From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Why SHRM should offer SHRM Connect for free!

November 30, 2009

m Image via Wikipedia Free: The Future of Business This is an old video featuring Chris Anderson of Wired talking about the idea of “Free”. His idea was so compelling that he wrote a book about it this year. He also gave it away for free when he first released it. In the video, he [...]

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Sticks and Stones are your Organizational Bones

November 29, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Organization and Culture Matter I started thinking about this after an interesting discussion that I had with Kris Dunn when we got together for coffee at Starbucks in Birmingham, Alabama last week.  Kris and I were  chatting about the ability of HR practitioners to implement programs that really work, and what type [...]

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HR Carnival of Giving – How We Did!

November 26, 2009

Image by krisdecurtis via Flickr A time for giving thanks Update: we have now collected $1,765,00..thanks! What better day to do a post thanking a bunch of special people than the actual day of Thanksgiving, at least here in my home country of the United States.   Who am I thanking?   Each and every [...]

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HR Carnival of Global Giving is now open!

November 25, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Charity Work is Hard Work Wow!   I am overwhelmed. First, by the generosity of people who have chipped in to make this an awesome fundraiser for some lucky charity.   Secondly, by the amount of time it has taken to pull this monster together.  I have been typing non-stop (with the exception of [...]

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Shiny Happy People Gone Bad (guest post by Beth Carvin)

November 25, 2009

Image by alancleaver_2000 via Flickr Avoid this syndrome Employee turnover is a funny thing, isn’t it? Employees don’t join a company with the intention of leaving. In fact it’s the exact opposite. New employees bring with them a freshness and enthusiasm. They are pure and clean, untainted and full of optimism. Virginal if you will. [...]

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What is your organizational foot print?

November 25, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Erick Taft provided this post for today’s HR Carnival, but didn’t send me a link. I am going to post it here and link to the Carnival that way.  I hope you enjoy the post, and Erick, I hope you don’t mind me treating this as a guest post on HRH! The [...]

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A Closet with a View

November 25, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife This is a guest post provided for the Carnival by Eric Peterson from SHRM.   I’ll be linking to it there as well.  Thanks for sharing, Eric! “I just don’t understand why anyone has to talk about their sex lives at work,” she said. “I don’t talk about my sex [...]

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Becoming a Contributor

November 22, 2009

Image of Jon Ingham Help me punch Jon Ingham‘s record in the face! A few months ago, Jon Ingham established a modern day record for having the most contributions to the Carnival of HR with more than 50 people participating.   Now Jon is given me some good natured kidding about whether or not I can [...]

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A Definitive Moment

November 18, 2009

Image by Hoggheff aka Hank Ashby aka Mr. Freshtags via Flickr Clearing the Decks “Alas, poor RSS feeds, I knew you well…” It finally happened. I reached that moment in my life where I just had to give in. I succumbed to the pressure. I virtually threw in the towel. I used the “Delete All [...]

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Eau de Social Recruiting Summit

November 16, 2009

Image by birgerking via Flickr It stinks that I can’t be at Social Recruiting Summit! Good luck to everyone involved with the event today, especially my good friend Laurie Ruettimann who will be the host, whatever that means! Attendees are in for a real treat today in that they get to see Fred Wilson speak.  [...]

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