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  • Preparing for the HR Certification Exams: Audio Style

    Preparing for the HR Certification Exams: Audio Style

    In 2017 I launched a “beta” version of the HR Certification audio product. That has continued to mature and develop and now has 50+ tracks and several hours of content that ranges from technical to practical. For example, it covers highly technical analyses of specific HR elements, such as: Executive compensation Validity vs reliability in pre-employment…

  • How to Radically Change Your Performance Management Practice [Podcast]

    In today’s episode of We’re Only Human, I talk with Autumn Spehar, HR Director at Stout Advisory, about how her company made a radical change in its approach to performance management. We also talk about how it’s working out one year later and the key lessons learned. Check out the show below: Show Notes Performance management…

  • Tips for Hiring Deaf Individuals: Practical Advice for Employers

    Carol and Teri. I’ll never forget them as long as I live. These two women were amazing. Always bright and cheerful, I couldn’t help but smile as well any time they were around. And they taught me an incredible amount not just about the technical aspects of the job I did at the time, but…

  • The Neuroscience of Great Learning Content: Attention, Memory, and Exploration [Podcast]

    The Neuroscience of Great Learning Content: Attention, Memory, and Exploration [Podcast]

    Ask any business leader, and they’ll tell you they invest in the development of their workforce with the goal of improving performance. Yet the training and content delivery methods of the past aren’t keeping pace with the needs of the modern learner. No longer can you throw an hour of eLearning at a problem or…

  • Should I Get My Master’s Degree in HR?

    Should I Get My Master’s Degree in HR?

    For most of you, I’ll go ahead and said it: You should not get a master’s degree in HR. Really. While that doesn’t apply to everyone, it does apply to a large number of the people that email, comment, and interact with me online. That’s mainly because this question looks a lot like this template:…

  • Recapping the We’re Only Human Podcast: One Year, Many Lessons

    Recapping the We’re Only Human Podcast: One Year, Many Lessons

    Whew. I’m in recovery mode from last week’s jaunt to Vegas for the HR Technology Conference. For people in my line of work, that’s our version of the Olympics (or whatever other metaphor you need to demonstrate how much it puts you through the wringer). With that in mind, I’m feeling like a walk down…

  • Want a Sneak Peek at my Upcoming Ignite Talk?

    This week I’m at the HR Technology Conference. I wrote about everything I’m looking forward to and planning to talk about last week on the Lighthouse blog if you want to check it out. One thing I’m doing again this year is a 5-minute Ideas and Innovators talk to close out the conference, and this…