December 23rd, 2010
I am supposed to be on a social media sabbatical, and this is proof of how incredibly weak I am. Only a few days into my time off line and I have to put out a blog post and jump on twitter for a bit. There has just been some cool stuff that has happened… [Read More…]
December 20th, 2010
I am taking a social media holiday. If I can. Today is my last day for a while. Sort of…this is my plan: Starting today (12.20.10) at 5pm CST today and lasting until 8am CST 01.10.11. – no Twitter -no blogging here, with the exception of a couple video posts (the obligatory “this is the [Read More…]
December 15th, 2010
1970 called. It wants its business model back. It also wants its diversity programs back. Business has changed. I think it is critical that we are tracking on this so that we are also able to appreciate the growing significance of diversity in an ever evolving business environment. In many, many ways and in some [Read More…]
December 8th, 2010
December 6th, 2010
In October I spoke at the HR Reinvention Experiment and one of the many cool things about this event was that they had an incredibly talented graphic facilitator capturing the essence of our conversations. This is her work from my session.
December 2nd, 2010
Conflict is good. I am not talking here about drama or dysfunctional conflict, but healthy and honest disagreement. It is good because: 1.) It is reality…human beings have different perspectives, different points of view different priorities and are going to disagree…and arguing with or avoiding reality is a poor investment of time and energy. 2.) [Read More…]
November 29th, 2010
Just a heads up on events that are on my calendar and open via registration. Things are winding down for this calendar year, but the first half of 2011 is starting to look good! Minnesota Recruiters Conference 12 || Friday, December 3rd || Minneapolis, MN 45th Annual Northern Ohio HR Conference || Friday, March 11th [Read More…]
November 22nd, 2010
It seems like it has been a long time since I participated in Carnival of HR, so I thought I would jump in on this one. Trish McFarlane is hosting and she is interested in the turning points, the things that have changed our path. I think there have been a number of pivotal moments [Read More…]
November 22nd, 2010
A couple months ago, Trish McFarlane wrote a post that hit home with me. It was titled, Hope is not a Strategy, and spoke about how difficult it can be at times to deliver on both the promises that we make to our profession and the promises that we make to our family. This post [Read More…]
November 19th, 2010
Todays rant. I have said numerous time before that HR should not own organizational diversity and inclusion work, and I think that there are a number of reasons for that, but lets just cut to the heart of the matter. HR does not want to do the work. HR likes to get credit for “getting [Read More…]