Many of the popular HR blogs out there are written by consultants or people who haven’t seen the inside of an HR cube in decades. In many cases the “influencers” on the lists that get passed around had one big “aha” 15 years ago and have been riding that same horse since. But today on this blog it is going to be different.
Today is it about real HR people. Real HR professionals and their opinions. I know – radical right?
Today I’m going to put up a discussion held by the famous (or is it infamous) Steve Browne – head of HR for Midwest pizza chain LaRosa’s. His twitter handle is @SBrowneHR (follow him.)
Here’s the setup.
Read the whole post over at Symbolist (an FOT contributor blog).

Paul Hebert is Senior Account Executive at WorkStride, Inc, and a writer, speaker and consultant. Paul focuses on helping connect best-in-class incentive technology platform to behaviors you need drive business results through employees, channel partners and consumers.
Using proven motivational theory, behavioral economics and social psychology he has driven extraordinary company performance for his clients. Paul is widely considered an expert on motivation, incentives, and engagement.
Other notable activities:
- Interviewed by the BBC on executive motivation and pay
- Quoted three times in USATODAY as an expert in incentives and channel travel programs
- Published in Loyalty360 magazine
- Writer and founding member of the editorial advisory board at the HRExaminer website
- Contributing author of “Enterprise Engagement: The Textbook: A Roadmap to Achieving Organizational Results Through People”
- Contributing author of 3 books on social media “The Age of Conversation #1, #2, and #3”