There was a moment in 1992 when my dad forced me to watch ten minutes of a Tony Robbins video. I know he thought it would be helpful, but it was awful. “I am trying to teach you something, Laurie. You hate it because I like it.” Both things were true. He was trying to…
Winter is over! The weather is breaking! There is hope! It’s springtime and bonus season, which means that people are quitting their jobs and heading for greener pastures. So let’s say you want to quit your job without burning any bridges. How do you do it? Nobody likes a quitter. Even if you have a great…
Lots of “research” out there isn’t research. It’s marketing, wrapped up in survey data, presented for consumption as sales collateral. In order for research to be research, it needs to be more than just a survey. A survey is merely a method — via a form, phone calls, or even an internet website — where…
Do you work in HR? Do you want to be promoted and make more money? Do you like being in charge? Are you ready to help your company make some important decisions? Well, sorry, your options are limited. There is one senior-level HR job at your company. Maybe it’s a CHRO — someone with fiduciary obligations…
Hell froze over, last week, and my husband asked me to run an errand at Lowe’s. (I’ll try to keep this explanation quick, but my husband had a virus and couldn’t leave the house. He still wanted to install our new induction cooktop. I can’t explain my marriage. Don’t make me try. All I can…
I saw a tweet from a #sxswi attendee. @garyvee HR used to be at the bottom. Now it’s at the top. #SXSW @garyvee — Fatima Lora (@FatimaDLora) March 14, 2015 If you can’t read the tweet, I will paraphrase it. Gary Vaynerchuk is quoted as saying that HR used to be at the bottom, and…
I don’t land HR consulting gigs. The gigs land on me. Lately, I’ve been asked to help “polite HR departments” think about how to operate more effectively. What’s a polite HR organization? First of all, I lump it into one word: PoliteHR. Sometimes I call it #politeHR. PoliteHR it’s a departmental archetype of sorts, but…
Facts on the ground. You need to show ROI for all the time you spend on the internet. I am participating in two webinars, this month, that will not suck. Let’s do this! First up — want to learn more about data and HR to sound credible to your boss? The first webinar is hosted…
As you read this, I’m in Omaha talking to a bunch of great people from Stryker about working in human resources. (Wait. It’s not as bad as it sounds. And I’m debuting my new Brooks Brothers dress, which I’ll wear to death on the 2015 corporate speaker circuit.) You may wonder — what the hell…
Years ago, I worked for a Worldwide VP of Human Resources who made the fatal mistake of standing before a group of HR women and misidentifying one of the eligibility rules for a program called FMLA. “Who doesn’t know basic HR stuff like that?” “With a big title like that, you’d think he’d know FMLA.”…
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