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  • Show Me the Money: What CMOs can Teach CHROs

    I got a pitch the other day for some new research from the CMO Council. At first glance I started to trash it (I’m into marketing, but I’m willing to bet most of you aren’t!). Then I took another look. I think the principles in the summary can shed some light on how HR pros…

  • The Affordable Care Act: Something to Appreciate

    If you’re an in-the-trenches HR pro, the Affordable Care Act has brought multiple emotions to bear: frustration, worry, and more. I know exactly how it feels, but I have also come to appreciate a particular side effect of the law. The “good old days” Five or ten years ago, the benefits administrator for a fully…

  • The Best College Degrees are Ones You Don’t Have to Explain

    I received a press release recently titled “Corporate Recruiters Suggest Most Marketable College Degrees.” Okay, I’ll bite. Tell me this revelation. Enlighten me as to what degrees are the most marketable. Who knows, maybe they know something I don’t? Here’s the list: Computer Science Accounting and Finance Biomedical Engineering Business and Marketing Communications with a…

  • How High Will You Climb (Book Review)

    For some, attitude presents a difficulty in every opportunity; for others, it presents an opportunity in every difficulty. -John Maxwell Recently I received a copy of How High Will You Climb: Determine Your Success by Cultivating the Right Attitude by John Maxwell to review, and I had to stop for a second. I’ve heard many…

  • Analytics Driven by Business Accountability

    Analytics in the business world serve many purposes, and a survey by the American Management Association uncovered the top five reasons business leaders say analytical skills are necessary today. Which of the following create the greatest need for analytical skills in your organization? Accountability for results 67.0% Competitive environment 61.6% Complexity of business environment 52.6%…

  • What’s Up at Brandon Hall Group?

    So it’s been a few months since I started working at Brandon Hall Group, and some of you have been asking me what I’ve been up to. Today I’ll talk a bit about what kind of work I’m doing and some of the things we have going on that are noteworthy. What I do So…

  • Managing Change Doesn’t Happen by Accident

    I can still remember sitting at home watching a movie as part of my change management class. The movie? Lean On Me, featuring Morgan Freeman. Freeman plays the character of the “turnaround principal” of a failing school. His job was to step into the school and reverse the negative trends that were plaguing the students…

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