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From Bud to Boss launch day is tomorrow

February 14, 2011

Help for making the move from worker to management One of the most basic challenges any person entering management, or any leadership position for that matter, is making the transition from being a member of the core workforce, and assuming the rule of “boss”. Last week, I received a preview copy of a new book [...]

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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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GENERATION “WHY”?

November 22, 2010

Image by Pop!Tech via Flickr TWO QUESTIONS (Ed. note:   This is a guest post from Dan Crosby who is a friend of a friend of mine.  You may know her too – Trish McFarlane, who is one of the stars of HREvolution.  Tickets for the 2011 HREvolution are now on sale.) I know, I know, [...]

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The “Human Cliffs Notes” of Leadership

September 13, 2010

John Spence is a leadership consultant you should know One of my favorite speakers at HR Florida the past two years has been John Spence.  John is professional speaker with a deep expertise in leadership.  He is also one of the most prolific readers of leadership books that you will ever encounter.   He also acts [...]

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Why I need a To Do list

July 31, 2010

Image by drewdomkus via Flickr I don’t use this simple technique often enough I just spent a bit of time this morning organizing myself and writing a To Do list for today.    On any given  day, I tend to have a lot of stuff going on. There is a typo on my To Do list.   [...]

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Be a better leader by communicating

May 29, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Three leadership skills to develop Anyone out there had a candid conversation with their employees lately? Not a discussion about business objectives, or water cooler conversation, or even that performance appraisal that you had to do – you know, the one you dreaded because you had to tell someone that they aren’t [...]

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How many HR Managers does it take to change a lightbulb?

May 26, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Just one, but they are probably wearing 97 different hats I have been a generalist HR practitioner and site manager for most of my career.   I have done almost everything you can do in a generalist role at one point or another.    Today, I am a specialist, and a consultant.   I don’t [...]

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Being Strategic in a Non-Strategic World

January 21, 2010

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Slightly behind Schedule I am still working on my “Lessons from the Drop Forge” post promised yesterday.   Here is something else instead. So, you want to be strategic? Who doesn’t? How can you be a strategic player in a role where not every opportunity challenges you to work in [...]

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Leaderpalooza 2010 with Mike Henry Sr. – Fort Lauderdale

January 6, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Leaderpalooza Unconference Lead Change is a group I belong to on LinkedIn Groups.  The founder of that group is Mike Henry.   They are planning a leadership uncoference for February in Fort Lauderdale.  It is called Leaderpalooza. It looks like it might be worth checking out. Here are some details from the webiste: [...]

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What is your organizational foot print?

November 25, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Erick Taft provided this post for today’s HR Carnival, but didn’t send me a link. I am going to post it here and link to the Carnival that way.  I hope you enjoy the post, and Erick, I hope you don’t mind me treating this as a guest post on HRH! The [...]

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