Can HR Fire Me?
People get fired for all sorts of reasons every day, but can HR fire you? Here’s what you need to know about HR’s role in the firing process.
25 Good HR Books to Read
Looking for good HR books to read that will help you take control of your career and won’t put you to sleep? Here are my top 25. 1. “Career Rehab” by Kanika Tolver Kanika Tolver wrote “Career Rehab” for people just like you — someone who isn’t in love with their job or the daily…
Don’t Trust People Who Don’t Love Animals
There’s a universal force that unites all successful & happy business professionals: a love of animals. Do you agree with me?
I Work in HR and Hate It
If this is you: I work in HR and hate it. Here are some small ideas to begin the march forward towards your new life.
5 Ways You Can Help the Author in Your Life
There’s nothing more challenging for an author than writing a book — except creating a marketing campaign, grappling with the nuances of public relations, and asking people to buy the damn thing. Do you know how many authors like to talk about themselves or ask for a favor? None. As a recent author, I can…
Would You Fire Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Let’s pretend you’re a CEO and you’ve been asked to mediate a conflict at your local office. An employee who embraces internet conspiracy theories and carries guns to work is stalking her colleague. You might wonder — How bad is it? Is this overblown? You ask HR to pull the security footage and see that…
We Need to Talk About Resilience
Organizational psychologists, workplace gurus, and leadership consultants are weaponizing our suffering. They want to fool us into believing that there’s something noble and courageous about being resilient. Here are some examples of things they earnestly said and wrote in 2020: ∙ Frontline workers demonstrated incredible resiliency during the pandemic. ∙ Doctors and nurses who worked…
How HR Should Handle the Return to Work
You’re going back to work. Don’t believe me? Okay, maybe you have a progressive CEO, and your work-from-home days aren’t numbered. Still, your friends and neighbors will head back to the office once vaccines are available to children ages 12-15 and mask mandates are lifted in your municipality. Why are corporations reverting to pre-pandemic work…
Hire Them Back: Get Women Back to Work ASAP
Did you know that 2.5 million women in America have left the workforce since the beginning of the pandemic? Perhaps one of your friends or family members left work due to the coronavirus. Maybe it’s you. This past February, Vice President Kamala Harris warned that the rapid departure set women back for decades. Speaking to…
What Can HR Do About Racism?
Years ago, I met a Chief HR Officer at a conference in Savannah, GA, who told a story about what it was like to start a new job and get to the bottom of strategic organizational challenges. When this woman accepted her role, one of the first trends she noticed was that the company routinely…