Welcome to the October 3, 2007 issue of The Total View

Published by Success Performance Solutions, Written by Ira S. Wolfe

Visit our Human Resources Blog and Perfect Labor Storm Blog where we can post daily (and more often) human resource updates, news, and Perfect Labor Storm facts. 

3 Seminars! 3 Days!

Oct 31 - Hire for Higher Performance: Competency Based Selection

Nov 1 - CriteriaOne DISC Training

Nov 2 - Become a Best-in-Class Company: Performance Management

More details below!

What's Inside:

1. Workforce 2010: Changing Career Paradigms  

OLD PARADIGMS                                           NEW PARADIGMS                             

Job Security........................................Employability Security

Longitudinal Career Paths.......................Alternate Career Paths

Job/Person Fit......................................Person/Organization Fit

Organizational Loyalty...........................Job/Task Loyalty

Career Success....................................Work/Family Balance

Academic Degree..................................Continuous Relearning

Position/Title........................................Competencies/Development

Full-Time Employment............................Contract Employment

Retirement..........................................Career Sabbaticals

Single Jobs/Careers...............................Multiple Jobs/Careers

Change in jobs based on fear..................Change in jobs based on growth

Promotion tenure based.........................Promotion performance based

Watch more Workforce Trends That Will Change The Way You Do Business:  

Where Have All The Workers Gone? Skills Gaps  (6:33)

Where Have All The Workers Gone? Skilled Worker Crisis  (5:19)  

New!  Diversity: Wake Up Everybody! (6:54)

Then please forward these links to co-workers, colleagues, bosses, reports, and customers.  Thanks.  

The videos are also available on The Perfect Labor Storm website.  

To discuss how to evaluate your workforce or leadership preparedness, call us at 800.803.4303 or 717.291.4640.

2. Now on Sale!  Perfect Labor Storm 2.0 (soft and hard cover versions)  (Delivery date on or about September 20, 2007.)  Order today and save 25%.  

NEW Chapters!  Generational Conflicts in the Workplace, Managing the Future Workforce, Attracting Young Employees in a Seller's Job Market plus hundreds of new facts, trends and stats.

View Table of Contents  

Of every 10 workers in your organization now, three will retire over the next 10 years. Out of that same 10, three others are looking for new jobs even as you read this. And if you've hired younger "20-somethings," expect them to stay no longer than 18 months, on average, before moving on. Workforce trends WILL change the way you do business!

Save 25% off retail by ordering now.

Hard Cover: $29.99         Soft Cover: $19.99  

Your Price: $22.49           Your Price: $14.99

To order Perfect Labor Storm 2.0, call 800.803.4303.  Discounts for orders of 10 or more.  Specify hard or soft cover.

Read the pre-publication reviews:  

Below you will find just a sampling of the trends, stats, and facts that will change the way you do business.

If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China . . .       

                                                                                  .......China would still have a labor surplus.  

China's Generation Y accounts for nearly one-sixth of the Chinese population, equivalent to two-thirds of the entire U.S. population.   

By 2025 more than 75% of the workforce in India will be from Generation Y and younger generations.  

In the United States, Gen Y and younger will make up just less than 60%.

Trends and stats like this are just an inkling of the information you'll find in the revised, updated and expanded Perfect Labor Storm 2.0, including several chapters about managing generational clashes.  

Keep reading future issues of this newsletter for more announcements about the book release and updated Perfect Storm Indicators.  

Perfect Labor Storm e-book published earlier this year is still available.

You can order a download copy of PLS, a great value at $9.95. 

3. Hire for Higher Performance

Learn the Science of Hiring, The Art of Selection

• Some people love competition.  Some people hate it. 
• Some people thrive under pressure.  Others burn out.
• Some people perform best when juggling lots of projects.  Others are one-trick ponies.
• Some people thrive on confrontation.  Others yearn for harmony.
• Some people always follow-through. Others always over-promise.

Learn to take the mystery out of hiring right the first time.

During this one-day workshop you will learn to:

• Identify the core competencies that predict success in any job.
• Create a selection process that accurately identifies the most qualified candidates
• Conserve precious recruitment time and resources
• Select screening and selection tools that predict job fit
• Perform a job analysis to ensure compliance with EEOC and ADA guidelines.

