How can HR balance being perceived as both the “culture keepers” and “the police”? In her DisruptHR New York talk, HR consultant … Read more
The Rules of Engaging Remote Teams
What can organizations that are thrust into remote work learn from those that have been doing it for a long time? As Will Warren, engineering manager for … Read more
Overstepping HR Boundaries: New Ways To Manage An Employee In Crisis
What happens when something traumatic in an employee’s life — a close relative dies or a child gets seriously ill — how can HR help? Kim Hamer, HR … Read more
Why HR Needs to Take a Stand Against Jerks at Work
Workplaces are supposed to be places of collaboration. But, for anyone who has been in HR for a hot minute, it’s not always like that. Racism, … Read more
Putting HR at the Center of the Customer Experience
How can you advance your HR career and make an impact on your organization? By moving HR toward the customer — the ones who pay the bills. “As HR … Read more
Hey HR: We Can’t Do Inclusion Without You!
There’s an opportunity for HR to be more inclusive. Are you looking at your business opportunities and challenges through an inclusion lens? When you … Read more
From Personnel to Employee Experience: How History Has Shaped HR
Something is broken in HR, from how we show up for people to how we show up for our organization. If you want to fix it, you have to understand who HR is … Read more
Getting Real Employee Feedback Can Be Really Brutal
How do organizations get the feedback they desperately need from employees? How do organizations eat the proverbial “sh*t sandwich” and get the … Read more
Great HR Is No Longer Enough
If you want to be an innovator, a creator, the person who leads the company, then “It’s not OK to just be doing great HR.” That is the … Read more
What I Learned When I Gave My First DisruptHR Talk
When I was selected to speak at Portland, Oregon’s first DisruptHR conference last year, my excitement quickly turned to a storm of questions and doubt. … Read more
Don’t Be Ashamed to Sleep At Work
In today’s DisruptHR video, Matt Adam takes the stage to speak in praise of sleeping on the job. In next week’s DisruptHR presentation, he … Read more
Stop Talking About Diversity
Sara Jones wants us to stop talking about diversity. Did that get your attention? Good, because the CEO of InclusionPro wants us all to start talking more … Read more
Before the Robots Arrive, Prepare Your Workers
What will be the role of HR when robots sit next to humans in the workplace? We’re not at that point yet, but, as Natasha Egre says in her DisruptHR … Read more
Stop Using That HR Voice and Talk to the People
What does it mean to be “HRed”? As consultant Julianna Cantwell explained it to an Edmonton, Alberta audience last month, it means … Read more
What I Hate About Engagement Surveys
If you want to improve your engagement score, do your annual survey the day raises or bonuses are handed out. Sure, sure. We hear you saying, … Read more
A Few Words About the Generation That Is Changing Everything About Work
Seriously? Is there anything more to be said about millennials in the workplace? They started entering the workforce around the turn of the century … Read more
The Problem With Parental Leave
Sarah Meier says there’s a problem with parental leave programs. And it’s with men. “All these programs we’re implementing for … Read more
Say ‘Menopause’ Five Times At Work This Week
Here’s an HR challenge more than worthy of DisruptHR: Say menopause at least once a day at work for the next five days. That includes you men out … Read more
Is the Way You Onboard the Bore Of the Party?
While you’re making sure that the new employees who will be joining next week will have a desk and a phone, be scheduled for training, and so on, … Read more
Are You Insane?
Tom Hacquoil says a good many recruiters are insane. Not funny farm kind of insane, but Einstein kind of insane. You might remember that Einstein once … Read more