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What Sustains You?

We see the word sustainability a lot today.  Mostly focused on environmental issues but I’m seeing it more and more being played out as a “human” issue – meaning what… Get the Rest

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Hipster Bias > Another HR Hurdle?

So, I was talking to pal in the tech industry describing an interview they had.  In this interview they met a fabulously talented person. Top notch. Them:  “They are

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How To: Make it Stop! Employees Crying at Work – The Kiss of Corporate Awkwardness

My friend Leslie called me last week and before I even said hello she blurted out, “I cried in front of a (male) Senior Leader today. Like, really

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Meeting People Where They Are (or, Why “I Get It, What’s Your Problem?” Doesn’t Work)

I am on the verge of rolling off one of the most rewarding projects of my consulting career to date; I actually am sad to be leaving it.

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Cover Letters, Thank You Notes and Mariam Yak

What can we learn from SPAM? Turns out, a lot - about us, about how to and how not to get folks to care about our message, cause,

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5 HR Safe Swear Words

I tend to use swear words.  Not all the time – I’m not like some sailor walking around the office dropping ‘F-Bombs’ all the time, but in select

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Employer Branding Viking Style: Who We Are and the Stories We Tell

Note from KD:  David Anderson is part of the FOT tribe, a working HR pro who could have easily written for FOT for years if he only had

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Your Company Doesn’t Have a Culture

Every time you talk about culture, our ancient Mesopotamian ancestors weep and the remains of the Greco-Roman world crumble. Culture can take thousands of years to evolve. Culture is

Once upon a time

Culture: A Parable

Once upon a time, there was a professional services firm that was founded to be different from other firms in its industry, aspiring to be radically different, in

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What If

From time to time I like to think larger than one client, industry event and/or the current problem in front of me. I take 2 hours off and