From the monthly archives:

February 2010

What the Public Sector is (and maybe should be doing) about jobs

February 28, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife It’s the economy, stupid There is a great deal of concern about job creation in the United States today.  (He writes with a large degree of understatement in play).   Recently  I wrote about  what HR professionals could and should be doing about jobs.   I am a strong believer that [...]

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The One Where I Call bullshit on the “Boss”

February 24, 2010

Image by Ani-Bee via Flickr Don’t take it so seriously, It’s just reality TV! I just wanted to make sure ya’ll knew that the latest and greatest version of the HR Carnival is up over at the HR Technologist blog.   I want to thank Bryon Abramowitz for including my anti-”Undercover Boss” post along with all [...]

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Does HR matter in social media, or are we just an echo chamber?

February 23, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife helloooooooo!!!!! hellll-oooooo-oooo-ooo??? Is there anyone out there? Of course there is.   Otherwise, why would I be writing this? I had an interesting discussion with Mark Stelzner the other day.  It was discussion that we have been through before, and one that many of us probably have on a regular [...]

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What the HR profession can (and should) be doing about jobs

February 19, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Jobs are our Turf Sharlyn Lauby recently wrote about what she called the single most important component of economic recovery – job creation.  She opens with the following shot: In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama said the administration was going to focus on creating jobs and getting people [...]

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150,000 people stop and wait for pothole repair

February 15, 2010

Image via Wikipedia everything to a stop Race delayed by chuckhole February 14, 2010 was the day that almost 150,000 people stopped and waited somewhat patiently for a pothole repair to take place.  Surprisingly, no one was beeping their horn, and picking fights at the intersection.    They were far more interested in sitting in the [...]

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Follow all the action from HR meets NASCAR here

February 14, 2010

Image by Pinkpollyanna via Flickr I just created a TWUB for the HR meets NASCAR event that is taking place at Daytona International Speedway, courtesy of Orlando Jobs.   More coming later. #d500hr

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HR Meets NASCAR at the Daytona 500

February 11, 2010

Thanks to Orlando Jobs for taking us to the Great American Race! Here is a video by my buddy and sponsor Roger Lear talking about how his staff are preparing for race day at Daytona International Speedway. This is going to be an awesome event, and I am stoked about attending my first ever NASCAR [...]

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Why I won’t watch “Undercover Boss”

February 11, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife It’s not reality. It’s just a documentary I haven’t seen Undercover Boss yet. I probably won’t ever watch it.   I don’t have much interest in so-called reality shows “formatted documentaries”. I just don’t buy it. Are you telling me: The CEO went out “undercover”  to work with his employees, [...]

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Would your company miss you if you took 6 weeks off for fun?

February 9, 2010

Social Fresh Wrap-up I volunteered to work at Social Fresh Tampa yesterday with a great bunch of volunteers.  It was a great conference covering a variety of topics including corporate blogging, WOMM marketing, and a number of other topics relevant and useful to businesses, as well as those working in social media.  The next event [...]

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Monday Shoutout: Who Dat?

February 8, 2010

New Orleans: City of Champions I wrote the piece below the shoutout which discusses my take on New Orleans and the HR profession last year while attending the SHRM National Conference.  I was struck by the dichotomy of New Orleans as a party place and a place of continuing poverty.    While those issues won’t change [...]

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