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  • SHRM Leadership Conference-Social Media Panel Thoughts (#shrm10lead)

    I meant this video to be a quick response to the social media panel and then I start rambling on about other stuff that I’ve been thinking about during this event. Soon enough the video will come out with all of us on the panel and that will be worth its own post. :-) Enjoy!

  • SHRM Leadership Conference-Panel on D&I, Flexibility, and Social Media #SHRM10Lead

    There was a great panel this morning at the SHRM Leadership Conference about some of the “hot” HR issues, including Diversity and Inclusion, Workplace Flexibility, and Social Media. Check out the short video below where I talk about some of the interesting quotes I heard. (When I tested the video, it played without the lag…

  • SHRM Leadership Conference-Why I Came

    Why would I take a few days away from my precious family to attend the SHRM Leadership Conference? It\’s simple, really. I wanted to see and hear from other people in the SHRM volunteer community. I created the SHRM Volunteer Leaders LinkedIn group to help connect and collaborate with these people. But that was just…

  • Rock Your Chapter Free eBook

    So… I finally finished the Rock Your Chapter eBook! It’s been a long time coming, but I hope it’s really useful to the volunteer chapter leaders out there. Know someone who’s in a leadership position with a local chapter or state council? Share this guide with them. I’d appreciate it and so will they. :-)…

  • SHRM Leadership Conference-DriveThruHR Interview

    Just finished a podcast about the SHRM Leadership Conference with my good friend Bryan Wempen of DriveThruHR. We talked about local SHRM chapters, the volunteers that make up the backbone of the organization, and my sweet little babies. :-) Click the button below to listen to the show. Also, my good friend Dave Ryan had…

  • HR careers: How to get a job in HR

    If you’re trying to find out how to get a job in HR, you’ve come to the right place. It might surprise you, but I’ve only been in HR for about a year and a half at this point. I kicked off my HR career back in April 2009, and I’m amazed to see how…

  • Replacing poor performers doesn’t always work

    I was sitting in a session during the Human Resources Management Conference about employee engagement recently, and someone brought up an amazing quote. As a little background, business leader Jack Welch advocated firing the bottom 10% of poor performers in order to maintain a high performance organization. You can replace the bottom 10-20% of poor performers,…

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