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Get your unofficial MBA with “Biz School in a Box”

January 27, 2011

Image via Wikipedia Speak the language of business (from the HRH archives) One of the recommendations to came out of HRevolution 2010 (via Laurie Ruettimann and Lance Haun) was that human resources professionals need to learn to speak the language of business, and stay abreast of business issues outside human resources.  This is good advice.  [...]

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Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!

January 12, 2011

Image via Wikipedia New Manager Assimilation Process  is a bright idea If you are a human resources manager, then you want to be reading today’s post.  I am sharing a link that will take you to a 2000 word document that I guarantee will help you make your organization more effective and productive.  There is [...]

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Misconceptions About HR And How to Get Over Them

October 14, 2010

HR – Not for the faint of heart Today’ post is a guest post from Chris Taylor who is with BeneTrac.   In this article, Chris takes a look at some misconceptions about human resources, and shares his thoughts on dealing with them. From Drop Box Human resources is a complex, multifaceted field that requires professionals [...]

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Build a better HR brand by managing your touchpoints

May 5, 2010

Touchpoints define your brand What is a touchpoint?   A touchpoint is occurs each and every time your brand comes into contact with a customer, an employee,  or a vendor. When combined, these interactions combine to form the aggregate impressions of your business that  is typically referred to as your brand.     Companies with great brands work [...]

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Do Amazing Things – lead by making bold decisions

January 12, 2010

Image by Will Lion via Flickr What one thing can you do to be a better human resources professional in 2010? Here is my contribution to Do Amazing Things, which contains ideas from a dozen thought leaders seeking to answer that same question.   The book was created by Chris Fer­di­nandi of Rene­gade HR.   [...]

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This is your brain on HR

September 19, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Bi-polar Functionality Recently I have been working all week on a thought inspired by my attendance at the ERE Expo last week. I had been thinking about the growing degree of differentiation I see in the way HR generalists and recruiters approach their work.  I developed this typology on 7 types of [...]

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The Disney Trilogy: Confluence

September 2, 2009

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines confluence as a coming or flowing together, or the flowing together of two or more streams, or the combined stream formed by conjunction.   This is what I think happened at the Disney Institute during our visit. Human Resources and Social Media I have already described what we did at the Disney [...]

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A Disney Trilogy: Consulting

August 27, 2009

A Disney Trilogy I still find myself thinking about the Disney Institute experience nearly a week after I left.  There are three things still percolating a bit that I am going to write about.  They all relate to the consulting piece of the work  a team of HR/social media bloggers recently did with the Disney Institute. Risk and Reward [...]

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Getting Strategic with the HR Bartender

July 2, 2009

Image of Sharlyn Lauby One of the best sessions I saw in New Orleans was “Fail to plan, or plan to fail” presented by my blogging buddy, Sharlyn Lauby over at HR Bartender. Sharlyn used a great mix of information, humor and practical advice to drive home a major point: If you want to be [...]

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