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  • 4 Signs a Company Doesn’t Value HR [Reader Question]

    4 Signs a Company Doesn’t Value HR [Reader Question]

    Hi all! It’s been a minute. Working on a lot of fun stuff between the latest book, HR Summer School, regular livestream events, a ton of speaking at HR conferences and industry events, and so on. But I still get questions pretty regularly and love addressing them when I can (here’s the archive you can…

  • The One Thing You Must Know to Be Successful in an #HR Career

    The One Thing You Must Know to Be Successful in an #HR Career

    Last week at LinkedIn Talent Connect in Dallas, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with one of the other speakers about his session. Peter Sursi is a talent acquisition/HR pro working in the FBI to modernize some of their approaches to finding and keeping talent. He’s not what you might expect from…

  • 50 Conversations in 50 Days: 10 Things I Know about Today’s HR Professionals

    50 Conversations in 50 Days: 10 Things I Know about Today’s HR Professionals

    Wow. Really. I have spent the last 50 or so days speaking with dozens of HR pros (more than 50 now, but the number worked for the title so I ran with it!) and the takeaways I’ve had are pretty incredible. The gist of it: one of the research projects me and my team have…

  • HR Strategy: How to Work ON Your Department, Not Just IN Your Department

    HR Strategy: How to Work ON Your Department, Not Just IN Your Department

    One of the challenges with HR strategy and strategic HR is that it’s often talked about in vague terms, which means it isn’t always easy to understand for some individuals. There’s a great metaphor for this concept in the world of entrepreneurship put forth decades ago in The E-Myth by Michael Gerber. Here’s the core…

  • Does #HR care more about employees or protecting the company? [Reader Question]

    I love answering questions from readers, because they encourage me to explore topics I might otherwise not touch on, such as today’s discussion. Have a question of your own? Share it and I’ll try to work it into the schedule! Does HR care more about the employees or protecting the company? HR’s Primary Role When…

  • How to Be a Professional Troublemaker in HR [Podcast]

    This coming year, my wish for you is that you become more of a troublemaker in your business. Yes, you heard me correctly. HR has a longstanding tradition of being the administrative department. The party planners. The “that’s how we’ve always done it and let’s avoid the risk” police. But what if there was another…

  • HR State of the Union: 2017 Edition

    Every year I republish my “state of the HR union” article from previous years with new additions and edits as a challenge to each of you. Am I on target, or did I miss anything pertinent?  Early every year, the President of the United States makes an address to the nation. The purpose of the…