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Tom Bolt

Creating and Maintaining a Culture of Diversity

The human resources professional is in the cross-hairs of Neutrality. Everything that is balance in the universe seems to fall apart at our doors. When we take sides on issues because of personal preferences rather than professional objectivity, then Neutrality pulls the trigger and we fail. If we are a value-added resource to our organizations, then our failure has far reaching consequences. We seem to live in a judgmental culture that is constantly bombarded with… Read More »Creating and Maintaining a Culture of Diversity

Lead, Follow, or Get Out Of The Way

When we talk about company culture, we usually believe that there are stark differences between military and civilian life. There are actually more similarities than may be seen at first glance. Examples of leadership transcend traditional boundaries and give testimony to basic facts about human nature that defines our true corporate cultures. Hint: This is also one reason that former military personnel are excellent choices for hire in almost any environment. They not only are… Read More »Lead, Follow, or Get Out Of The Way

Defining Company Culture and Making It Happen

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One of the cleverest employee pranks I have seen was a man who showed up on Halloween in a gorilla suit along with a doctored ID badge showing the picture of a gorilla and the name “King Kong.” He was waved through the front door by security, wandered about the building acting monkey-like, and nobody knew who he was until around Noon when he unmasked in the cafeteria to eat. Does anybody else see something… Read More »Defining Company Culture and Making It Happen

From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Never Ending Talk About Generations

A pet peeve of mine is to hear so-called experts about various generations rant about age discrimination while perpetuating the myths of generational differences through their arguments. I probably take it too personally when people talk about the “old guys” from my generational cohort, but I have learned to exercise restraint in lashing out at the offenders… a reaction that would defeat the purpose of calling for open dialog. Perhaps the word Boomer actually comes… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Never Ending Talk About Generations

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Blogging New Ideas and Re-writes

Becoming a daily blogger was a big step for me. Several times a week is actually good enough, and during busy times, or when my muse goes into hiding, occasional blogging is OK too. One rule about blogging that I take very seriously is that if I commit to writing something every day I’m letting someone down if I don’t deliver on that promise. Actually, there is no vast audience clamoring to hear my thoughts,… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Blogging New Ideas and Re-writes