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HR and cooking with onions

October 24, 2012

An HR metaphor.    This may sound crazy, but I think the metaphor works. Sometimes,  working with people reminds me of cooking  with onions. Some people have very thin skin. Some people are sort of sweet and spicy, but every once in while you get one that is just plain stinky and leaves a bad [...]

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Highballs and Heineken at Work

October 14, 2012

Drinking in the workplace I think it’s time that I come clean.  I’ve been drunk at work more times than I care to remember, and none of it was my fault. Seriously…. No, this isn’t one of those posts where I tell you haven’t blogged for a couple of weeks because I was in rehab, [...]

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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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The Yin and Yang Approach to attending the #SHRM12 Conference

June 19, 2012

Harmonize your #SHRM12 experience  My latest post from the #SHRM12 Buzz Blog. I’ll be in Atlanta all next week atttending #SHRM12 as part of their social media team.  Here’s some advice on attending the conference and extracting the best value for your time and buck! Whether you are a first time attendee or a veteran [...]

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Back in the digital saddle again

July 14, 2011

 Technology will make me better, faster, stronger Just a quick update to let everyone know that I am back on my feet literally, and back to work.  I was released from the hospital on Monday, July 11. 7-11, my lucky day, I guess.  It was nice to go home.  It was also time to start accepting [...]

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This was the week that almost wasn’t

July 10, 2011

 Being in the hospital slows you down I have been in the hospital as a patient twice in my life. (The picture attached is NOT me!) The first time was in 1985 when I went into a little clinic/hospital in Madison Heights, Michigan to have a partially torn ligament in my right ankle repaired.   It [...]

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Autism, Glass Children and Alicia Arenas

December 27, 2010

Please take 15 minutes and watch this extremely powerful and moving video of an amazing TEDx San Antonio presentation by my friend Alicia Arenas.   She talks about difficult choices she faced in childhood, and how her brother’s autism affected her.   Share it if you are moved by it.  I think you will be. Related [...]

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HR Manager, heal thy stress (and your employees)

December 8, 2010

Today’ s post is one on a very popular topic this time of year—STRESS–from AmyK Hutchens, speaker, business strategist and executive coach. AmyK has made 800 presentations worldwide to thousands on leadership and sales and has worked with Martha Beck (Oprah’s Life Coach, bestselling author and columnist for O), Keiser University System, Vistage (the world’s [...]

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The dope on drugs: Walmart, medical marijuana, iDosing, and fake pot

July 18, 2010

Image by thirstycactus via Flickr More stuff on drugs and the workplace Despite the best efforts of the government, and most employers, the issue of drugs in the workplace remains a challenging topic.  From the large expenses of traditional control methods to the cost of dealing with changing legal challenges that impact employment law,  your [...]

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The Mighty Men of HR

April 23, 2010

I am Mr. July OMG, what have I done??? Take a look at the video below and you will quickly find out! This video shows some of the “goods” that are part of the 2010-11 Men of HR Calendar, brought to you by TRU Events .  All proceeds from the calendar will go towards Haiti [...]

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