Rethinking the ways people and businesses interact
From the category archives:
Let’s say you work for one of these companies that has heavy machinery, sharp blades and furnaces. Sounds pretty cool, right? Okay, maybe that’s just me. I love industrial workplaces. Places where things are made, where real work gets done and you shake an employees hand and it feels like you just put your hand [...]
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Note from Lance: Last week, I went to the Employee Health Care Conference put on by The Conference Board. They covered my travel accommodations to New York so that I could bring you my honest insights of some of the higher level discussions going on among business leaders.
Craig Barrett, former Chairman and CEO of Intel, [...]
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I am reminded every day that I am lucky to be married (some days more than others) but here is at least one reason why I’ll admit I am extremely lucky to be married: I have group health insurance. It doesn’t cost much. It gives me great coverage. And I’d probably be on my back [...]
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I’ve been vocally frustrated on this blog about the health care situation in the US for almost 18 months now. I’ve been personally frustrated for longer. As much of the national dialog has shifted to focus on the government and what it can do (and really, that is a wild card at this point), it [...]
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Note from Lance: Today’s post comes from David Rendall. He is a speaker, trainer and management professor and his work takes him across the globe. You can catch him on his Freak Factor blog where he focuses on flaunting weaknesses instead of hiding them or you can follow him on Twitter.
“Strong people always have strong [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, my buddy Chris Ferdinandi over at Renegade HR and I talked about multi-generational workforces and what they mean to employers for his podcast (one of the few I actually listen to). Want to have a listen? Of course you do:
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So what are always my main points about generations?
There are [...]
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Here’s the deal: I don’t like working in the summer. Here in the Pacific Northwest, summer lasts three months. Those three months make the other nine months totally worth it (really) but I need to figure out how to better align my work flow with that since it always seems to be very busy during [...]
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This guest post is authored by Ben Eubanks. Ben is an HR professional from Huntsville, AL. He lives much of his life online. Don’t believe it? Catch him on LinkedIn, Twitter, or via email. His blog, UpstartHR, is about many things, including HR, leadership, and zombies.
Should SHRM Connect be publicly available or an exclusive platform [...]
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Everyone deserves to work on something cool and I had the opportunity to work with twelve of the brightest people in talent to create a free ebook for all of you HR pros out there called Do Amazing Things, Things you can do to become a better HR pro in 2010 (download, 1.2Mb PDF). Big [...]
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I’ve only had brief bouts with commissioned salespeople but I learned two things from my experience that I carry with me to this day whenever I talk to people about this subject:
It is one of the toughest jobs to start and be successful in.
It is one of the toughest jobs to hire for.
As for point [...]
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