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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,…
Have You Considered Using Videos to Educate Employees About Benefits?
Does your employee benefits education program consist of handing out dusty benefits manuals and sending a single novel-length email from HR? If so, you could be severely missing the mark when it comes to truly educating your workforce. In fact,…
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…
Gaps In a Resume Could Mean Wonder Woman Was Temporarily Out Of Costume
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 in comp and benefits, then moved halfway around the world to metro New York as…
The Missing Ingredient In D& I Is Us
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 do you have who are of a different race, a different background, who have different…
In Sexual Harassment, the ‘Trauma Lives Past the Event’
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 stories go, this is where we would expect to hear how HR ignored…
You Can Build An HR Department Without HR People
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, you’re missing out on a future rock star. “If you’re…
Tell Your Candidates Why They Shouldn’t Take Your Job
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 disruptive is an understatement. Seriously, what recruiter would ever tell a hot prospect, “We kind…
Has an Attorney Ever Told You Compliance Is Sexy?
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 you’ll come away if not entirely convinced, at least realizing it’s…
If You Have to Force People to Train, You’re Doing It Wrong
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 there’s any life left in the training room at all. “We’ve dehumanized learning,” Clint…
The War For Talent Is a War For Attention. Here’s How to Get It
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 upon a time, when placing an ad in the newspaper employment classifieds was how employers sourced,…
If You Want to Have Impact You Need Influence. Here’s How to Get It
Do you believe HR professionals are in the best position in the world to make an impact? Jennifer McClure does. That’s what the HR veteran and CEO of DisruptHR and Unbridled Talent told her Kansas City audience. But it doesn’t…
What Would Happen If Everyone’s Pay Was Known?
What would happen if everyone knew how much everyone else was making? Crazy, you say? It might work for major league sports, but not for us. Wait a minute, says Josh Ingalls, who was Sr. HR Business Intelligence Consultant at…
Ready or Not Here Comes Generation Thumb
Talking about millennials in the workforce is so yesterday. Time now to start preparing for Gen Z, or, as Chad Norman calls them, Generation Thumb. This is the generation born after the turn of the century. They’ve never known a…
It’s Not Complicated. HR Is About the People
Andrea Butcher thinks we’ve over-complicated HR. “We’re making tools and processes for the business and not for people,” Butcher tells her Indianapolis audience of HR professionals. “So no wonder people don’t like us, because we complicated it. We’re confusing it.”…