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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

You Can Build An HR Department Without HR People

DisruptHRSeptember 5, 2018September 4, 2018

What do you look for when you’re hiring for an HR opening? A person with HR experience and a SPHR or CEBS or a SHRM-SCP? If those are your criteria, … Read more

Tell Your Candidates Why They Shouldn’t Take Your Job

DisruptHRAugust 29, 2018August 29, 2018

Your recruiters are going to cringe if you show them them this video. It comes from a DisruptHR presentation in Indianapolis this past spring, and … Read more

Has an Attorney Ever Told You Compliance Is Sexy?

DisruptHRAugust 22, 2018August 21, 2018

We’re going to go out on a limb here and flat out say, you never thought compliance was sexy. Now spend the next five minutes with Kate Bischoff and … Read more

If You Have to Force People to Train, You’re Doing It Wrong

DisruptHRAugust 15, 2018August 14, 2018

What’s wrong with the way we train? Too much text, too few images, formulaic presentations that are so much based on rules that it’s a wonder … Read more

We Want Disruption Until It’s Us Being Disrupted

DisruptHRAugust 1, 2018July 29, 2018

“So many of us in business (say) ‘I want innovation. I want disruption. I want the next big thing’,” said Bradley West to his … Read more

The War For Talent Is a War For Attention. Here’s How to Get It

DisruptHRJuly 25, 2018July 23, 2018

The war for talent may be misnamed. It’s really a fight for attention, says Katrina Collier, a social recruiting trainer at The Searchologist. Once … Read more