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  • Office gossip

    Gossip is degrading and will destroy an organization.  It is important to develop and maintain a culture in which negatives are handed up and positives are handed down. –Dave Ramsey What would happen if your employer banned office gossip? How would people react? Well, a company led by Dave Ramsey did just that, and they\’ve…

  • Reader question-Facebook at work

    If you\’ve read much in recent months, it\’s probably had some flavor of social media running through it. It seems like there\’s no way to get away from the topic, no matter where you turn. But every once in a while a great question comes up that can\’t be ignored, and that\’s what happened this…

  • Featuring HRevolution Sponsors Blogging4Jobs and Sanera

    By now I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about HRevolution. It’s going to be huge. But there are some people out there who have been willing to support this thing financially despite the fact that it still has that “new conference smell.” :-) Today, I’m going to talk about two of those sponsors. Leap of Faith If…

  • Culture, VHRG, and a funny

    Culture I’ve been reading a lot about culture at work recently, and I have to say that I’m intrigued. Before my current job, I would never have thought that it made much of a difference, but now that I have seen the benefits of a solid, positive corporate culture, I am convinced of the value…

  • This is not my day

    Dear enthusiastic reader, If you’re looking for another witty or helpful post, you’ll have to wait until Wednesday. My computer was attacked by a lovely little virus this past weekend, and I have spent an inordinate amount of time working to resolve the issue. As a result, I won’t be able to supply my normal…

  • How did you get your job?

    I’ve been chatting behind the scenes with HR professionals both locally and nationwide. Many of them are out of work and looking for the next gig to open up. I can give them advice until my face turns blue, but I’ve had a grand total of one HR position. Much of what I know is…

  • A difficult mentoring question

    Okay, people, I have a short post today. Why? Because I’m stumped. Recently I read this mentoring post by Alison at Ask a Manager. An excerpt is below. Do we seek out those with star potential because they’ll benefit the most from our help — or is it possible that it’s actually less about that…

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