5 Crippling HR Behaviors That Keep Employees From Becoming Leaders!
In HR (OD, Training, etc. – pick your title) we like to believe we develop our employees constantly and ongoing to become the next generation of leaders. But many times our actions tell a very...
View ArticleAmazon’s Jeff Bezos Just Showed Every Leader How to Manage Performance!
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos writes famous annual shareholder letters! His shareholder letter for 2018 was another gem of insight into the fascinating leadership culture of Amazon and it’s success. You...
View ArticleCareer Confessions from Gen-Z: What is Gen-Z looking for in a Mentorship...
Hey everyone, I’m back! I took a week hiatus (finals week man) and more Gen-Z posts are coming your way! (Dad editor’s note: I didn’t give him a week off for finals! Buck up, son! Welcome to the show!...
View ArticleUgh! Being an Inclusive Employer is Hard!
It seems like being an ‘inclusive’ employer would be super easy! You just accept everyone! Can’t we all just get along!? The reality is, being an inclusive employer is hard, because being inclusive...
View ArticleCareer Confessions from Gen Z: The Spiral of Silence is Strong With This One!
A hot topic of discussion this week was Kayne West. It seems as if Kayne or other members of his family are always infiltrating our lives, but this news was bigger than most. Kayne sparked some...
View ArticleLondon/UK Friends! I’m Coming to You in June!! Let’s meet up! #sosuuk
I have something to confess, I’ve never been to Europe! Never! So, a few months ago I put that fact out into my little social world and something amazing came back to me! The Sourcing Summit UK reached...
View ArticleHR Mind Games!
HR Mind Games is a quick hitting, 20-30 minute hangout hosted by my great friend, Kris Dunn, founder of FOT and the HR Capitalist and sponsored by Caliper, the leading provider of Assessments for...
View Article5 Things Leaders Need to Know About Developing Their Team!
I think we try and deliver a message to organizations that all employees need and want to be developed. This is a lie. Many of our employees do want development. Some don’t need it, they’re better...
View ArticleThe Top 7 Rookie Hiring Mistakes!
One of my awesome recruiting managers at HRU (the technical staffing company I run) is in the process of making his first hire! It’s pretty exciting. Do you remember the first hire you ever got to make...
View ArticleDisruptHR Detroit Speaker Applications Now Being Accepted!!! But, you...
Look, I just like being honest. This isn’t DisruptHR Brentwood or DisruptHR Nantucket! This is Detroit! We do real HR in the D! Come on, just be real with yourself for a moment, you can’t handle...
View ArticleYour Weekly Dose of HR Tech: Kashable – Low Cost Loans for Employees...
Today on The Weekly Dose I take a look at the HR Tech, voluntary employee benefit and financing solution for your employees called Kashable. Kashable is basically a simple way for your employees to...
View ArticleThe 4 Things Great Recruiters Do Every Day!
I’ve hired over one hundred recruiters in my career. Not a ton, but a pretty good sample size. I’ve had some of those hires go on to become great Talent Acquisition pros, as well as some who have...
View ArticleWhy do we hang on to bad hires for so long?
I’ve been very public about my philosophy on hiring. I do not hire to fire. In no way do I hire someone thinking “I can’t wait until the day I fire them!”, I don’t think any of us really think that! I...
View Article7 Things Startups Teach Us That We All Need to Learn!
My buddy John Hill works for Techstars as the VP of Network, go connect with him, he’s completely an awesome guy who will sit down and have a beer with you and talk about how to change the world for...
View ArticleMichigan Recruiter’s Conference – November 1st – Detroit, MI! Registration is...
The 4th Annual Michigan Recruiter’s Conference will take place on November 1st, 2018 onsite at the GM Headquarters RenCen in downtown Detroit, MI. Registration is now open for this event. There is...
View ArticleSHRM CEO says All Employers Should “Require” HR Certification!
Did you see this last week by new SHRM CEO Johnny Taylor? “Require certification,” Taylor said. “SHRM certification is a validation that the professional doing the job has the competency to do it....
View ArticleHow Can You Become a Great HR/Talent Professional?
I met an aspiring HR college student recently. The question was asked, “Tim, how can I be great at HR?” I told them to buy my book and read my blog and that’s really all there is to it! Just kidding, I...
View ArticleWant to make more money? Be an extrovert!
New research out of the University of Copenhagen finally puts to rest the age-old argument around what’s better: being an extrovert or being an introvert? I have friends who are on both sides and super...
View ArticleIs employee experience really all about your manager? #Maslow #Drink!
So, I’m sharing a post I wrote over at EXJournal.org (EX = Employee Experience). It’s site started by some brilliant people from all over the world and they invited me to write to bring down the...
View ArticleDisruptHR Detroit 2.0 – September 20th! Tickets Available Now! #Detroit...
Detroit Metro HR and Talent Peeps! We’re back!!! On September 20th in Midtown Detroit, DisruptHR Detroit 2.0 will be taking place onsite at our host Quicken Loans! The cost to attend this event is $30...
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