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My conversation with my daughter this morning: Daughter: “Mommy, you are just a little beautiful today.” Me: “Well, I think you are completely beautiful. Why am I just a little?” Daughter: “I don’t like those jeans on you. Or your shirt.” You’ve gotta love the unfiltered honesty of kids. She also enjoys literally pointing out when I have “a big …
You expect me to give it to you straight, right? Of course you do. The biggest lie that HR ever told the world is that it’s important to treat people equally. That’s important to the people who manage risk, but not to the people who are responsible for organizational results and performance. You know the reality. 20% of your employees …
I really can write about more than just the Seattle Seahawks. I promise. Here’s proof. I knew I was due to write the week after the Superbowl. However, I had hoped to be writing about how to stay on top. About how to continue to keep employees/players motivated so you are always putting the best product out on the field. …
FOT Note: We here at FOT like to think we get talent and HR at a different level. At the very least, we are probably going to have a different take than the norm. That’s why we recently onboarded HireVue as an annual sponsor at FOT, where they’ll sponsor posts like this one, allowing FOT contributors to write without restriction …
Interview blunders. We all have the stories. One of my recent favorites: Guy candidate who couldn’t hold it any longer went #2 in the urinal vs. waiting for a stall—and then left the bathroom like nothing had happened while passing the guy he was interviewing with—but hadn’t met yet. Top that one! Given this post isn’t about bathroom mishaps, let’s …
FOT Note: This Rant is brought to you by the good folks at Halogen Software, who like us enough to be an annual sponsor at FOT for all content in our performance management track (and don’t expect that we run any of this by them ahead of time). They’re also up for having fun to the extent that they’re sponsoring a …
This time of year is my absolute favorite. It’s a time for gathering with family and friends, reflecting on the past year and making commitments to be better in the coming year. Nice, huh? But if you work in the corporate world, it’s also the time of year when you’re forced to devote hours of your life that you’ll never …
I know you like Dave Ulrich and Daniel Pink, which is fine, but it’s no longer 2009. You can learn lessons about human resources from other sources, which is why I read Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking). Have you read it? Christian Rudder, the founder of OKCupid, wrote this accessible and interesting book about big data for …
Dirk Nowitzki made history last week. He scored enough points to pass my guy, the incredible Hakeem Olajuwon and move into 9th place on the NBA’s career scoring list. He also became the top scoring player born outside the U.S. ever to play in the NBA. And guess what? No one expected him to do much in the NBA. From …
I’m a proud alumna of The Florida State University and have taken a lot of heat lately about it. I have taken heat in the grocery store, at the gym, on social media and even in the office. It seems that everyone has an opinion about the infamous Jameis Winston and the Florida State “Criminoles,” and they’re falling over themselves …
