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Like Blake Mycoskie, HR can do just a little more #SHRM13

June 17, 2013

I have a question for the typical #SHRM13 conference attendee.  Why are you here? Likely answers will be things like HRCI credits to maintain my PHR?SPHR, to learn about the latest and greatest trends in HR, to network, or even just to party and enjoy Chicago. All of these are legit. I think it’s important [...]

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My Voice of HR Advice for SHRM (from 2011) : Go Forth and Lead #SHRMADVICE

June 2, 2013

2011 Guidance for SHRM from the Human Race Horses In 2013, the song remains the same…. #SHRMADVICE In 2011, I don’t want SHRM to change a thing that it has already planned.  Keep up the plans for global domination expansion.  Maintain the drive for the goal line on certification.  Keep stumbling around trying to figure [...]

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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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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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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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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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(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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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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Linkedin groups, Kinetix HR, HR Florida – it’s a small world after all! #HRFL12

August 10, 2012

 Overlapping influencers  and influences  You may not be aware of the fact that I am the creator and moderator of several LinkedIn groups, including one of the largest topical groups on labor relations.  It has the very orginal name of Labor and Employee Relations.  It’s a private group, but we have easy admission requirements, so if you are interested, [...]

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