I don’t hang out with many HR people, these days. When I tell them about the time and money spent on training and developing the modern workforce, they don’t believe me. Billions of dollars are spent on software, learning management systems and modules to help people all over the world get the job done. And…
It’s the time of year when human resources technology vendors begin to market their user conferences. What’s a user conference? At its best, it is an event where you learn more about HR and how a company can help you do your job better. They bring in speakers to help you think about your job…
I had breakfast with Jason Lauritsen, last week. He is a super human being with a big heart. You should know him. (Side note — his wife knows my cousin. It’s a small world.) Anyway, it’s breakfast and I’m eating everything at the hotel buffet. Jason is trying to have an adult conversation with me…
Several years ago, my friends and I started a meme called #timsackettday to honor unsung heroes in the field of human resources who hustle but don’t receive any press. We’ve honored good folks like Tim Sackett, Paul Hebert and Kelly Dingee. When I asked for nominees for this year’s Tim Sackett Day, someone sent me…
I grew up on the northwest side of Chicago. It wasn’t tremendously ghetto back in the mid 1980s, but it wasn’t all that flashy. I was lucky enough to attend parochial school for six years. Even though money was tight and nobody in our neighborhood did very well — and believe me, I never heard the…
Back in 2004, I used to have a real job. I lived in Michigan and worked for Pfizer. My territory was global. My job started off as a normal HR job until I had to lay people off. A lot of them. I traveled to fun places like New York City, London, France and Puerto…
I spend a lot of time talking about what makes HR professionals fail, but I have strong opinions on the key attributes that make human resources leaders successful. Here are four. Great HR leaders are dependable and reliable. Everybody wants innovative and disruptive until you actually give them innovative and disruptive. Then they want steady…
There aren’t a ton of fun things about working in human resources. We do things that need to be done. It’s not super sexy or totally fulfilling, but it’s important. You know what’s fun? The other stuff that sits outside of HR. Social media. Employment branding. Data. Thinking about HR as a B2C function instead of a…
Everybody jokes about the HR lady cat stereotype because, if I’m being honest, I made it okay to joke about that stereotype when I first started blogging about HR. It’s like Coach purses. I have a bunch — including an awesome, vintage Stewardess bag — but I saw myself mixed in with a group of frumpy…
About eight weeks ago, we celebrated my “early 40th birthday” in Australia. I drank cocktails and jetted around the Great Barrier Reef. I was able to snorkel with tropical fish, swim with sea turtles, and then head down to Sydney for more sightseeing and tourist fun. Thank god I had that wonderful experience. When my…
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