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Remove the Parental Controls – Embrace the Video Training Wave

Let me start off with a full confession.  I was the guy earlier in my career who was championing instructor-led classroom training.  Yes, classroom training will always play a role… Get the Rest

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What I've Learned About Training and Development From a Baby

My daughter Abigail will be a year old next month.  To say time has flown by would be a massive understatement!  Like most new parents, I've learned a

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Learning nothing from Einstein

Listen, you are a smart and talented and cutting edge Talent pro, I mean you’re reading FOT right? But like everyone else, there are still likely things to

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Are you doing enough to find the hard-to-find talent?

You can’t swing a cat around the HR blogosphere, the workplace related trade mags or online sites, and even the mainstream business press without reading about the so-called

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The HR Olympics

Oh, I got me some Olympic Fever!  The Summer Olympics are the best - it's like NCAA Tournament time but with sports we only care about once every

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The Secret to Successful HR Projects

I think the world is broken into two types of people: 1. People who do things the hard way. 2. People who let other people do things the hard way. I'm

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I am the Queen of the Frebinar… Give Me Your Sourcing, Recruiting, HR Expertise!

What's a frebinar? A free webinar. And I will admit that someday I may need a 12 step program to ween me from listening to them. Everyone's offering

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Want To Improve Your Training Initiatives? Hire the Tiger Mom

Over the last few weeks, there's been quite the reaction to an article that ran in the Wall Street Journal - Why Chinese Mothers are Superior by Amy