As CEO of a marketing company, I have the opportunity to work with clients large and small to implement LinkedIn-based, employee-first social media … Read more
Have You Asked How Much Revenue You’re Costing Your Organization?
Is everyone in your company valuable? Your CEO will say “Yes” publicly, but privately, we all know the deal — some employees are more valuable than … Read more
4 Good Reasons You Should Re-Think HR Outsourcing
As far as the new trend of outsourcing professional work goes, I’m not a big fan. I don’t believe HR should outsource strategic work such as … Read more
Who You Gonna Call? Your HR Physician Can Diagnose What Ails Your Organization
Imagine going to your general practitioner, and after a few questions, you get a prescription. During this process, she pulls out a list of best practices … Read more
Are You a Really That Big of a Deal?
I have a pin in my office I picked up a couple of years ago at the SHRM National Conference from the Baudville booth (no this isn’t a paid post! But I love … Read more
If You Want to Move Fast, Don’t Define It Like a Hiring Manager Does
I’ve been in recruiting now for 20 years. Can you believe it! That I started recruiting at 10-years-old. The other day I was thinking about how the word … Read more
HR of the Future: Looking Back on Predictions from 1997
I was cleaning out my materials from my Masters program because I am totally out of room in my office and something had to give. As I was looking at what I … Read more
Can You Be Found? Why You Must Personally Invest in Social Media
Can you be found? “Of all the millions of people on LinkedIn, we found you!” I had never quite thought of it that way. This quote was a … Read more
The Role of HR: Have We Abdicated Our Responsibility for “People?”
I fell into Human Resources (it was “Personnel” back then) after taking aptitude tests in the military, and then continued in civilian HR once I left the … Read more
Why We Need Bereavement Policies That Make More Sense
Grab your company’s Employee Handbook and take a look at the Bereavement Leave policy. Go ahead, I’ll wait. It probably starts out by stating how the … Read more