Rehiring Employees — The Jay Leno Effect
The economy for some seems to be improving and as a hiring manager or organizational leader. You may have experienced or participated in employee and corporate layoffs over the last 6-36 months. Depending on the size of your organization, economic status, and depth of layoff some of your experienced, knowledgeable, and experience employees may have […]
Note to Universe — Get a Clue About HR
One of my biggest pet peeves about people outside of the human resource industry is their lack of understanding about what exactly HR does. Human resources is not solely about hiring and firing. It’s about the entire business process from technology to leadership to marketing. Note to Universe — Get a Clue About HR I […]
Social Media Boot Camp for HR at SHRM 2011
In just a few short weeks, I’ll be landing in Vegas for the SHRM 2011 Annual Conference. An estimated 25,000 HR professionals will be attending the world’s largest global human resources conference. And I’m excited to be speaking along side other celebrities like Sir Richard Branson, Michael J. Fox, Arriana Huffington, Barry Reid, CEO of AARP, and […]
Disaster & Your Employee Volunteerism Policy
In times of disaster, we tend to see the best in human behavior. On Sunday, May 22, 2011, a massive tornado ripped Joplin, Mo., in half, flattening homes, business, hospitals and lives. More than 100 lost their lives. Shortly after, emergency personnel, law enforcement and rescue agencies were in place, finding those trapped beneath the […]
I Need Your Help Today
I Need Your Help Today This post was originally posted on May 6th, 2011 by one of my first HR twitter friends, Trish McFarlane. Trish is writing about another one of my first HR twitter friends, Steve Boese who I remember in early Twitter days as @sbjet. Take a look and realize that social media […]
Technology Is Killing Your Daily Genius
I spent the last two weeks in Florida with my daughter while my husband, Greg finished up a project. It is extremely challenging to continue “business as usual” when you’re ten minutes from the beach. I spent my mornings working with many of my afternoons with my daughter spending some much needed get-a-way time together. […]
