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When people get promoted into a management role, the going phrase is that you now have "hire and fire" power. Almost everyone enjoys using his or her hire power - it's great to build your own team and see each individual employee grow. But fire power?

How often do you talk about pay with your employees? It's likely only a few times a year: when they get a raise, bonus or promotion. And during those limited times you discuss pay, the context around the conversation often amounts to little more than, "You're doing a great job."

Fact: Minorities are still largely underrepresented in the United States workforce. When looking at the statistics presented by some of the most innovative companies in the world, the picture is painfully clear. Google reports that 3 percent of its employees are Hispanic and just 2 percent are black (compared to 17.4 percent Hispanic and 13.2 percent black in the general population).

So let's say you are helping a child with their science homework and so you reach for Google. The assignment is simple, to talk about how a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. One website says, "The caterpillar starts to change", and then you go to another website and it says, "The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is one of the most exquisite in the natural world".

SANTA MONICA, Calif., - May 21, 2015 - The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed by talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD), today announced it has teamed with four organizations - AchieveMission, EdFuel, InsideNGO and Koya Leadership Partners - to identify nonprofit candidates that have the human capital management processes in place to benefit from the Foundation's Strategic Partnership program.

Editor's Note: This week, we illustrated three ways flextime can transform the workday. Here, Cali Ressler, co-author of Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It and founder of the ROWE (Results-Only Work Environment) platform, explains why employee flexibility must be coupled with accountability.

Silicon Valley doesn't have a stellar reputation when it comes to gender equality at work, but a recent study shows it may actually be one of the best places in America for women to get a seat at the executive table. InfoGroup, a marketing and data analytics firm with access to more than 21 million businesses, determined which U.S.

There's nothing like that new job smell and nobody loves a new job like today's workforce. Over 2 million Americans quit their jobs each month in favor of shiny new opportunities, leaving both talent recruiters and managers in the throes of turnover.

Throughout a lifetime, the average person will hold around 11 jobs and work for many different bosses. Even those that take pride in their work occasionally find themselves at the mercy of a boss they just cannot identify with.

Momentum of DisasterReady.org over past year reinforces the need for high-quality online training for aid workers anytime, anywhere in the world SANTA MONICA, Calif., October 13, 2014 - DisasterReady.org, a signature program of the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, today announced that it has achieved significant momentum in its mission to increase the preparedness and effectiveness of humanitarian aid workers in conflicts and natural disasters by providing free, accessible, high-quality training.