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I think one of the worst things anyone can say about a person is that they are conceited in a negative way. Being labeled as conceited doesn’t go away easily. You can do hundreds of genuine things, and people will still remember the one conceited way you acted from five years ago! Corporate talent acquisition has a major conceit problem …
My freshman year of college, I lived in a high-rise dorm in the middle of the hood. I loved every minute of it. My favorite part, however, was the fact I could see the Hollywood sign from the window of the shared bathroom. Every morning I looked out and thought to myself how awesome it was to be so close …
I spend an inordinate amount of time studying humans. My job is to help companies connect with them, engage them, provide reasons for them to change and adopt new behaviors. My passion is helping people get what they want. Those two things are pretty congruent and overlapping. When I do a great job, I also reinforce my passion. I’m lucky …
I have over 300 feeds in my Feedly reader (FYI—I still hold a grudge against Google for dropping Google reader). And I disagree with almost everything written on each of them (except this one, of course). In fact… I am unhappy, depressed, angry and in some cases—stupid (or more stupid)—for quite a while after I read through my feed. (You …
So, when I was about 16 or so I saw a guy flip a Camaro. It was on a country Texas road (we call them FMs as in Farm-to-Market), and it was dark outside. Me and my cronies were the only people that witnessed the carnage. The Camaro was heading towards us. It hit a ditch on the right hand …
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. …
HR is stuck in the middle – between the C-Suite and the rank and file. Between strategy and tactics. Between valuable and costly. HR is the ultimate middle child. Middle Child Syndrome Me, being one of six kids – 2nd in the birth order and oldest son – have never had the experience of being the middle child. In our family, …
I know I’m stealing some juice from Ms. Ruettimann—the original cynic—but Tincup and Dunn (sounds like a country and western band, no?) have laid the groundwork for stealing art as a meme this week so I’m going with it. Sue me. Stone = no blood. But, in true end-of-year-fashion, I feel it is my duty to lay out my top …
We’re back with Episode 3 of The FOT Soap Box. Today’s lineup: We drop the name tags form our videos. Crazy, we know. Marisa Keegan shares her inspiration for her post Trapped in a Box Tim Sackett rehashes his Frist Time Job Regrets If you – our valued reader – would like to come on The FOT Soap Box and riff on …
We're back as promised with Episode 2 of the The FOT Soap Box. Today's lineup: Meredith reveals a chapter of her book and deals with her employee's wives William serves up solutions to The Noise We extend #TimSackettDay and take a moment to honor the great Paul Hebert How The FOT Soap Box works: Three FOT contributors, one microphone Bi-weekly G …
