For the love of work

April 10, 2012

How do you tell who is happy at work? I love my job.  I hate my job.  I’m looking for a new job.  How often do you hear those statements in Human Resources? I’ve always been a junkie for understanding what makes people tick at work.  Lately, I’ve shot pictures of people doing their work. [...]

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Dear business traveler, please stay in the moment

April 9, 2012

The Pause that refreshes No matter how important your job is, there are some lines that just shouldn’t be crossed.  Even if you are an uber road warrior, you need to take a pause every now and then. Even Batman has to step out from behind the cowl every now and then for a biology break.   Yes Virginia, [...]

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Taking the fear out of a social media implementation

April 7, 2012

  This is another post in the #NoFearHR project.  Here’s my response to Jay’s thoughts in “Lose the Fear and get to work“. Beg forgiveness Jay,  There is more than one way to approach a social media implementation inside your organization. You deserve credit for the bold choices you have made around your social media implementation [...]

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Getting social with my airlines

March 29, 2012

Experiences with KLM and Delta I tried to use the “Meet and Seat” social media feature on a KLM flight this week.  I was very excited over a silly thing, since they just opened it up to most US connected flights this week. It didn’t work. I posted a query on Facebook to KLM.   A [...]

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RPT-UPDATE 3-American Airlines seeks to void labor contracts

March 29, 2012

Via Scoop.it – Labor and employee Relations * Move in bankruptcy court puts new pressure on unions* AMR CEO says airline still wants negotiated concessions* Transport Workers Union says wants deal, will exploreoptions* American follows path… Via www.reuters.com

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Don’t fear the Tweeter

March 27, 2012

Fear and loathing of social in the C Suite     Good morning Jay,  I just read your very thoughtful and constructive rant about Lots of Fear in the HR C-Suite.   I thought your comments about the reluctance of HR executives to adopt social media as a part of the HR strategy were spot. on, [...]

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Starbucks Facebook page for their Partners

March 24, 2012

Baristas belly up to the social bar at Starbucks I am not sure how long this has been up, but Starbucks has an excellent employee page on Facebook that is well worth a look.   The page is entitled “Starbucks Partners” and is set up on the new Facebook timeline for brands.  It has a great [...]

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UFCW Canada Takes Target Message Outdoors | Retail & Financial content from Supermarket News

March 22, 2012

Via Scoop.it – Labor and employee Relations Via supermarketnews.com

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Target to temporarily close store in union fight

March 21, 2012

Via Scoop.it – Labor and employee Relations The Valley Stream, L.I., Target that has been fighting a union drive will shut for a six-month remodeling. The union will seek to block the closure. Via www.crainsnewyork.com

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Take this deadline and shove it…

March 20, 2012

Someone is having a bad morning Today is another one of THOSE days. You know what I am talking about. The kind of day where you know at the outset that the number of the things you want to get done on your stupid ass “To do” list is already far outweighed by the amount [...]

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