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  • The Neuroscience of Great Learning Content: Attention, Memory, and Exploration [Podcast]

    The Neuroscience of Great Learning Content: Attention, Memory, and Exploration [Podcast]

    Ask any business leader, and they’ll tell you they invest in the development of their workforce with the goal of improving performance. Yet the training and content delivery methods of the past aren’t keeping pace with the needs of the modern learner. No longer can you throw an hour of eLearning at a problem or…

  • Compensation Transparency: Advice for Getting the Balance Just Right

    When we think about tools like Expedia and Yelp, we realize the value of transparency in the marketplace. The underlying issue is information asymmetry – when one party has more information than the other, that party has additional leverage in a discussion or negotiation. Leveling the playing field between two parties in an exchange helps…

  • My New Kindle Book is Live!

    Running is a passion of mine. So is HR. So why not marry my love for the two in written form? Well, that problem is solved. :-) I recently put together this collection of stories about running, business, and life. More than half of the content is brand new and not published anywhere else, and…

  • Do you work in HR and run? I need your help.

    I had a fun idea while running the other day to put together some thoughts about running and HR. I have posted here several times in the past about how it has helped me to draw parallels between training for a race and practicing HR on a daily basis, and I’d like to put something…

  • Employee Development Ideas: A Free eBook

    Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a project to collect some employee development ideas for a free eBook. It launched recently, and I’m excited to share it with you today. Click the link below to download this guide full of actionable tips and strategies relating to employee development ideas. I have published a…

  • Building Your HR Department (Free Guide)

    Nearly a year ago I put together a post about starting or working in a new and/or small HR department. It’s a different world, and I quickly learned that this community works to share resources, pool knowledge, and generally help each other with facing the daily HR challenges. That post was very helpful to the…

  • Employee Performance Management (Free eBook)

    Get the Free Employee Performance Management Guide! So you’ve been thinking about your staff lately. Namely, employee performance management. When you work with people, there is never an easy answer for handling performance issues, negative feedback, etc. It’s just one of the more difficult parts of being a leader. But you aren’t in this alone.…