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…
I am excited to keynote RecruitDC and talk about personal branding. As many of you know, I don’t believe in personal brands. You are not a bottle of laundry detergent. You have a soul. I’m skeptical about the concept of “personal branding” because it can go south pretty quickly. I have a bunch of friends…
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…