Elements of an Effective Training

elements of an effective training

Around this time last month, the stress of balancing my personal, work and family commitments was making me miserable. Enter Maura Nevel Thomas’ Personal Productivity Secrets: Do what you never thought possible with your time and attention, and regain control of your life! That’s quite a title, but it delivered what it promised. It’s rare to […]

Missed SHRM#18? How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to #SHRM19

missed #shrm18? How to convince your boss to attend #shrm19

Did you suffer serious FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) this year during the SHRM annual conference? Mark your calendars: the annual SHRM conference for 2019 will be held in Las Vegas from June 23 – 26! Sure, its possible to keep up with some of the takeaways virtually, but there is certainly something to be […]

Your HR and Recruiting Compliance Challenge

Attending SXSW? Join our special event called HRetreat. Network and learn with other HR & workplace pros as part on Saturday, March 10th. RSVP here.  One of the biggest challenges for companies is that their workforces are becoming more decentralized. Managers are leading teams that are in different locations or they are remote. This makes […]

Setting Yourself up for Leadership Success

setting yourself up for leadership success

Leaders are lifelong learners and many of us were voracious note-takers in college. We were taught planning was the key to success and we read our college texts cover to cover energized with new found  knowledge we could use this to mastermind our success. Experience has taught me differently. Parents and students on the college […]

How To Evolve, Advance, and Thrive in HR

It is no secret that today’s Human Resources, or Human Capital, industry made its way onto the scene as The Personnel Department. In a time long before sophisticated networks housed human resources information systems, when employee information was maintained on 3×5 index cards in a file cabinet down the hall, we were signing and cutting […]

What a 9 Year Old Can Teach Us About L&D

What a 9 Year Old Can Teach Us About L&D “SWEET! I wiped out! They should make pads for your butt!” Five minutes into his first ride on his first skateboard and my son was bouncing up off the ground, getting his board out of the shrubbery, and jumping right back on. There were no […]