contents VOLUME 31 / NUMBER 4 MAY/JUNE 2014
FEATURES
Making Dollars Make Sense.................................... 20
Financial skills every HR professional needs to know
Deception...................................................................... 26
Preventing, detecting and recovering employee fraud
Maximizing High Potential........................................ 30
Growing leaders through peer-to-peer connections
Interview with an HR Hero: Les Dakens................. 72
DEPARTMENTS
Letter from the Editor.................................................... 6
Leadership Matters....................................................... 8
Some advice on starting an HR career
Upfront........................................................................... 11
The latest HR news
Legal Words.................................................................. 17
Pension income not equated to severance pay
Communications.......................................................... 49
Changing conversations to optimize
working relationships and outcomes
Talent Management.................................................... 53
The importance of social feedback to HR departments
Innovation..................................................................... 55
Revolutionizing the hiring process with speed
group interviews
Workplace Culture...................................................... 59
Organizational culture change through leadership
examples
Training & Development............................................. 63
Connecting mentors and protégés
Technology.................................................................... 65
Keeping HR software current and within budget
Careers.......................................................................... 69
Human Resources and Career Development
Off the Shelf.................................................................. 77
What’s worth reading
Index to Advertisers.................................................... 79
The Last Word.............................................................. 80
Time for Change
SPECIAL SECTION: 2014 HR SUPPLIERS GUIDE
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IN THIS ISSUE
Familiarizing yourself with financial
terms and basic know-how is critical
for HR professionals to effectively
communicate with other members
of the senior executive team. Find
out how to begin bridging the
knowledge gap by reading through
this issue of HR Professional.
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