Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Change Management”
What’s the phrase… “Karma is a bitch?” Talk about poetic given Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s comments about how women should ask for a raise—said no less in front of 10,000 women at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. “For women who aren’t comfortable asking for a raise, what’s your advice for them?” asked Maria Klawe, a member …
I’ve been off the blog grid for a long time. Why? These words come to mind: Life. Work. Focus. Depletion. Writer’s block. Fatigue. Apathy. Boredom. Regurgitation. Extra-work. My soul—not my brain—my soul needed some quiet… at least some fraction of quiet in a very busy life. Life sucker-punched me and the grief I covered up with work finally forced itself …
Let’s face it. There are a lot of women in HR. There are also fewer women at the top, as with other professions. When women do get to the top, they are applauded as well as questioned. The usual, “Can women have it all?” comes into play. Matt Lauer asked General Motors CEO Mary Barra if she can be a …
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 …