Participants will eliminate hiring mistakes, promote the right people into the right positions, identify high potential employees and build your talent pool.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Hampton Inn, Lancaster, PA

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Fee: $495

4. How to Become a Best-in-Class Company

In a recent survey, 11% of companies indicated a significant disconnect between what their strategic plans prescribe and how well the plan gets executed. The catalyst that converts planning to results is effective employee performance management.  

Join us on November 2, 2007 to learn about a revolutionary performance management system that links your organization's vision, values and operating objectives with the daily activities of your people and holds every employee accountable for their actions.

Who should attend this workshop:

• Managers who dread your current performance review process
• Executives who want to improve overall company performance
• Human Resource Professionals who want to improve employee productivity
• Business Owners who want to increase employee satisfaction
• Organizations who want to link individual performance to business objectives (pay for performance)

Call us today - 800-803-4304 - to register for this FREE workshop on November 2, 2007 in Lancaster, PA.

Registration: 8:00 AM

Seminar begins: 8:15 AM

Seminar ends: 11:30 AM  

Can't attend?  Call or reply to this email and schedule a FREE web demonstration or onsite consultation.  

Learn more about KeyneLink Performance Management System

5.  NEW!  CriteriaOne DISC Training - November 1, 2007  

Position yourself as THE DISC subject matter expert in your organization!  When you become a CriteriaOne® DISC Behavioral Analyst*, you will have the know-how to deliver communication and team-building workshops and interpret CriteriaOne® DISC reports.  Success Performance Solutions' professional staff - experts in Marston's DISC model, building effective teams, and job matching using CriteriaOne® DISC reports - will conduct this training.

This fast-paced, comprehensive certification training will provide an in-depth understanding of DISC model, the CriteriaOne® DISC system and its many team building, conflict-reducing and job matching applications.

What's included in this workshop?  Register before October 1 and receive products and services worth nearly $1600.00, much more than the cost of this training!  

Learn more about CriteriaOne DISC reports.  

To register for CriteriaOne DISC Training or request more information, call 800-803-4303 or send an email.  

6. Speaking Schedule: Ira S Wolfe  

2007:  

Today! - How Practical Assessment Tools Can Bulletproof Your Hiring and Promotion

Decisions

October 16 - Shumaker Williams PC (Camp Hill PA)

October 17 - Vistage - Hiring Tools

October 17 - Associated Builders and Contractors (Lancaster PA)

October 22 - Vistage - How to Assure You Have the Human Capacity to Execute

                       Your Strategic Plans

October 23 - Ben Franklin Technology Venture - How to Hire An Effective Sales

                      Force

November 1 - Healthcare Executives Forum

November 13 - Carlisle (PA) Chamber of Commerce - Workforce Trends That

                          Change The Way You Will Do Business

2008:  

January 21 - Institute of Management Consultants (Dallas, TX) - Workforce Trends That Change The Way You Will Do Business

January 22 - Optimance (Dallas, TX) - Workforce Trends That Change The Way You Will Do Business

October 2008 - American Staffing Association Annual Meeting - Workforce Trends That Change The Way You Will Do Business

Call 717.291.4640 to schedule Ira for your next meeting or conference.

7. Generation Gaps - Take the Age Test!  

1. Name the four Beatles.
2. Finish the line: "Lions and Tigers and Bears, ____ ____!"

3. Hey Kids, what time is it?

4. What do M & M's do?

5. What helps build strong bodies 12 ways?

6. Long before he was Mohammed Ali, we knew him as ________ _____.

7. You'll wonder where the yellow went, ______ ____ _______ ______ ______ ____ ____________.

8. Before his role as Skipper's little buddy, we knew Bob Denver as Dobie's best

    friend __________ __ _______.

9. Brylcream, _____ _____ _____ ___ ___.

10. Bob Dylan advised us to never trust anyone over __.

Click here for Answers to the Age Test.

How did you do?  If you "aced" the test, you likely belong to the Baby Boomer or Veteran generations.  But this also mean you may be struggling with relating to younger workers.  

No doubt about it.  The newest diversity issue in the workplace is age diversity. Many organizations have finally figured out how to recruit young talent only to watch them drive down a collision course with seasoned employees over issues like work ethic, respect for authority, dress code and every work arrangement imaginable. To learn what you can do about dealing with Generational Conflicts, see Managing the Generation Mix above.

8. One-third of employed workers say Show Me The Money

    in Lancaster Chamber Job Fair Survey

To view the full report, go to:

http://www.super-solutions.com/pdfs/LCCI_job_fair_2007fullreport.pdf

8. Quotes from Hire Authorities

"He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed."

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