The other morning, I watched middle-school boys march to school. They were a loud gaggle of arms and legs and energy moving on impulse and swinging backpacks and books by their fingertips. These boys laughed and screamed and slammed themselves into one another like waves in the ocean as if their bodies existed only to…
Three years ago, a colleague of mine told me that my internet headshots made me look amateurish and angry. He said — It’s nice that your husband is a photographer, but you literally need to step up your game and invest a few bucks in a professional photo. I’m like, what are you talking about?…
We’re about halfway through January. Will you meet your reading goal and finish one book each month? Right now, there’s a team of people working hard to build HRBooks.com because I think you can read 12 books each year. We are trying to help HR professionals work to the top of their license. Books are…
I’m writing this note to inform you that the Workplace Harassment Summit was canceled because we got him. That one guy who was making your job a nightmare? It’s over for him thanks to the #MeToo movement, so there’s no need for me to do a talk in New York City on January 29th. Okay,…
I am doing 2018 differently. This year, I knocked out all three annual cat exam visits in January. Over the past ten days, I hauled each of my girls to the office and went through the checklist of shit that might be wrong. They’re all in exceptional health. Roxy is a terrorist kitten. Molly lost…
The world’s smartest women offer some career advice for 2018. It goes like this: Be your authentic self. Confidence is key. Be open to opportunities. Surround yourself with good people. Find the right balance for you. I love all of these women, but this list is recycled garbage. Everybody knows that you can’t be your…
If you listen carefully, every news story is an HR story. Currently, business journalists are excited about the race to be the first $1 trillion company. The front-runners are Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Some would throw Microsoft and Tesla in the mix. It’s probably going to be Apple, but Amazon is in the running…
Hello, everybody. Today is my birthday. I’m 43. That’s about six in dog years. (No, wait, it might be 200. Do you multiply or divide?) I woke up this morning and wanted to turn my blog into a fundraising vehicle for Hustle Up the Hancock, but then I remembered that most of you have already…
Hello, everybody. Hope your new year is off to a good start. My first five days of 2018 have been a joke. It’s snowing and extraordinarily chilly in Raleigh, which is uncommon. I’ve had a cold for nine days which has me talking like Jacob Silj, and now I have a stye in my eye…
I have a lot of firsts in my life. I’m the first in my family to finish college. The first to have a corporate job, travel abroad and see the world. Early to a world with a social footprint and a public life. Also, I was early in my career. Learned about the cloud and…