Anyone who knows me knows I’m an “Olympaholic!” I LOVE the Olympic Games — Summer, Winter, it makes no difference. I love them all! Beyond admiring … Read more
One Decision That Clearly Shows Just What Leadership Looks Like
It is “inconsistent with our purpose.” And with that, the ball dropped. CVS President and CEO Larry J. Merlo used that phrase to make an announcement that … Read more
How Do You Help a New Leader When Leadership Doesn’t Come Naturally?
As many of us know from experience, too often people are promoted because they are good at what they do, but not all high-performing individuals make good … Read more
Pivoting in Business: It’s Something That HR Needs to Learn to Do
One of the things we HR practitioners get dinged on consistently is our ability to be flexible. Yes, there are compliance pieces and yet other things that … Read more
HR and Sustainability: There Needs to Be More Leading by Example
According to results from an annual sustainability survey by BSR and GlobeScan — the State of Sustainable Business Survey 2013, which provides … Read more
Tech Insights: Being Relevant in HR means You Need to Start Loving APIs
Before HR, I worked in IT so I have a residual appreciation of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). APIs are the little modules that help one program … Read more
7 Challenges and Considerations Before You Go to a Remote Workforce
Remote working, distributed teams, telecommuting. They all speak to a decentralized community of co-workers who rarely see each other, and even more … Read more
Yes, There’s a Lot That HR Can Learn From Parking Lots
I read an article last week and found out parking lots have their own industry — just like health care, banking, automotive, etc. Parking lots are … Read more
Weekly Wrap: How IBM Kenexa is Jumping Big Time Into Big Data
Last month, I was in Orlando at the annual IBM Connect conference. Last year, this event was the “coming out” party for Kenexa, which had just … Read more
Lessons From the Sochi Olympics in Overcoming Workplace Challenges
Despite being the most expensive Olympics in history, several buildings and arenas hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia were structurally … Read more