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…
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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.”…
HR’s Job Should Be to Encourage Conflict
For years we’ve been hearing the drumbeat about making the workplace fun. So, as Amanda Ono tells it, we drank the Kool-Aid, installing ping-pong tables, organizing parties and offering a host of perks. “But what happens when we wake up…
You Won’t Get It If You Don’t Ask
Carol Sankar’s DisruptHR talk may be focused mostly at women professionals, but what she has to say about your first job is good advice for everyone: Ask for what you want. Don’t do what she did when she was offered…
Is a College Degree Really Necessary to do the Job?
The University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium has 92,746 seats. As large as that is — and it’s larger than all 31 NFL stadiums — it is still not big enough to seat every unemployed, out of school 16-24 year-old in…
Can You Demonstrate Your Business Value? 189 CHROs Say No
Will Busch came to DisruptHR to disrupt HR. In his first 15 seconds he declared, “The sole purpose of HR is to create business value through people.” If that didn’t get you to sit up and take notice, this will:…
To Build a Better Business, Hire Ramen Eaters
To build a corporate culture that’s as energized and agile as a startup, hire ramen eaters. “I meet these ramen eaters everyday,” says Amy Neale, VP, senior business leader with Mastercard. “These people are tough, ready to hustle and eager…
Here’s How to Conquer the Hard Conversations You’d Rather Avoid
Hard conversations may be a fact of business life but that doesn’t mean we look forward to them. Just the opposite. We avoid them to avoid causing even more problems, to avoid hurt feelings, and mostly, as Nick Doctor says,…
Empowerment Can Mean a Turtle, Snow White and Some Pizza
The HR literature is full of studies and research and examples of how empowering employees is good business. None of these are as compelling as the three stories Stacey Rodgers tells of a costume, a turtle and pizza at midnight….
Stop Trying to Solve Today’s Problems With What Worked Yesterday
Here’s a fun, and enlightening DisruptHR video that at first glance seems to have nothing to do with HR. But stick with it and you’ll see why “Stop Blaming Millennials for the Death of Retail” is worth your five minutes….
What If Everyone Had a Personal Coach at Work?
What’s better than a performance review? If you said a poke in the eye, you’d be right there with the vast majority of workers. Kris McGuigan says 4 out of 5 workers say their performance evaluations aren’t working. She didn’t…
When the HR Robots Arrive, Will You Be Prepared?
“Are you really prepared for the fact that robots are coming for you and your jobs?” Chances are that’s not a question asked before at a DisruptHR meeting, but what could be more disrupting for HR than being disrupted right…
If You’re Privileged, Embrace It to Help Others
If you’re privileged and you know it, clap your hands. Is that the sound of one hand clapping? “Were all privileged in some way. And yet,” says Kristen Bakalar, “We’re scared to talk about it in the workplace.” If insisting…
Millennials Want What We Want (They Just Ask For It)
You know what the problem is with millennials? It’s those “constant demands for feedback, or flexibility or just acknowledgement for work.” When you put it that way, “Is what they are looking for so unrealistic?” asks Liz Buckley. “Don’t we…
Are You the Leader They’ll Thank On Your Last Day?
“This is when you know that you have achieved something important by creating an amazing team and they thank you like this on your last day.” That was a lead-in quote from a video of the GM of the Address…
4 Steps to Becoming a Valued Business Partner
What if you could speak a language understood by everyone in the world? What, you say. There is no such language. Ashley Vella, an Amazon HR business partner, disagrees with you. Math, she explains in the DisruptHR video from Vancouver,…
AR Is Already In Your Workplace, How Will HR Use It?
Even if you don’t realize it, you’ve probably already experienced augmented reality. If you played Pokemon Go! use Snapchat filters or tried one of the those design sites where you upload a picture then move furniture around, you have experienced…
People Persons Need Not Apply For These HR Jobs
Josh Tarr doesn’t hire people persons for his HR jobs. Telling him that in an interview is the surest way to get the boot. What he’s looking for are people who tell him they like solving problems, who have business…
The No Bull Way to Working With Your Executives
Looking for that seat at the table? Take Amy Bastuga’s “No Bullshit” approach. “Influencing leaders is how we have the biggest impact in our organizations. So, our job is to eliminate bullshit,” she says. “This leaves room for authenticity, integrity…