A significant shift is transforming today’s corporate landscape. The gig economy and technological advances are reshaping the workplace in ways that have significant ramifications for human capital and talent management. Flexible independent work provides increasingly attractive and viable career options…
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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…
The Importance of Being Positive In the Face of Uncertainty
A person’s ability to deal with uncertainty is influenced by many factors. Those who are older may be able to deal with uncertainty better because they have experienced more uncertainty and made it through, and often things turned out OK…
To Be a ‘Social Enterprise’ Is a Step Beyond Just Doing Good
Note: Today, the American Thanksgiving holiday, is a fitting time to reflect on social responsibility. We celebrated Social Enterprise Day last week on November 15. What’s that? And how does it differ from other social good initiatives? Even as they…
Whatever the Court Decides It Won’t End the Debate Over Class Action vs. Individual Arbitration
The interplay between arbitration agreements and employment-based class actions has been the subject of extensive and often conflicting legal opinions for the last half-decade. While many hoped the issue would gain clarity and stability following last June’s Supreme Court ruling…
Substance Addiction: No Workforce Is Immune
70% of employers reported the opioid epidemic has affected their workforce while 81% of employers surveyed indicated they are not well prepared to deal with the addiction crisis. Does this pertain to your company? Suppose you learned that 9.5% of…
Are You Committing Career Malpractice?
Do you know X? I noticed a job posting and when I checked the company, it showed that you had connections there. Let me know if you know her. Like you, I get these from friends from time-to-time as they…
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…
What’s Your Type? How the Myers-Briggs Became a Business Favorite
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has been widely used for decades to assess personality. But there is very little, if any, science behind it. Merve Emre, associate professor of English at the University of Oxford and fellow at Worcester College, delves…
HR Roundtable: Engaging With Social Media Is a Must
When folks gathered for the October (Cincinnati) Roundtable there was a palpable buzz because the topic was something that seems to surround every facet of our daily lives both personally and professionally — Social Media. People are either using social…
C-Level Burnout: A Problem No One Talks About
When Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne recently passed away, the corporate world mourned one of the greatest turnaround leaders of the modern business era. Marchionne was one of the auto industry’s most tenacious and respected CEOs, who took over…
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…
Your Next Best Hire Could Be a Discovery-Driven Candidate
The discovery-driven approach to a career yields a resume that is unconventional and might be overlooked by HR personnel accustomed to looking for specific, albeit limited, markers of accomplishment and capacity, such as years of higher education or experience in consistent roles….
‘Complementary HR’: HR Learns from the NFL About Complementary Outcomes
If you haven’t heard the term “complementary football,” it’s a performance improvement approach that corporations and HR shouldn’t ignore. This approach increases your chances of winning by ensuring that the outcomes of one sub-team complement and support the work of…
HR Roundtable: What Do You Do When It’s the Boss Who Wastes Everyone’s Time?
The September (Cincinnati) HR Roundtable had a bit of a tongue in cheek topic based on an article from The Wall Street Journal: “How Bosses Waste Their Employees’ Time.” (Click here to check it out. Subscription required.) To get the…
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…
How to Build Bridges Among Your Diverse Workers
We live in a world in which challenging differences confront us on a daily basis. We often live with the illusion that we can keep these challenges at home and just go to work to do work. But people bring…
You Need the ‘Informal Leaders’ to Get Things Done
Everyone is familiar with the term C-suite. The C-suite is populated with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer… The list goes on and on. The people who inhabit the C-suite are the formal leaders of the…
Everyone’s Looking for STEM Grads — For Sales!
With the forecast for rapid growth in STEM-related occupations, today’s STEM jobseekers, especially those in technology, enjoy a vibrant career marketplace. Narrowing the focus just to technology, the future outlook is even better. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts employment…
A Merger Is the Time For Workers to Double-Down
Mergers are a fact of working life. They can be very good news for organizations as they offer opportunities for increased efficiency and scale. When managed well, they can bring about efficiency in the workplace and economy. Yet mergers cause…