upstartHR

Category: General

  • Forget HR Strategy: Get in the Trenches

    This isn’t a call to completely forego the HR strategy that undergirds your long term success. However, it is a reminder that some of the things you’ll have to do to ultimately be successful include more than just making plans, developing schedules, and keeping to those guidelines. Sometimes you might actually have to jump in…

  • 2014 SHRM Talent Management Conference

    Next week I’ll be attending the SHRM Talent Management Conference in Nashville. It’s an event focusing on recruiting and talent, and I’m excited about attending and sharing some of the sessions I’ll be viewing. If you’re going to be there and want to connect, hit me up via email and we can try to make…

  • HR Lands at #71 of the 100 Best Jobs

    Recently the list of the 100 best jobs was published for this year, and HR was again on the list. This time it ranked number 71 out of 100. It’s always fun to look at these lists to see how they compare, because we all want to think we’re working in a field that others…

  • Preventing Conflict in the Workplace

    If asked, many HR professionals would say that preventing conflict in the workplace is one of their key job duties. However, I’d like to step back from that well-known requirement and re-examine the need for civility at all costs. Let’s kick off with a quote: It means caring a lot about not offending someone. Let’s…

  • Group Feedback is Ineffective and Insulting

    This just in: group feedback isn’t the best tool in your performance management toolbox… I was running through some old emails the other day and found an example I had to share. Several years ago I was working as a high school wrestling referee. It was definitely a tough job, but I learned some good…

  • Government Contracting HR: Retaining Cleared Employees

    For those of you who don’t work in the government contracting HR world, “cleared” employees are those who the government has granted a clearance to work with sensitive materials. This clearance is very important, and to get one the employee (and employer) have to agree to some specific requirements. Today I’d like to talk generally…

  • Employee Development Ideas: A Free eBook

    Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a project to collect some employee development ideas for a free eBook. It launched recently, and I’m excited to share it with you today. Click the link below to download this guide full of actionable tips and strategies relating to employee development ideas. I have published a…