I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets, and resolutions. I love this time of year because the calendar naturally moves me to reflect and take action. This post is all about 2018 accomplishments. Honestly, I’m not sure how the year went. There’s data showing it was okay. Trips, invoices, bank…
People keep asking me for my Omah’s Christmas Snickerdoodle recipe. It’s a holiday staple. Turns out, she is my ex-boyfriend’s Omah, but these cookies have been in my life since 1991. We’ll always be family. Here’s the recipe. Sift together and set aside: 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 tsp.…
HR is having the wrong conversation about immigration. Instead of talking about compliance and politics, we should talk about the employee experience.
This week’s guest on Let’s Fix Work is Joe Hirsch, TEDx speaker and best-selling author of ‘The Feedback Fix’ and managing director of Semaca Partners, a boutique communications firm. Joe is also an award-winning educational leader in using applied behavioral science to create more positive and better-performing workplaces. In this episode, Laurie asks Joe about…
How do you know it’s the end of the year? Everybody asks for predictions. This week, I was honored to appear on Changing The Game with HR, Presented by SAP. The host is Bonnie D. Graham, who happens to live down the road from me, and the panelists included Art Mazur and Dr. Patti Fletcher.…
For episode two of this season, we welcome Nando Rodriguez and German Marin from Brooklyn New York to the show. Nando Rodriguez is a former recruiter and blogger who now works as a coach, influencer and an advocate. German is a LinkedIn headshot and online dating photographer. Both live their lives openly on social media…
I only hang out with badass women who ask tough questions about the status quo. Earlier this week, I talked to Katie Augsburger. Based in Portland, she is a hands-on HR professional with demonstrated success in leadership and employee development, organizational design, change management, strategic planning, compensation and creating performance management programs. Katie is an…
My buddy Josh Bersin lights the world on fire with his research and insights about the world of work. Last week, he gave us the 15 coolest perks to hit the office in 2019. 15 coolest Perks to hit the office in 2019. 1. Pawternity 2. Fertility support 3. Life coaching 4. International retreats 5.…
Let’s Fix Work is back for Season 2. The first episode has Laurie interviewing a returning audience favorite, Áine Cain. Áine is a reporter in the retail section at Business Insider. She covers Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Lowe’s. We begin the episode catching up with Áine about her recent trip to Iceland, involving hotdogs, highlands and the…
About five years ago, I was asked to a super-secret lunch to answer one question: “What do you think of an idea called WorkHuman?” I was like, whoa, tell me more. My friends at Globoforce wanted to launch a movement to bring more humanity to the workplace. America was feeling its sea legs from the…
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