It’s Going to be Hard, but it’s Going to be Fair.
I heard this quote recently, it was used by an old football coach to his players: “It’s hard, but it’s fair.” He wasn’t the first to use this and probably won’t be the last – but the line stuck with me...
View Article“Self-Insight” Might Be the Most Undervalued Personal Core Competency!
I was having a conversation recently with a peer. We were discussing a company with a dynamic leader. The company seemed like it had every single attribute to make it successful. Smart and dynamic...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Great Talent Acquisition Conference? #SourceCon
Hey gang! I’m back from attending and speaking at my first ever SourceCon conference. Can I be real for a second? I never attended SourceCon in the past because I was intimidated. For real! Let me...
View ArticleNever Say “No” for a Candidate! #TC18Live
Average recruiters say “No” for candidates a lot! It sounds like this: “You probably won’t be interested in this, but…” “I’m doubting this is for you, but…” “I’m guessing this position is below you,...
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Teens Feel Speaking In Class is Unreasonable & Discriminatory. What do you...
A recent article in The Atlantic brought up is seemingly troubling subject. Teens are voicing their opinion that being forced to speak up in classes is discriminatory: “in the past few years, students...
View ArticleUsing Email Activity as a Performance Metric!
So, the other day I was reading this article by Josh Bersin. You know Josh, right? Bersin by Deloitte, big time voice in the HR Industry for decades. Josh might be one of the most recognizable thought...
View ArticleThe Newest Leadership Concept that will take 2019 by Storm: “Sunshining”!
Have you heard of “Sunshining“? I’m guessing most of us haven’t. I came from Reed Hastings the CEO at Netflix. Netflix has a really transparent work environment and Reed and his executive team has...
View Article1 True Fan is How it all Starts!
You’ve probably heard of the idea of 1,000 True Fans. Seth Godin gets a lot of credit for the idea, but he’s quick to point out he got it from Kevin Kelly over a decade ago. True Fans are those people...
View ArticleWhy are you scared to make HR simple?
Have you ever wondered why HR Departments continue to make complex processes? In reality, all of us wants things simple. But, when you look at our organizations they are filled with complexity. It...
View ArticleThe 12 Steps of a Recovery Passionate A**hole!
I wrote a post a while back titled, “The 5 Things HR Leaders Need to Know About Developing Employees“. In that post I had a paragraph: When I was young in my career, I was very ‘passionate’. That’s...
View Article3 Things HR Pros Should Never Apologize For!
I think HR Pros apologize way too much, and I got the idea from the Fast Company article – “3 Things Professional Women Should Stop Apologizing For“, which are: Their Financial Expectations (I.E., pay...
View ArticleHow to get promoted to the job you want!
I read an article recently where a “former” Google HR executive shared his wisdom. (editor side note – are all Google HR executives “Former”? Have you ever heard from a “current” Google HR executive?...
View ArticleStarting 2019 off with a Recruiting Bang!
If you’re like me you took some time over the holidays to reflect and to think about how you could make your next year on this earth the best one yet! One of my “areas of opportunity” (HR speak for...
View ArticleQuestions I’m asking myself in 2019!
I’m constantly being asked about what are the “trends of 2019”. Honestly, year to year trends are usually fairly unnoticeable to most people working a real job in HR and TA. Google for Jobs was a giant...
View ArticleThe Talent Fix Book Club Starts this Week!#RecruiterDevelopment
If you are a regular reader of this blog than you clearly know I wrote a book, The Talent Fix, that was launched in April 2018. I have been overwhelmed by the awesome response and I would like to give...
View ArticleWhat do you love to do?
We have a hard time really telling others what we love to do. Many times it turns into this humble brag of stuff we don’t really love to do, but it sounds impressive and we know others won’t judge us...
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The Latest Global Talent Trends from @LinkedIn
LinkedIn recently released their 2019 Global Talent Trends and it’s loaded with great data for HR and TA Pros! Take a look at the Top 4: 91% believe that “Soft Skills” is the biggest trend in the...
View Article3 Ways to Increase Employee Productivity that Doesn’t Entail Pain or Torture!
The holy grail of great leadership is simply getting the most positive productivity for an extended period from your team. That. Is. It. If I take your current team and I get them to do more work that...
View ArticleDark Horses – Being Successful When You Shouldn’t!
Just got done reading a really good book recently by Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas, titled, “Dark Horses: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment“. The main author, Todd Rose, had a unique...
View ArticleYour Weekly Dose of HR Tech: I Failed @SHRM’s new Talent Acquisition Credential!
So, you guys know I wrote a book, right? A book on talent acquisition! I truly believe I actually know something about Talent Acquisition and Recruiting! So, it came as a pretty big shock when I took...
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