My guest today is Dr. Candace Steele Flippin. She is a communications executive, a TEDx speaker and the author of the fantastic book Get Your Career in SHAPE: A Five-Step Guide to Achieve the Success You Need, Want, and Deserve. Dr. Candace and I talk about her game-changing career framework, the generational changes in work…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laurie Ruettimann (@lruettimann) Fox Business asked me to join them on-air and talk about human resources, the leaked SCOTUS decision on Roe v. Wade, and abortion. It’s a tricky topic. So I started with data. Many people engage in alternative facts about abortion, but there…
That seems like a simple question, right? Can an employer fire you for asking for a raise? If you are an at-will employee, then the answer is yes. Does it suck? Absolutely. However, there is no law against firing someone for asking for a raise, even if it is a bad business practice. Like most…
My guest today is Karina Monesson. She’s a writer, speaker and the senior manager of human insights, research and advisory, at UKG, the Ultimate Kronos Group. Karina joins us to talk about her research into megatrends, specifically gray-collar workers. In this episode, we talk about who these workers are, how they contribute to the economy…
The past few years have been tough for all working professionals. You’ve worked hard for what you accomplished—whether that’s starting a new job, scoring a new position or taking on new responsibilities. So why is it still hard to learn how to stand up for yourself at work? Even seasoned professionals can feel intimidated by the…
Welcome to a bonus episode of Punk Rock HR! In this special episode, my guest is Lance Haun, vice president of market insights at The Starr Conspiracy and one of my oldest friends. This episode comes from a webinar where we talked about an exciting concept — the reverse mullet. Lance describes a traditional mullet…
Back in the day, people only lived until they were 50 or 60 years old. Their paths were pretty much the same. Be born, possibly get an education, and definitely go to work. For the lucky ones, they’d retire. The map of living has fundamentally changed as people live longer, some to 100 and beyond,…
In this episode, my guest is Steve Sonnenberg, co-founder and CEO of Awardco, the fastest-growing rewards and recognition platform in the world, ranked by Inc. Magazine for the last three years. The company has assisted many employers in creating a better way to recognize their workforce. And today, we are talking all about rewards and…
My guest today is Emily Gregory, chief growth officer at Crucial Learning. She is also the co-author of Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When the Stakes are High. You may have read this book at some point in your career, but there’s a third edition now available. In this episode, Emily and I talk about…
Welcome to a very special episode of Punk Rock HR. It’s our 200th episode, and I’m pleased to have my friend Don MacPherson join me at the mic to talk about something really important to me. In October 2021, my beloved cat Emma came down with pancreatitis. It was painful, aggressive, and her little body…
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