To paraphrase Jackie DeShannon, “What the business world needs now is love, sweet love.” What’s love got to do it? Exactly what Robin Anselmi explained at a DisruptHR meeting in Richmond, VA last spring. “Love makes us smarter,” she said….
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What You Can Do to Keep Mothers From Giving Up Their Career
There are initiatives to encourage women to enter STEM fields. Organizations have programs to recruit women. Then what happens? “Across all areas,” asks Claire Flannery, “How are we getting on with keeping and engaging the females we already have and stopping…
The 5 Courages HR Needs to Be Good Followers
HR needs to stop leading and start following. Did that get your attention? Good, because that’s what Tim Vanderpyl, associate professor at Calgary, Canada’s Ambrose University, wants. That doesn’t mean he wants HR people to become doormats. He does want…
Transcending The Transgender Mythos
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 beginning or the end of my career.” And wondering,”When I come…
Long Live Human Reconnection!
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 bought and sold; to be traded and downsized.” So what does she think it should be…
Unravel Your ‘Wicked’ Problems the 4 C Way
With the Red Sox World Series win still fresh, you might be tempted to think “wicked” problems are a uniquely Boston concern. They’re not. This DisruptHR talk, which took place in Chicago, is about dealing with problems so complex a…
How Strategic Can You Be When You Plan Parties and Police Policies?
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 Halloween costumes. They may have value, but “these sorts of things mask the true purpose of…
The War for Talent Is Now a Supply Chain Problem
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 its own. Now its program turns out data scientists in 90 days. Accenture’s recruiting teams now…
When the Trolls Come After You Online, Clapback
With “tons of ways” for candidates (and employees and everyone else) to go online “and talk crap about you all day, every day,” how do you combat that? You “clapback,” says Sarah Morgan. What’s a clapback? “A clapback,” explains Morgan,…
4 Ways You Never Thought of to Improve Executive Diversity
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 — or your near seat — to advocate for diversity. That doesn’t mean charts and graphs…