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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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Did you miss me?

October 4, 2012

I was on vacation Sorry about that, folks.  I left town (and the blog) with little or no explanation last week.  I was lured away by the invitation to take a last minute vacation with my wife.  Nobody would say no to that!  The one rule was that we were both turning off our computers [...]

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The Complete Compendium #NoFearHR

September 8, 2012

#NoFearHr on Drive Thru HR   Jay Kuhns and I are going to be on Drive Thru HR on Tuesday of next week.  Yeah, that’s 9/11/2012. We’re going to talk some social media, and maybe even a little bit about our sometimes collaborations on a project we titled #NoFearHR. What the hell is #NoFearHR, you [...]

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My Farewell Speech to HR Florida (the other IMPORTANT part)

September 5, 2012

The HR Florida Wrap, hold the lettuce and mayo I started writing this little farewell ditty to my role at HR Florida a few days ago.  I talk too much, and ran out of room to get it done on one post.  Then I ran out of time to get it done over the weekend.  [...]

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(Data) Impression from HR Florida #HRFL12

August 30, 2012

Social Impressions from HR Florida We just wrapped the 2012 HR Florida State Conference.  I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about, but not a lot of time right now.  Ket’s go with this.  Thanks to my social tech members for being a part of our little events.  You know who you [...]

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Life is not always a beach for Florida lifeguard, but he got the key to the city, sooo…

July 10, 2012

Fired lifeguard recognized as hero in Florida I am not sure why the really weird stories always seem to come out Florida, but they do.  You’ve probably heard about this one already. A Florida lifeguard was fired for trying to save the life of a drowning man outside his designated zone. In case you missed [...]

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Employee Owned Businesses the New Future Model for US Business?

May 17, 2012

This was originally written in December 2008.  It’s still worth a read and some consideration as a company business strategy. Employee Owned Companies In my career, I’ve worked for two employee-owned companies. Both were excellent employers. Being employed by a company  you own a stake in makes a huge difference in the company culture. My [...]

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Stinky beagles, dirty rugs, and small raises

April 25, 2012

HR at the Hardware Store This past Saturday, I needed to go to a large big box store to rent a rug cleaning machine.   Our dogs had finally won the battle of who could be stinkier, and they settled the argument in our bedroom.  For the record, Merry the Beagle won. So it is 7 [...]

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Doing business in the bathroom is a bummer

October 26, 2011

That much multi-tasking is not required I was in a major hotel in Tampa last week for a meeting to with the HR Florida 2012 conference planning committee and encountered an incredibly unfortunate event. In fact, what I witnessed was so absurd and distasteful that I have been reluctant to write about it, but I [...]

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