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7 Strategies for Being a Better Manager

We believe that to be the best leader you can be, you need to be a fearless, bold, effective coach on a daily basis. Aspirational, right? The path to greatness seldom runs smoothly though, so here are a few strategies to get you started.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Performance Management Without Biases

Learn what to look for in performance management technologies. Today's organizations require a best-of-breed performance management platform. Information Builders' Performance Management Framework is a powerful, comprehensive solution that facilitates the effective, efficient management of both financial and operational performance across an entire enterprise. This paper will discuss:

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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The Art of Teleworking

As a manager responsible for teleworkers in your organization, are you addressing their needs as well as the needs of your organization? This white paper analyzes the teleworker's primary challenges and offers ideas for overcoming them. It highlights the advances of technology that make teleworking truly successful and of greater benefit to both teleworkers and their organization.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Building Productivity: Automating Time and Attendance in Manufacturing

Discover how automation of processes like time and attendance can improve efficiency and productivity, reduce compliance risk, and help you better manage spend. Manufacturing organizations always face a critical balancing act. They must achieve the highest levels of efficiency possible, while also ensuring that they are not over or under supplying the marketplace. This need to be flexible and efficient requires exceptional visibility into all factors. Read more of this white paper to look at the unique challenges manufacturing organizations face and how automation of key workforce management processes can improve your organization.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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10 Important Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Payroll Service

As your business grows, one of the many decisions you'll need to make is when to outsource your payroll, rather than doing it yourself. Fortunately, professional payroll processing services provide an affordable alternative to doing payroll yourself. And since payroll is the specialty of these services, they're able to make sure everyone is paid on time, that withholding is properly calculated, and that all IRS deadlines are met. They also keep accurate wage and hour data, which can be critical should your business be targeted for an audit by the Department of Labor (DOL). You have many choices for payroll outsourcing, and generally you'll pay a few dollars per check. Some payroll companies offer services like direct deposit, administration of benefits, and deductions for employee Health Savings Accounts. Trusted payroll providers are insured and offer guarantees that in the event they should they make an error -- like missing an IRS deadline -- they will take care of the penalties, assuming you provided them with accurate data in a timely manner. If you're thinking of outsourcing your payroll, this paper will help you with the questions you need to ask before choosing a potential payroll provider. And to help get you started, we will also provide you with several free, no-obligation price quotes by phone/e-mail from recognized and reputable payroll services providers.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Eliminate Performance Anxiety: Manage Employee Performance Better

Learn how to implement best practices for performance management company-wide to increase employee productivity while reducing the ineffectiveness of a fragmented performance management policy. Talent management is quickly becoming the human resource industry's hottest buzz term. Preparing your workforce for the future is obviously important. Equally important yet often overlooked, however, is managing your employees in the present. How your employees are performing today sets the foundation for how your workforce will look in the future. Don't overlook the importance of performance management and optimizing your workforce today.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Six Principles for Motivating and Retaining Employees

Learn six principles for motivating and retaining employees in a fluctuating economy. According to a recent survey, 39% of people who left their jobs cited insufficient recognition as a major factor in their decision. In today's tenuous economic environment, it is more important than ever that you keep employee morale high. Otherwise when the tide turns, your best employees may start looking for better opportunities. American Express recently spoke with a cross section of HR experts about how to keep employees happy in challenging times. In their free down-loadable report you will learn:

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Increase Enrollment, Retention, and Student Success: Best Practices for Information Delivery and Strategic Alignment in Higher Education

Learn the six best practices of effective strategy execution. With a clear strategic focus, enterprise-wide business intelligence, and a formal best practices process for executing strategy, colleges and universities can navigate the operational challenges of data access and performance management to increase enrollment, retention, and student success. This white paper shows you how.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Ethernet WAN, Routers or Switches – Making the Right Choice

Download this Cisco White Paper to learn which tool will give you the lowest TCO and accelerate your business at any time, anywhere in the network. In today's age with globalization and distribution, employees are moving towards the branch office. To be successful, these employees require access to the same applications, systems and tools as employees located at the corporate headquarters. In this white paper learn the value proposition and difference between these three tools, so you're able to make an informed decision:

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Health Insurance Options for Businesses

Read about the benefits of health insurance for businesses and employees, as well as important decision-making criteria for business owners.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst: Insurance Fundamentals for Small Business

Learn the basics of insurance for small businesses including the various policies available and the correct terms for coverage and benefits. In the excitement and occasional anxiety of starting and running a small business, owners look for certain milestones as measures of success. These essential elements cover a wide range: a completed business plan, a capital-equipment loan, a real estate agreement, the first dollar earned, the first employee hired. Each is significant, but one benchmark small business owners initially overlook is insurance. Knowing what kind of insurance is available and the amount of protection a business needs is a crucial first step towards success.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Performance Reviews: Go Team or Go Home

Businesses ultimately depend on the success of teams, but performance reviews focus on the strengths and weaknesses of individuals. How do you bridge the gap?

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Opening the Doors to India: Opportunities and Challenges of Offshoring Medical Devices

According to one report, the medical devices market is about 50 percent of the world pharmaceutical market in terms of relative size, but is also growing faster than its drug counterpart. To compete in this attractive market, many medical device companies are prospering by partnering with offshore outsourcing companies and collaborating on medical device development and manufacturing. By offshoring, U.S. medical device manufacturers can focus on more strategic, value-added projects, and divert substantial funds to research and development. This paper highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with offshoring medical devices in India and how HCL Technologies, India's leading global IT Services company, can help.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies

Unmanaged employee use of email and the web can subject any organization to costly risks. Learn how clearly written Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) can protect your business. Responsible organizations should deploy clearly written Acceptable Usage Policies (AUPs) for email and web usage, supported by employee training and enforced by proven technology solutions. This white paper can serve as a business guide on how to develop and enforce Email and Web AUPs. All employers need to understand that unmanaged personal email and web usage has a negative effect on productivity and heightens the organization's risk. Download this white paper and learn how to quickly implement an effective AUP in your workplace.

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium

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The Importance of a Print Management Strategy – And Why it Matters

Executive Management: learn how to control expenses by outsourcing the management of your fleet of printers. Print Management provides a breakthrough answer to today's top business challenge: reducing overhead without harming productivity. Jim Salzer of DocuAudit Intl. shows how Print Management allows you to control documentation expenses by outsourcing the management of your current print environment. Written by: Convergence Consulting, Inc. Sponsored by: DocuAudit International

Apr 15, 2026 8 min read Premium