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This month’s presidential inauguration has sparked more media interest in whether political discussion belongs at work. You know my position about political discussion at work, and I also realize that there is an occasional workplace in which employees can talk about politics at work without creating hard feelings or disruption. But, in this political month, I did an email interview with Susan Straight for Washingtonpost.com and recommended employer approaches: Leave Politics Out of the Workplace.

New Human Resources Carnival

Gautam Ghosh hosts the new Carnival of Human Resources. As always, he Carnival provides a chance for you to read unfamiliar blogs without wandering all over online.

The Gevity Institute

The Gevity Institute sponsors research with major universities. Their goal is to identify and quantify the association of Human Resource practices and small- and medium-sized companies’ performance. In a recent study performed by Cornell researchers, the following was discovered about the right people, in the right places at the right time, doing the right things:

• "Keep an eye on the future when hiring: Companies should seek to hire exceptional talent capable of making a positive, long-term contribution to the firm.
• Manage employees through formal HR processes and professional standards: Companies benefit from developing formal HR management systems and using professional standards to manage their employees.
• Community is a powerful motivation and retention tool: Workforce alignment, employee motivation and retention are best achieved by building a family-like community."

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