I saw a tweet from a #sxswi attendee. @garyvee HR used to be at the bottom. Now it’s at the top. #SXSW @garyvee — Fatima Lora (@FatimaDLora) March 14, 2015 If you can’t read the tweet, I will paraphrase it. Gary Vaynerchuk is quoted as saying that HR used to be at the bottom, and…
It’s been said that everybody in America is a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Is your name Rajeev Motwani and were you born in Philly? Are you Shelley Tyszkiewicz from Cleveland? Doesn’t matter. St. Patrick’s Day is the one day we’re all encouraged to drink Guinness and eat corned beef and cabbage like…
I don’t land HR consulting gigs. The gigs land on me. Lately, I’ve been asked to help “polite HR departments” think about how to operate more effectively. What’s a polite HR organization? First of all, I lump it into one word: PoliteHR. Sometimes I call it #politeHR. PoliteHR it’s a departmental archetype of sorts, but…
Hey, everybody. I finally fulfilled my goal of volunteering at a marathon. I woke up at 5AM to volunteer at the Tobacco Road Marathon. I set up a water station at mile marker 2/24 with a team of employees from Allscripts. On the way to the marathon, I got lost. (No coffee!) I had to…
Facts on the ground. You need to show ROI for all the time you spend on the internet. I am participating in two webinars, this month, that will not suck. Let’s do this! First up — want to learn more about data and HR to sound credible to your boss? The first webinar is hosted…
Roxy turns six months old, this weekend. She just survived her first experience with our awesome babysitter. (She’s growing up so fast!) I prefer to celebrate “gotcha days” more than birthdays, but six months is a big deal. First up, she is still alive. That’s a milestone for a kitty who comes from the city streets…
As you read this, I’m in Omaha talking to a bunch of great people from Stryker about working in human resources. (Wait. It’s not as bad as it sounds. And I’m debuting my new Brooks Brothers dress, which I’ll wear to death on the 2015 corporate speaker circuit.) You may wonder — what the hell…
Years ago, I worked for a Worldwide VP of Human Resources who made the fatal mistake of standing before a group of HR women and misidentifying one of the eligibility rules for a program called FMLA. “Who doesn’t know basic HR stuff like that?” “With a big title like that, you’d think he’d know FMLA.”…
My grandmother once predicted that I would become a Republican once I started making money. I laughed so hard and told her, “Gramma, I can’t be a Republican. I love abortion too much.” She said, “Just watch.” Well, it’s a decade later. I am far from a Republican, but I am big on personal accountability.…
I run through the UNC campus on Saturday mornings. There are two benefits. 1. Empty streets. 2. Whenever someone is out, you are guaranteed good people-watching opportunities! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve assumed that the campus was empty, run across the street, and nearly been knocked over by someone who is turning…
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