IQ
• Find various resources and hotlines to get help

All Booklets feature:

• Full-color illustrations to capture attention
• Simple, easy-to-read text for comprehension
• 16 pages for fast, effective training
• Carefully researched and reviewed content
• Quiz and acknowledgment form to document training
• Affordable pricing

This unique service is your work-saving double threat. First, you will rely on it to understand the complicated web of wage and hour regulations that apply in your state. Then you will count on its reliable wage and salary survey data on hundreds of jobs to keep your pay scales competitive. Your subscription includes an online companion site so you have immediate and always new information plus forms you can download and customize easily!

Arranged alphabetically by topic, this unique service explains in plain-English all key state and federal wage and hour laws - from minimum wage to overtime classification.

BLR’s exclusive wage and salary survey data insures your pay rates are right for any job in your state and region.

• A- Z State and federal compensation law explanations
  Get fast, practical answers, with federal to state comparisons - just look up the topic alphabetically!
• Recommended rate ranges specific to YOUR STATE and REGION
  BLR’s unique system of pay grades and rate ranges, plus point-factor analysis, lets you price any job in minutes
• Employee compensation and benefits surveys
  BLR’S exclusive survey data comes from thousands of organizations just like yours. Helps you benchmark and stay competitive.
• Free newsletter
  Employee Compensation newsletter helps keep you on top of new state and federal compensation and benefits laws. Six updates throughout the year keep your book current with all new compensation laws
• Job descriptions
  Complete instructions for the job descriptions process along with job description examples.
• Complete wage and salary administration guidance
  Walks you through the entire compensation process with step-by-step instructions for analyzing and pricing jobs, writing job descriptions, employee compensation policies, and more

• Employee Compensation in [Your State] $399.99 [Add to Cart]

Documenting Employee Performance Workshop offers both new and seasoned leaders step-by-step instruction in a process for documenting performance issues – from the identification of the issues all the way through resolution. The workshop comes with the activities, self-profiles, quizzes and other interactive techniques you need to engage participants and ensure learning sticks.

This workshop will help participants:

• Emphasize behavioral modification and corrective action – not punishment
• Follow a systematic process for documenting performance issues
• Be consistent when counseling to ensure understanding and acceptance of feedback
• Identify their leadership style so they can better understand their reactions to various employee situations

The workshop is packed with tips and strategies for giving feedback, using impact words, coaching for change, writing performance objectives, identifying and dealing with personality types, identifying performance gaps, using the correct language and formats for documentation, documenting expectations of employees, and much more.

Trainers can easily customize the workshop to fit your organizational culture and environment. An appendix section includes 12 reproducible forms for helping participants evaluate their coaching skills, detail development plans, create a Performance Enhancement Plan (PEP), and more.

• Documenting Employee Performance Workshop $149.99 [Add to Cart]

Sexual harassment is an expensive problem but stopping it is as simple as putting a copy of this NEW employee booklet in your employees' hands. With this booklet employees get examples, interactive exercises and case studies so your message is driven home and your training is done. In clear easy-to-understand language your employees will learn:

• The effects of sexual harassment on the workplace
• How to avoid harassing behavior
• Factors used to determine offensive behavior
• The legal definition and types of sexual harassment
• How investigations work

Employee Booklets feature:

• Full-color illustrations to capture attention
• Simple, easy-to-read text for comprehension
• 16 pages for fast, effective training
• Carefully researched and reviewed content
• Quiz and acknowledgment form to document training