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I’ve been working on a podcast idea. I’m calling it “Let’s Fix Work.” I’ll talk to people who have ideas on how to fix work. It’s not a super-complicated concept. Work sucks for most of us. The people closest to a problem are the ones well-equipped to solve it. Let’s talk to normal people in…

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., the CEO of SHRM, wants to strengthen the relationship between education and employers. He accepted a volunteer advisory appointment from President Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos to the White House Initiative on HBCUs. You might say, “That’s not much of a story, Laurie. Slow down if you’re about to go off…

Things I like on the internet. – Myself – My retweets – Mentions of me – Photos of my good side – When you share my blog posts – Looking at your followers – Loud bands that shred – Baby animal videos – TSA’s Instagram – Yo mama jokes – Travel snaps I need to…

Middle-aged HR ladies are something else. Being middle-aged myself, I know we fall in one of two categories: Oprah Winfrey or Joan Collins from Dynasty. I recently met the Joan Collins of HR at a networking event, which sucks because I’m Joan Collins. Here’s the story as I test my new microphone. It’s a Shure…