Seize the Day

Kathy Rapp Audacious Ideas, Business Development, Change Management, Coaching, Driving Productivity, Employee Coaching, Employee Development, Good HR, HR, Uncategorized

Over the holidays we went back to my husband’s childhood home, where we tackled the project of cleaning out a few remaining items in his closet. Amid scrapbooks, photo albums, and well-loved toys was a box of trophies. He pulled out two that were special and moved the rest to the trash pile. Our 8-year-old daughter was visibly dismayed. How …

10 HR Recommendations for 2017

Kathy Rapp Career Paths, Change, Coaching, Communication, Corporate America, Culture, Current Affairs, Driving Productivity, Employee Engagement, Engagement and Satisfaction, FOT Shoutout, Good HR, HR, HR (& Life!) Advice, Influence, Innovation, Kathy Rapp, Personal Brand, Recruiting, Retention, Social Media, Talent Management, The HR Profession

RJ set me up nice last week with his post on questions to ask before looking for a new HR gig.  And he’ll be pleased to know at least 5 people read his blog, as hrQ has 5 fabulous new resumes! For the rest of you who are either happy, or on the fence yet motivated because it’s the start …

Roses, Thorns and Buds

Dan Carusi Business Development, Change, Dan Carusi, Seat at the Table, T+D

Happy New Year!  Hopefully, the fog from your New Year’s Eve festivities is wearing off and you are actually starting to think about 2014.  I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions and setting unrealistic goals that will likely be abandoned before the end of January.  So, I follow the Boy Scout approach with a Roses, Thorns and Buds exercise. …

FOT 2014 Resolutions

Cara Lucas HR (& Life!) Advice

We are back with our annual resolve-to-be-better-and-do-more post, courtesy of our bloggers here at FOT. Some of the following 2014 resolutions are not so different than the ones you read last year, but some are… so make sure to check those out. Here we go: Kris Dunn Monitor the social channels of Tim Sackett more consistently to find good ideas worth …

If Santa Granted HR Wishes

Kathy Rapp Change, Engagement and Satisfaction, Good HR, Kathy Rapp, Organizational Development, Trench HR

How many of you still write Santa letters?  Unfortunately, I think it’s a dying tradition.  I’m guessing kids simply text St. Nick now.  I haven’t looked, but I bet there’s probably an app for that. I like writing and getting letters.  So, in the spirit of tradition I’m going to write Santa a letter (and yes, I know I’m a …