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HR and the new Hispanic workforce; a comprehensive guide to cultivating and leveraging employee success.

Recent U.S. Census data found that there are now more Hispanics than blacks in the U.S. and that the U.S. has the fastest-growing Spanish-speaking population in the world. In this text, Nevaer and Ekstein offer HR professionals insights into Hispanic employees and how to meet the needs of this growing segment of the workforce. Coverage includes how to find, attract, and select the best Hispanic candidates; the need to document company policies towards Hispanic staff; evaluating the performance of Hispanic employees; training and development; and how to keep Hispanic employees challenged and satisfied. Nevaer is a private consultant specializing in U.S. Hispanics and their growing influence on American business; Ekstein is a private consultant who specializes in workplace transformation issues. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Unbalanced influence; recognizing and resolving the impact of myth and paradox in executive performance.

Drawing from research done at the Center for Creative Leadership's Leadership at the Peak Program, Hammett, who is associated with the center and was formerly an executive at American Express, describes characteristics of effective executive leadership and the paradoxes and myths that accompany them. He focuses on senior executives at the "C-level" (CEO, CFO, etc.) and data from the program that included their input as well as feedback on their performance from bosses, peers, and subordinates about personality, interpersonal interactions, personal characteristics, and leadership competencies. He discusses myths and paradoxes relating to power and influence, effective decision making, intuition and analytics, values and ethics, performance, creativity and innovation, developing future leaders, and work and life balance. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)