I love running, but I am an inconsistent runner. Right now, I am tired. My body is a little sore. I have been taking it easy on myself. I signed up to run the TarHeel 10 Miler, last weekend, but I considered skipping it. Who would know? Who would care?! But I decided to pick…
Dear Readers, Today is Hairball Awareness Day. Normally, Furminator asks me to do a cool project with cat fur to promote healthy feline digestive tracts. This year, there is no project. Some websites are running a contest where you can win a FURminator grooming kit filled with several products, but I’d rather just show you…
The one thing I’ve learned about being a solopreneur is that the cobbler’s children go unshod. I am helping a few HR technology companies create and implement progressive marketing strategies. I am coaching a few young women on how to be more effective human resources leaders. I am headed down to SHRM ATL to help…
I don’t have many career aspirations. At the age of 39, I thought I would be a human resources lady and a mom. The fact that I write and speak for a living is very crazy. And it’s even weirder when leaders ask me for strategic advice. I always think, “What the hell do I know? I’m…
I am excited to return to Grand Cayman on May 14 where I’ll keynote the 11th Annual CISHRP Conference. Let me get a few things out of the way. Yes, there are HR professionals in Grand Cayman. Yes, they have a conference. Yes, they are always looking for good human resources conference speakers like you.…
I don’t believe in wellness. You want to smoke, eat meat and die of diabetes-related issues at an early age? I don’t care. I’m not your mom. Me? I don’t believe in heaven, which makes me oddly pro-life. I would like to live as long as possible, and I don’t want my body to stop…
Across the internet, I see people talking about building a personal brand. While a personal brand can be a useful tool in building relationships, it can also go south pretty quickly if you are not doing it correctly. Do you have friends with new hobbies, new relationships, and new experiences who can’t stop using social…
I am about to Hustle Up the Hancock. I am pretty psyched. Last year, I ran up those flippin’ stairs in 21 minutes. I would like to break 20 minutes in 2014. I’ve been thinking about the way we use the word “hustle” in this country. When I was a kid, it meant two things.…
Hello, everyone. It is my honor and privilege to bring you a groundbreaking Human Resources Research Report® that covers the demographics, behaviors, attitudes and beliefs of the modern HR Director. For the purposes of providing a statistically valid report, LFR Inc® asked 989 human resources directors to participate in online polls and in-depth focus groups…
Hi, everyone. Welcome to LFR HQ. This is just a quiet note to test out the platform. As many of you know, my existence falls into three categories: work, life and cats. Even when I write about feminist hermeneutics and phenomenology, I am really just writing about my cats. As I start to add stuff to…