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New on Blogging4Jobs: Better Brand Management

May 7, 2013

Brand Touchpoints  There is a really good article in Fortune reminding executives they should be doing a much better job of communicating with employees who don’t work at a desk. My latest post on Blogging4Jobs is up.  Check it out here.  It’s about how to better protect your brand by emphasizing customer service touchpoints.

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A beautiful new LinkedIn profile

April 30, 2013

LinkedIn profile rejection Apparently it’s Dutch week here on HRH.  Lots of Dutch news these days – a new King and Queen of the Netherlands were crowned, and the latest version of the social recruiting phenomenon known as TRU Amsterdam just concluded. Despite the success of TRU, and the seemingly global adoption of social recruiting, there is [...]

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I hate public speaking…

April 14, 2013

When it comes to public speaking – don’t do what I do, and please listen to what I have to say! Are you afraid to speak in public?  If so, welcome to the club, my fellow glossophobes. Public speaking makes me nervous every time I do it, no matter what.  Even getting paid to do [...]

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The best part of the People Report Conference

November 11, 2012

Changers of Commerce I just got back from the 2012 People Report Best Practices Conference in Dallas, and it was as usual awesome.  Lots of great speakers, lots of fun, etc., etc., etc.   I sound sort of unenthusiastic, right? That would be an incorrect assumption.  I was just way more blown away by something else [...]

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50 years of employee relations in less than 200 words

November 7, 2012

  Fifty years in labor relations I had the chance to listen to a very forward thinking  labor relations executive last week about his learnings from 55 years with the same employer.    Wait…what?  55 years, I mean who does that anymore, right?  Well, this guy did, and he had some pretty basic insights into [...]

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Tips on effectively influencing the C-suite

November 4, 2012

Influencing the C-suite I recently attended a conference session in San Antonio where it was suggested that  employee and labor relations specialists and consultants face a giant credibility problem in the C-suite.  People in the C-suite will spend money, but it’s tough to get them to write checks on proactive employee relations initiatives unless you [...]

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Investing in innovation in Florida

November 1, 2012

Investing in innovation Idle musing, why don’t more big companies do stuff like this?  Looks like some pretty cool stuff happening right here in Florida. Check out this cool project I ran across based in Jacksonville.  Ignite* Adecco is an incubator/innovation lab project  that is fully funded by the world’s largest staffing firm, Adecco Group. Here’s [...]

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First speaking proposal for 2013 – check

September 14, 2012

Want to be a speaker?  Take a seat and start writing! I love to speak. It’s a great way for practitioners to share their knowledge, and not enough of us are out there doing it.   People often ask me how they might get started.   It’s very much like the old Mark Twain adage about how [...]

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SHRM endorsed slate wins by large margin over SMFT write-in slate #SHRM

September 13, 2012

You probably already have this in your email if you are a paid up member of SHRM for 2012,but just in case you haven’t seen it.  Here ya go via Jose Barrios: The third-party election oversight company that SHRM retains to administer our board election processes, Election Services Corporation, has confirmed the election results; and [...]

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Death by Infographic

August 22, 2012

Workplace Safety Infographic  There is no great commentary with today’s post, just a link to an interesting infographic, if you like that sort of thing. The topic of the infographic is “The Deadliest Job Isn’t What You Expect“. It’s worth checking out even if like me, you aren’t a workplace safety engineer. There is a [...]

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