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Imposter Syndrome

Back in the day when I was a newbie blogger with a good URL and an accidental audience, a friend offered a smart piece of advice. Quoting Kurt Vonnegut, he said, “Be careful who you pretend to be.” Whenever I think I know something, and whenever I’m about to present myself as an expert on…

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The HR Lifecycle Needs to Change

When I teach teams about implementing cool and new ideas in their human resources departments, we always look at the HR lifecycle. It goes something like this: Sourcing/Recruiting/Compensation Negotiations Onboarding/Benefits Learning/Development Talent Management Performance Management and Recognition Retention and Succession Management Off-Boarding and Knowledge Management Baked in there are the efforts required to keep labor costs…