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  • 3 “D’s” for Prioritizing Tasks at Work

    Prioritizing tasks at work is something that I constantly struggle with, especially when everything is a fire that needs putting out. These days I’m spending about 55 hours a week recruiting like crazy, and when you’re a one-man HR team, there are some things that just have to be left undone. The hard part? Deciding…

  • HR Competition or Cooperation?

    Today I want to talk about HR competition. And cooperation. It’s something that I stop to consider every so often, and I am curious if I’m the only one who really thinks about it. Here’s my thought process in a nutshell: We as HR professionals are very collaborative. We’re cooperative. But we’re also competitive. Whether…

  • Young Professional Events for SHRM Chapters

    Someone recently reached out to me about young professional events for SHRM chapters. A few years back I was tagged to be the Chair for the SHRM HR Young Professional Advisory Council, and I had a great time working with the rest of the YP team trying to find out ways to help chapters engage…

  • 9 Ways to Make HR More Credible

    If there’s one thing that HR lacks in many organizations, it’s credibility. Who really listens to what you have to say? Do your managers, leadership team, and line staff have faith in your abilities to help lead the business, or do they see you as just another roadblock to getting work done every day? Here’s…

  • Measuring Human Resources Isn’t the Goal

    When we talk about metrics, analytics, and business intelligence, we forget that measuring human resources isn’t the goal. It’s an objective. Yes, we need to do it, but it isn’t the end of the process. At the end, after we’ve spent all the time and effort measuring human resources as best we can, all we…

  • I Have a Strategy, No You Don’t (Book Review Video)

    I Have a Strategy, No You Don’t by Howell J Malham, Jr. Recently I received this book to review. Honestly I picked it because of the title–it sounded unique and I was interested in checking it out. Once I got into the book (it’s a quick read), I was sucked into the funny dialogue and…

  • Career Readiness Skills, Video Games, and ACT Scores

    Video games are not a substitute for career readiness skills. They teach us nothing about hard work. They are not a magic tool to prepare the next generation to take the reigns in workplace leadership roles. Recently an international speaker, Mike Walsh, came to Huntsville to give a presentation. I didn’t see the presentation, but…

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