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  • Berklee Rose is here!

    A few weeks ago you probably caught my letter to my unborn child. This last week has been a wild ride as we added Berklee to the family, surprising about 95% of the people we know because she was NOT a boy. Melanie and the baby are doing great, and the other kids are overjoyed…

  • Using the Gig Economy to Enhance Business Outcomes

    I have done dozens of presentations in my professional life. But boy was I nervous about a recent one. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to deliver my first ever Ignite-style presentation. I was sweating it, big time. In short, you get five minutes to explore a topic. The kicker? Your 20 slides auto-advance…

  • Talent Mobility Webinar: How to Recruit and Retain Internal Talent

    I realized this weekend that I didn’t let you guys know about a free webinar I’ll be doing tomorrow with RecruitingBlogs. If you’re interested in joining me for the session you can sign up here.  Talent mobility. If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s the practice of using internal talent to fill roles as…

  • 93% of Workers Are Least Productive… At Work?

    I had put it off for as long as I could, and it was time to finally bite the bullet and get it done. I sent a message to my manager and told him that I was going to work from home the following day in order to knock a few things off my list.…

  • Video: What to Do When Your HR Strategy Fails

    When I speak about HR strategy, one of the things that inevitably comes up is that it’s hard to plan ahead. Things change. The business changes. The objectives shift. It makes it difficult to pin down the right HR strategy to support the organizational goals. And that’s okay. Death, taxes, and change are the things…

  • A letter to my soon-to-be-born child

    Going way personal today. Take it or leave it, but I always write what moves me. Thanks! Dear Peanut, We are so very excited to meet you. I’ve been going back and forth between nervousness and excitement over the past few weeks, because I know that you’re going to make your appearance within the next…

  • Elements of High CEO Approval Ratings: An Interview with Glassdoor’s Chief Economist

    If you check out a company’s profile on Glassdoor, one of the first things you see is the CEO approval rating. As an HR leader, this is a number that I was always concerned with as a signal for overall employee satisfaction. It’s common to hear stories about CEO approval in the news, and all…

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