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The Madness of March Bears a New HR Term: “Cultural-Fit-ology”

After reading my post about happiness at work even if you don’t work at Zappos, my friends at OpenView reached out and asked me to weigh-in on their “Cultural-Fit-ology March… Get the Rest

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Recruiters And Refs

Let's face it; a blown call is a blown call. Be it on the football field, basketball court or in hiring. Recruiters and refs get tainted with the

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Recruit Me Like You Mean It!

Have you guys ever seen a top level athlete in high school get recruited to play college sports?  I'm not talking about your best friend Mary's son, Billy,

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JaVale, Tim, and setting the right performance goals

Since nothing illuminates the challenges facing HR and Talent pros in selection, assessment, and performance management like professional basketball, I submit for your consideration the a lesson in

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It Pays, Or Not, To Be Rookie of the Year

Anybody out there watch football?  There's a big game coming up.  You might have heard of it. It's been a great football year!  Particularly, when it comes to this

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Talk to the guy we just fired, he’ll tell you how great it is to work here

The National Football League regular season concluded on Sunday, December 30th. On Monday, December 31st, in a day that has come to be known as ‘Black Monday’, several

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Hiring A Jock Is Always The Smart Way to Go

OK - the title made you look.  You had an emotional reaction because there are a lot of dumb @#@ athletes out there who would make horrible hires.

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Marketing for HR (& Houston)

cleaning your credit I'm a native Houstonian.  Very rare.  Very proud.  Very frustrated with my city. Houston was just recognized as THE best city for your career in 2013

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Bounties Revisited – How Quickly Can a New Leader Change Culture?

If you are a new leader, how quickly can you create cultural change?  My old answer had always been that it takes time.  The new leader would have

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Self-Centered or Savvy? I'd Let Jeremy Lin Crash On My Couch

I promise this isn't a sports analogy.  Please keep reading. For those of you who don't know who Jeremy Lin is - go here.  The short version - he went