As I prepare for my daily virtual meeting with my team in five minutes, I pull my hair out of its messy ponytail and dab the spit-up on my shirt with water … Read more
Large Companies Can Learn Big Lessons From Small Startups
Large companies looking for ways to build success often look to other large companies for best practices. At some level, it’s understandable to try to gain … Read more
The Collision Theory of Employee Resource Groups
Diversity and inclusion was always important, but now it’s hot, meaning that people are paying attention to it like never before. Senior executives … Read more
The One Question You Have to Answer Correctly Every Time
As an HR leader, you get questions every day; some serious, some trivial. “What else is the company going to do to protect us from COVID?” “What did you … Read more
Is Remote Work Failing Your Company? The Problem Might Be Your Company.
When the pandemic sent everyone home to work for the foreseeable future, little changed for those already accustomed to working from home. Many of these … Read more
Watch Out for the Employee Productivity Pendulum
A misguided sense of comfort is deluding executive leaders as they recognize that remote employees are actually productive. Yes, there’s ample evidence of … Read more
You Cannot Solve Diversity Issues With Diversity Metrics
A new light has been shining on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives in the wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter … Read more
“Is This Because I’m Black?”: A Story of Racial Discrimination
If you are like me, you have had the feeling of not feeling safe when heading out, or being paid less than Whites for the same job, or getting passed over … Read more
How to Manager Idea Grenadiers, Oxygen Suckers, Tell-Me-What-To-Doers, and More
We all know them. “Idea machines.” They’re the people who present countless ideas, none of them quite relevant to your business. We also know their … Read more
Who’s Feeling Survivor Guilt? Who Isn’t? And What Can You Do About It?
When people survive a traumatic event, while others do not, they often feel survivor guilt, or survivor syndrome. It’s a common symptom of post-traumatic … Read more
Take the “Work” Out of Teamwork to Build It Remotely
If somebody had asked me before this all started — and we know what “this” is — how I’d stay connected to my work family while sheltering in place during a … Read more
Banishing the BS in HR
Two years ago, I was an HR executive. Having spent 20 years in developing my career in the field, I became burnt out and very angry. I was tired of all the … Read more
An HR Book for Children? Or a Children’s Book for HR?
What happens when a child discovers that adults at her parent’s workplace can sometimes treat each other unkindly? Welcome to the real world, little girl. … Read more
The Rap on HR (Literally, a Rap)
How can HR balance being perceived as both the “culture keepers” and “the police”? In her DisruptHR New York talk, HR consultant … Read more
Is This the Death of the Office Breakroom?
It’s a new era for the American office. By both choice and circumstance, companies that previously would have never considered a remote workforce are … Read more
How ADT Commercial Adapted Its People Practices Due to the Pandemic
As organizations continue to navigate COVID-19 and start to look forward to a post-pandemic working environment, many have had to identify various ways to … Read more
COVID-19’s Upside: A Culture of Innovation
There is no argument that COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world economy and marketplace — its most consistent characteristic being an … Read more
8 Ways to Use Soft Skills to Drive Innovation
Innovation appears in most organizations’ strategy or mission statements. But what does it actually take to achieve innovation? It takes people. … Read more
A Remote Work Guide for Employee Engagement
The office birthday parties and celebrations. The office softball teams. The lunch group that discusses politics, the environment, cooking, and how to be … Read more
Get Ready for COVID Recovery Workplace Reintegration
Some 30 to 35% of the workforce — 50 to 60 million employees nationwide — were furloughed or laid off due to the COVID pandemic within the span of mere … Read more