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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

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

I was at an HR executive forum not long ago.  Great group, smart folks, lively conversation.  Over lunch we discussed HRIS systems, payroll woes and other typical HR

The HR and management world had a datagasm when the movie Moneyball hit the theaters in 2011.  Although the book (which is much, much better IMHO) had been

I am a big fan of crowd sourcing.  Ever since I read Surowiecki’s book “The Wisdom of Crowds” I’ve tried to incorporate larger, more diverse groups into my

The single biggest threat to HR pros ever being strategic is lousy time management skills. Declarative sentence over... allow me to build the case. Noise in holding us back. The

repairing bad credit yourself I’m not really a reality show kind of gal; I much prefer NCIS or NCIS: Los Angeles over Survivor, The Voice, or The Amazing

Employee engagement is one of those things that seem to have taken on a life of its own recently.  Every HR professional is worried about it.  Every company

Words mean everything and nothing. Actions however, always mean something. Always. We tell people we love them when clearly we don't. We dole out praise to mediocre employees when