Vice President Is the Latest Bad Barbie Job
This summer Mattel will launch a new Barbie two-pack: President and Vice President Barbie running mates. The two Barbies will come with a podium, a button, and two cute suits. The dolls will be available in a variety of races – but not in the new Barbie body types. Barbie first ran for the presidency […]
Why Wearables Can Improve Workplace Ergonomics
Why Wearables Can Improve Workplace Ergonomics I’m the first to confess that my posture is poor. My workstation could use some ergonomic improvement. Even when I read on my iPad at Starbucks, my head is usually slouched in what is known as the “Gameboy” disease. Unfortunately, I’m not the only person that has this illness. […]
How Will the Gig Economy Affect Employee Safety Programs
Many of you may not really pay attention to safety in your company. With the increase of service and high tech firms it sometimes falls off the radar for some HR people. That is a mistake. Many of the financial services firms in the Trade Towers on 9/11 did not have to pay attention to […]
3 Questions to Help You Move From Activity to Productivity
3 Questions to Help You Move From Activity to Productivity Have you ever started work on a project, or critical task and then realized you were missing key information? It’s easy to jump from receiving an assignment right into work, only to discover that as the project gains complexity, it becomes more and more difficult […]
Long Live HR Experimentation!
Long Live HR Experimentation! When invited to a newly revised onboarding session, that I entitled “Onboarding Experiment,” one of our new hires told me how she loved that I used the word experiment. My immediate reaction? Crap. She’s onto me. I find myself using that word quite a lot in reference to initiatives I’m working […]
Steps to Creating a Balance Talent Acquisition Strategy (Part 1)
Balance. It’s something we all need more of in our lives. It’s the reason I’m doing pilates and yoga a couple times a week to get some much needed perspective and time for myself away from the workplace daily grind. I need a life away from the workplace hamster wheel, this blog and my consulting […]
