As a businesswoman with nearly 20 years leading my HR consulting and speaking business, I have a lot to be thankful for. Here’s just a partial list of my blessings.

• Thanks for the human resources profession—the best profession in the world—that allows us to support our organizations in achieving their strategic goals and objectives, and to impact the lives of our employees in meaningful ways each and every day. What an awesome privilege!
• Thanks for the great HR thinkers and educators who influence our roles as strategic business partners. We owe a great deal to your leadership and vision.
• Thanks for business leaders who continue to see the strategic influence of HR and who value the contribution of our profession.
• Thanks for line managers and supervisors who continue to do exasperating things each day, providing HR professionals with interesting and challenging work and loads of job security!
• Thanks for our employees, who challenge us with their questions and issues, and who help us see better ways of doing things, when we let them.
• Thanks for professional associations such as SHRM, which support human resources by serving the professional and advancing the profession.
• And most of all, thanks for the wonderful friends and colleagues I’ve been able to work with in my 20 years in business. What a blessing you have been! Thanks so much for your business and most importantly, your friendship!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Cathy takes the mystery out of understanding the 50+ workforce demographic and how to recruit experienced workers to an organization. This Special Report guides the reader through specific actions and decisions to prepare leaders to recruit and retain experienced workers.

--Jeff Nally, SPHR, Humana, Inc.

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• Let employees know on-the-spot when they’ve done something well. Say “thank you,” smile, and show appreciation for what they’ve done.
• Be specific. It’s not enough to say, “Good job.” What made this behavior worthy of recognition? Let employees know the specifics about their accomplishments.
• Document good deeds, and reinforce these during performance evaluations. By documenting specific behaviors, you’ll be able to recall what made their performance worthy of a high rating or performance pay increase.
• Make recognition known to coworkers. Thank employees publicly, but coach problem behaviors privately.

Nov 13 – 15 HR Generalist Certificate Program, SHRM, Washington, DC

Nov 29 – Dec 1 HR Generalist Certificate Program, SHRM, Orlando, FL

Cathy Fyock, CSP, SPHR, is an employment strategist—helping organizations develop strategies to recruit and retain top talent in an aging and changing marketplace. For nearly 20 years she has combined her knowledge of work-force issues and her talents as a speaker to provide innovative and inspirational learning events. She has helped organizations attract top talent, reduce turnover, and improve productivity in a volatile labor market.

Praise for Cathy’s programs

Cathy Fyock developed a three-day selection course for us at Bridgestone/Firestone, and has been instrumental in delivering the pilot course and subsequent train- the-trainer courses for our zone management. Cathy has impressed us by combining our own ideas about what was needed in the training, and her own experience in this field. As a result, she has created an exciting course that specifically addresses our needs and is helping us to select better candidates, which we believe will ultimately result in more productive and loyal employees. We highly recommend Cathy as an instructional designer, as an employment strategist, and as an effective trainer."