Tomorrow is #ATributeToElle
On August 10th, we’ll remember Elle Seiden and honor her father by raising money and awareness for three charities. Please use #ATributetoElle when making a donation or posting content online.
Let’s Fix Work Episode 22 — Pay Yourself First with Don MacPherson
Don MacPherson is an entrepreneur who built a company called Modern Survey, which he successfully sold without laying people off or taking on debt. That’s the American Dream. But Don’s not resting on his laurels. Growing up in a mining community, Don learned the value of work early and isn’t interested in status symbols like…
Practice Mono-Tasking, Not Multi-Tasking
There is nothing less American than a northern California shower. The hotels all have low-flow shower heads — even the luxury hotels — and you can’t get yourself clean or wash the shampoo out of your hair. You walk around the Bay Area half-clean, half-soaped and half-bathed. Also, while long and decadent showers aren’t good…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 21 — Branding to Land Your Dream Job with JT O’Donnell
According to JT O’Donnell, we’re pretty bad at job searching. After all, we aren’t in the business of finding jobs; our skills sets are DOING them. So, if and when you need to change employers, outside advice is invaluable. Today, Laurie and JT talk about why the old way of job searching is obsolete and…
How to Support Our Friend Jason Seiden
Hi, everybody. There’s one thing that is true about the HR community: When one of us hurts, all of us hurt. That’s why I’m very sad to share the news that Elle Taylor Seiden, the beloved daughter of our friend Jason Seiden, lost her life on July 22nd after bravely battling a debilitating disease called…
Let’s Fix Work Episode 20 — Rechannel Emotional Energy at Work with Cy Wakeman
Cy Wakeman is an international keynote speaker, business consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and psychologist. She helps people around the world ditch the drama and turn excuses into results. Naturally, Laurie is a total fangirl. Today, Cy and Laurie talk about how to get the best out of people, whether or not you really…
Support Let’s Fix Work on Patreon
I got a call from a friend this week who asked me if I needed money. He saw my new Patreon account and wondered if I had fallen on hard times. I’ll always take money, thank you, but it made me step back and think about how I speak to the world about the business…
Where Are the Cool Kids in HR?
We’re in a bubble. Far too many senior-level HR professionals are quitting their jobs and becoming business consultants and executives coaches. These men and women give up PTO, step outside of their company’s headquarters for the first time in a decade, and say things like “performance reviews are lame” and “compensation policies are unfair” as…
Time Management & Choices
My friend Melissa Fairman has a three-part series on time management that is in week two, but I didn’t want to wait to tell you about it. Read and watch part one and part two. It’s good. Melissa is trying to help you figure out how to manage your time better so you can do…
Improving Employee Engagement Won’t Fix Work
My friend Paul Hebert is writing all across the internet about why employee engagement might not be all that it’s cracked up to be. First of all, let’s define employee engagement. Employees are engaged when they give their best each day through intrinsic effort, are committed to organizational goals and values, demonstrate extrinsic efforts beyond…
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