This week on Let’s Fix Work, I am excited to introduce you to Rana Stanfill-Hobbs. She wears many hats, including Director of Insights at Ultimate Software (our sponsor), mom, step-mom, musician, and consummate learner. On today’s episode, Rana and I talk about enterprise software and technology, of course. We also talk about her journey from…
Conformity is a silent killer. Companies that punish new ideas stifle their employees and stunt their own growth. That’s why fostering psychological safety is so important. In this episode of Punk Rock HR, I talk with Professor Amy Edmondson from Harvard Business School and author of “The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace…
Whenever I come across news reporting on gun violence and mass shootings, which is almost daily, I remind myself what’s happening in our country is not normal. Gun violence, which is often linked to domestic violence, is terrorism. And terrorism is happening more frequently at work. Last week, the worst happened. A gunman shot five…
Today is Carnival of HR Day, a splendid celebration of writers and thinkers who create fabulous HR content. This year, blog submissions were down. So, instead of waiting for people to send links, I’ve gone into the community and pulled some of the best articles I’ve read. That’s right. I still read HR blog posts.…
You’ve heard me talk about SHRM once or fifteen times in my career. For anyone who may not know, SHRM stands for The Society for Human Resource Management. It is the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 300,000 members in more than 165 countries. SHRM markets itself as the voice of all things work— experts…
My HR and recruiting brethren are flummoxed. The biggest problem with the job market isn’t stagnant wages or a crisis in leadership. It’s that candidates are ghosting right now. Ghosting! Like we’re teenagers! Corporate leaders tell me it’s impossible to find capable people to fill open job requisitions or even show up for interviews. When…
I just finished Andy Janning’s book called Heroes, Villains, and Drunk Old Men: A Love Story for Real Life. I loved it. It’s autobiographical, motivational, and calls upon Andy’s expertise in the HR/training space to provide specific strategies for living a better life. Fair warning, there’s some Jesus in there. I don’t hate it. His…
I just finished Steve Browne’s book called HR on Purpose. It’s a positive and affectionate appreciation of an industry that can use a little optimism right now. If you’re going to be in HR, you might as well embrace it and enjoy it. Go out there, have fun, and make a difference. I don’t hate…