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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

The next big thing in HR is also the #1 thing HR sucks in.  Whether you're feeling it or not in your organization, hiring is coming back.  That

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

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,

Before you go all Obama on me, let me explain.  A Stanford Business School economist recently studied the impact of political partisanship and attractiveness - believing that people

how can i get back with my ex girlfriend One of the most read blog posts I've written in the last two years is: How To 'Really' Get

I haven't read the book HR Champions because there are much better things to do with my life. I need to finish the first season of Homeland. I

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

There's something that I think most employees experience from time to time, that feeling like no one is listening to me! It happens to everyone from the CEO