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
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
Make YouTube Part of Your Training Program. Your Employees Already Have
YouTube is not just for funny cat videos. In fact, a 2017 survey from the platform found that 56% go to YouTube to learn something new. YouTube is now … Read more
HR Departments Everywhere Are Embracing Video. Are You?
Not long ago, companies viewed videos as optional tools to achieve communication objectives. They were a luxury reserved mainly for marketing departments … Read more
What You Can Do to Keep Mothers From Giving Up Their Career
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
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
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!
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
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?
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
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
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
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 … Read more
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 — … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more