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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Are you thinking of writing a traditionally published book? If this is the year you finally put yourself first and follow your dreams, good for you. We’re not living through a pandemic to recreate our former lives from 2019. We’re surviving to find our purpose — at work and in our personal lives. When I…
Punk Rock HR is underwritten by Headspace for Work. Today I want to talk about my experience at Pfizer. That’s right, I’m talking about the global drug company, my former employer, and the place where I decided to end my career in human resources. When I worked there, I was truly surrounded by people who…
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 2021 resolutions. I resolve not to get COVID-19 and die. Shit, did I jinx myself? Dammit, if you’re looking back…
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 2020 regrets. Boy, I have a list. I regret drinking heavily at my brother’s you’ve-got-cancer/surprise birthday party in February 2020. Now,…
Punk Rock HR is underwritten by Headspace for Work. There is so much technology out there to help with HR. However, if you focus on which of those technologies help bring humanity into the workplace, the list is pretty short. Derek Irvine is the Senior Vice President of a company that is working to fix…
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