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        <title>Human Capital Lab NewsWire</title>
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        <description>The latest resources and research from Bellevue University's Human Capital Lab.</description>
        <language>English</language>
        <copyright>(c) 2010, Bellevue Unversity Human Capital Lab. All rights reserved.</copyright>
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            <title>Testing the Relationship Between Interpersonal Political Skills, Altruism, Leadership Success and Effectiveness: A Multilevel Model</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=137</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Office politics are an all too common reality negatively impacting the work environment, impeding business objectives and wasting resources.  Recent research, however, has drawn surprising conclusions regarding the degree to which engaging in politics, and traits such as altruism, correspond to the pace of one's advancement.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>The New Economics of People &amp; Profits - Video</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=136</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The evolution of the global economy has elevated human capital management to an essential organizational core competence. However, training and HR professionals are challenged to work with fewer resources, less budget, and an increased emphasis on measuring the business impact of their programs. Learn the steps can you take within your organization to change this dynamic.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Use Data to Build Workforce Intelligence</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=135</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Gathering and analyzing data is merely the first step in determining the ROI of your human capital investments. When you apply advanced analytics and predictive modeling to this collected information, you are better prepared to make decisions that can successfully impact business outcomes.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Connecting the Dots - Invest Available Resources for the Future</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=134</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Today, companies have more cash assets than at any time in the past 40 years, notes <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. What are scarce are good, measurable alternatives that can use these stockpiled financial resources to create value for an organization, in particular, human capital investments. To be successful in the post-economic recovery era, learning leaders need to advocate for the necessity of skilled leaders - over cash reserves - as part of their strategic planning.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Analyze the Return on Workforce Investments</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=133</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When every budget dollar counts, it's imperative that you're able to demonstrate the impact of human capital investments on your company's strategic KPIs. Learn more about performance metrics that can isolate the impact of your learning interventions. Then, discover how you can utilize that data to develop models of variables to predict success and affect organizational performance.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>The New Economics of People &amp; Profits - Presentation</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=132</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The evolution of the global economy has elevated human capital management to an essential organizational core competence. However, training and HR professionals are challenged to work with fewer resources, less budget, and an increased emphasis on measuring the business impact of their programs. Learn the steps you can take within your organization to change this dynamic.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Promoting Altruism in Organizations - The Flip Side of Business Outcomes</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=131</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Existing business models continue to focus on maximizing profits and shareholder value, with less attention paid to other factors that can positively impact the bottom line, such as human capital investment, stewardship, collaboration, and critical thinking skills. To deliver the highest, most enduring competitive advantage, consider the "flip side" of business by aligning pro-social behaviors with organizational performance, and build altruistic management philosophies into the workplace.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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            <title>Internal vs. External Education: Designing for the best of both</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=130</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For too long, HR managers and learning leaders have operated in isolated silos. Now, these two departments are tasked with working together to discover new pathways that accelerate both learning and the favorable impact of this human capital investment upon the organization. It will require innovation and energy to blend theoretical knowledge gained by way of higher education with tacit knowledge acquired through an organization's employee learning programs.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>The Impact of Tuition Reimbursement on Career Mobility and Retention</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=129</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your company's tuition reimbursement program may provide benefits beyond your expectations. Discover how Bellevue University's Human Capital Lab researched Mutual of Omaha's tuition reimbursement program, finding a positive impact on employee skill levels, loyalty, retention, and the organization's long-term strategic value.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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            <title>How Do You Know that the Measured Outcomes are the Result of the Learning Intervention and Not Something Else?</title>
            <link>http://www.humancapitallab.org/resources.php?id=120</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When budgets are tight, you need to be able to substantiate your human capital investments to the C-suite. Learn the right tools and techniques to build a measurement plan that aligns your corporate learning programs with the organization's intended business outcomes.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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