In the past few years, I have been a wrestling referee for high school and junior varsity matches. This past week I made the decision to go back and officiate this season, so I went to the introductory meeting. While I was sitting there, I felt like I was from two different worlds, and I [...]
I enjoy reading and learning about leadership, and I love meeting HR leaders. Last week I ran a fun series over on upstartHR. It was all about the five most valuable competencies for a senior HR leader to have. Some of them might surprise you, and others are definitely staples of every leader’s toolkit. Check [...]
Next week brings with it the 2010 SHRM Leadership Conference, and I am thrilled to be able to say that I am attending this event. So, what is it? Well, it’s an event geared toward the volunteer leaders that make things happen in the HR space. SHRM chapters and state councils send their leaders to [...]
Wow. That’s all I can say about the recent NASHRM September workshop event. Doctor Daniel Crosby shared some amazing insights based on his background in both clinical psychology and business consulting. Before the event I went out looking for ways to connect with Daniel. Well, I ran upon this funny post he wrote on his [...]
Today’s post is kicking off with a fun little video you might have seen making the rounds online last fall. (Subscribers may have to click through to view.) Within a few days of its release, this video had thousands of views on YouTube. Even now when I hear that song by Chris Brown I still [...]
I think one responsibility leaders have is asking tough questions. Getting your people to think about what their roles are and how they can best fill them is a challenge all managers face. Recently my own manager asked a series of difficult questions in a department meeting. In responding to the questions, I felt like [...]
Expectations. They are such a large part of our work. From the very first time we interview to the regular performance reviews we all love to hate, we’re trying to meet someone’s expectations. There’s a big problem with that, though. We don’t always know what someone’s expectations are. I do some freelance work on the [...]
Way back in the day when I was an Assistant Personnel Manager (yeah, that far back) we in Human Resources didn’t wring our hands about Being Invited to The Table. It wasn’t called that yet. But the concept had (and still has) validity. Influential HR bloggers Mark Stelzner and Sharlyn Lauby have weighed in on HR’s [...]
As an HR professional, what is your sphere of influence? This was one of the conversations I witnessed this past weekend as I took part in an event called HRevolution. It was an amazing event that gathered fifty HR professionals together for a closer look at social media, HR’s role in the workplace, networking, and [...]
If you’ve read much in recent months, it’s probably had some flavor of social media running through it. It seems like there’s no way to get away from the topic, no matter where you turn. But every once in a while a great question comes up that can’t be ignored, and that’s what happened this [...]
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