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Everything You Need to Know About Recruiting Millennials In 5 Minutes

DisruptHRMarch 13, 2019March 12, 2019

OMG! Here’s a video that in 5 minutes will remind you about everything you should know about recruiting millennials. You’ll want to watch it a … Read more

Get Ready For the Coming Human-Enhanced Workplace

DisruptHRMarch 6, 2019March 5, 2019

When Pierre LeGrand says to a room full of HR people, “I want to postulate that we are the architects of a new age organism of interconnected … Read more

Abolish Your Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Pay Policy

DisruptHRFebruary 27, 2019February 26, 2019

You thought “Don’t ask. Don’t tell” was a compromise invented over gays in the (US) military. You are wrong. It was the long … Read more

Your Culture Should Be Like a Donkey

DisruptHRFebruary 20, 2019February 19, 2019

Here’s a thought: Your company culture should be more like a donkey than a unicorn. Not our idea. Laurie Bennett said that. His entire presentation … Read more

Are Your HR Practices Brain-Friendly?

DisruptHRFebruary 13, 2019February 12, 2019

HR practitioners are too much like the barber-surgeons of the Middle Ages. Reason enough for HR to be “blown to smithereens,” let alone … Read more

Stop Sucking at Hiring

DisruptHRFebruary 6, 2019February 5, 2019

How many times have you heard a hiring manager decide on a hire because of “good chemistry?” Be honest with this one: Have you ever hired … Read more

Why You Shouldn’t Touch My Hair

DisruptHRJanuary 9, 2019January 7, 2019

You’ve heard the term “unconscious bias.” Every regular reader of TLNT has come across articles about it. You may even have touched on … Read more

Love: The Next Leadership Skill

DisruptHRDecember 12, 2018December 11, 2018

To paraphrase Jackie DeShannon, “What the business world needs now is love, sweet love.” What’s love got to do it? Exactly what Robin … Read more

What You Can Do to Keep Mothers From Giving Up Their Career

DisruptHRDecember 5, 2018December 4, 2018

There are initiatives to encourage women to enter STEM fields. Organizations have programs to recruit women. Then what happens? “Across all … Read more

The 5 Courages HR Needs to Be Good Followers

DisruptHRNovember 28, 2018November 26, 2018

HR needs to stop leading and start following. Did that get your attention? Good, because that’s what Tim Vanderpyl, associate professor at Calgary, … Read more

Transcending The Transgender Mythos

DisruptHRNovember 14, 2018November 12, 2018

Imagine for a moment being a transgender person. Imagine what it must be like wondering whether to come out at work. And “If I come out, is this the … Read more

Long Live Human Reconnection!

DisruptHRNovember 7, 2018November 6, 2018

Lucy Lloyd doesn’t like the name “Human Resources.” She says it, “Evokes this idea that people are some kind of capital asset to be … Read more

Unravel Your ‘Wicked’ Problems the 4 C Way

DisruptHROctober 31, 2018October 31, 2018

With the Red Sox World Series win still fresh, you might be tempted to think “wicked” problems are a uniquely Boston concern. They’re … Read more

How Strategic Can You Be When You Plan Parties and Police Policies?

DisruptHROctober 24, 2018October 24, 2018

It’s hard to have influence and credibility in the business when you spend your time planning the company party and sending memos about appropriate … Read more

The War for Talent Is Now a Supply Chain Problem

DisruptHROctober 17, 2018October 16, 2018

When Cognizant, the global IT services company, realized it couldn’t hire data scientists fast enough to keep up with its needs, it started training … Read more

When the Trolls Come After You Online, Clapback

DisruptHROctober 10, 2018October 8, 2018

With “tons of ways” for candidates (and employees and everyone else) to go online “and talk crap about you all day, every day,” how … Read more

4 Ways You Never Thought of to Improve Executive Diversity

DisruptHROctober 3, 2018October 1, 2018

Don’t be confused by the title of this DisruptHR talk. “Making The Most Of Your Seat At The Table” is about leveraging that seat — … Read more

Gaps In a Resume Could Mean Wonder Woman Was Temporarily Out Of Costume

DisruptHRSeptember 26, 2018September 25, 2018

Meghna Singh’s career was well underway until she had children. She earned a MBA in HR after getting a bachelor’s in physics; began her career … Read more

The Missing Ingredient In D& I Is Us

DisruptHRSeptember 20, 2018September 19, 2018

This is a DisruptHR talk about diversity and inclusion. But it’s not about HR D&I. It’s about you and I. How many friends and acquaintances … Read more

In Sexual Harassment, the ‘Trauma Lives Past the Event’

DisruptHRSeptember 12, 2018September 11, 2018

One in three workers have experienced sexual harassment; 71% of them didn’t report it. Avery Francis is not part of that 71%. As too many of these … Read more