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"Direction Trumps Strategy"
- Welbourne, CIO Update

March, 2008.

"New Study on Relational Capital by Adecco and eePulse"
- For World Business Forum

October, 2007.

"Employee Engagement Beyond the Fad And Into the Executive Suite?"
- Welbourne

Leader-to-Leader, Spring, 2007.

"Which Roles Help You Win?"
- Welbourne

IHRIM.link, April, 2006.

"Stacking Work"
- Welbourne

IHRIM.link, Feb, 2006.

"Throw Out the Job Description"
- Welbourne

CIO Update, Feb, 2006.

"Stacking Work"
- Welbourne

CIO Update, Dec, 2005.

"Leadership Often the Cause of Poor Performance"
- Welbourne

CIO Update, Oct, 2005.

"Employee Engagement Requires the Right Stuff"
- Welbourne

CIO Update, Sep, 2005.

"Avoid Derailment"
- Welbourne

CIO Update, Aug, 2005.

"A New Role for IT"
- Welbourne

CIO Update, Feb, 2005.

"Benchmarking: What it is and what it isn't"
- Welbourne

IHRIM Link, April / May, 2005, pp. 34-36.

"Energy Crisis in the Corner Office "
- Welbourne

Worthwhile, May, 2005, pp. 92-93.

"Back to Basics: Learning About Employee Energy And Motivation From Running On My Treadmill"
- Welbourne, Andrews and Andrews

Human Resource Management, Spring, 2005, v44(1), pp. 55-66.

"HR Metrics For HR Strategists"
- Welbourne

As seen in IHRIM.link, August/September 2004, Volume IX, Issue 4, page 29.

"HR: Are You Being Strategic?"
- Welbourne

HR.com, August 2004

"The Leadership Energy Crisis: The Strategic Opportunity To Act Now,"
- Welbourne

HR.com, May 2004

Leadership Pulse Quarterly Report
- Welbourne

UMBS Leadership Pulse,  September 2003

"Employee Engagement: Doing it vs. Measuring"
- Welbourne

HR.com, September 2003

"The Paradigm Shift: Data Driven Leadership"
- Welbourne

HR.com, June 2003

"Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM): What is it -- Really?"
- Welbourne

HR.com, May 2003

"Leadership Lessons Learned from A Tom Petty Concert,"
- Welbourne

HR.com, January 2003

"It's Budget Time Again,"
- Welbourne

HR.com, December 2002

eePulse, Inc., University of Michigan Business School Survey on the Future of Management Education, Summary Technical Report

September 2002

SHRM®/eePulse, Inc. Survey on the HR Implications of the Attack on America:  One Year Later

September 2002

"Poll Predicts Change in the Workplace As A Result of Terrorist Attacks"

More Caring, Higher Security and Curtailed Business Travel Among Changes

Full Report Available

"Improving on a Good Idea - from Employee Survey to Measurecom,"
- Welbourne

This article critically evaluates employee surveys and introduces the Measurecom® system as an alternative to traditional organizational communication methods.

"Improving Technology-Based Change Processes Through Measurement and Communication: A Case Study on Indus International,"
- Welbourne and Felton

Journal of Strategic Performance Management 2(22), 22-25. 1998

"Fear: The Misunderstood Component of Organizational Transformation,"
- Welbourne

Human Resource Planning 18(1), 30-37. 1995.

This study evaluates the use of fear in employee communications. Rather than reducing fear, companies can enhance the transformation process by harnessing fear to quickly change behavior.

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