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2 years, 350+ posts, and just warming up
Sunday is my two year anniversary. It’s been twenty four months since I sat down, said, “Hmmm. upstartHR sounds kinda cool,” and started on a journey that has been exciting and unpredictable. Just… Wow. What advice do I have for others? Start when you’re at 90%. If you wait until you are 100% ready then…
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eBook Topics-Help me pick!
If you’ve been reading awhile, you might have seen one of the free eBooks I’ve put out recently. In 2011, I’m creating one of them every month. They are great tools. They are free. What’s not to like? :-) I’m trying to find other topics that interest you guys and would like to get a…
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Employee engagement strategies for the 21st century
There’s a free teleseminar today that focuses on employee engagement strategies that I’m looking forward to. As I posted yesterday, I’m really excited about the opportunities that exist once you get your workforce engaged. If you’re interested in listening in on this free resource, click here and you can learn more. But do it quickly!…
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Show us your fools!-April Fool’s HR Carnival
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The cost of disengaged employees
Disengaged employees cost companies money in numerous ways. They are much more expensive to maintain than their engaged counterparts, and many organizations are working hard to find ways to help get their people engaged and more productive. I’ve been a disengaged employee. It stinks. I didn’t start out planning to be one. I don’t know…
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Wasting time at work (but not how you think!)
Wasting time at work is an act as old as work itself. Today I’m going to talk about something different from the common procrastination behaviors we immediately think about (the Water Cooler Chatter, the Champion Web Surfer, etc.). Today we’ll talk about washing the car. One of the fun things about where I work is…
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