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If there is one thing that just screams out fun, it’s when someone hits you up at an after-work happy hour for HR advice. That’s sad stuff—it’s not like we are doctors and someone wants advice about an achy knee. Still, it happens. Recently, just as I was going to dive into a nice bourbon, a young team leader cornered …
“Medals are rarely awarded during times of peace.” – Price Pritchett You’ve been drafted, HR. Your company is being acquired, and you are needed (even if not asked) to make the transition a success. Time to trice up, mill about smartly, and fulfill your promises. “What promises?” you ask? In times of merger chaos, every leader in the company has a responsibility …
I am ignorant. I’m not stupid. I’m not slow. I’m just ignorant. I’m ignorant of what HR practitioners go through every day. I don’t know what they hear from their bosses. I don’t know what they hear from their direct reports. I don’t know what they hear from other employees. I do know what I hear from my HR buddies. …
Survival is a powerful instinct. In the back of our minds, we’re always counting the seats available on the lifeboat. It’s a primal reaction you’ll witness whenever an acquisition is announced. The scrambling begins, and it’s downright embarrassing at times… but it’s also distinctly human. Politicking, rumor-mongering, turf wars, alliances—we can mask our emotions pretty well, but it’s our actions …
