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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Times Are Tough But Life Goes On

This was a particularly rough week for many with ties to the Boston area. When tragedy strikes many people don’t know how to react. There are a few who immediately begin making tasteless jokes and at the other extreme there are people who totally lapse into melodramatic, tear-jerking drivel. Fortunately, many who “get it” can show their sorrow and anger, but then help to lead us back to the reality that times are tough but… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Times Are Tough But Life Goes On

When Business As Usual Becomes Unusual

I have shared my secret blogging method with many close friends and colleagues. While I flatter myself as a writer, this is not easy for me. Hopefully you are not holding your breath waiting on the book I promised 10 years ago. Usually my style is to outline some topic, research the facts, and then write and rewrite that first draft over and over ad infinitum. In order to publish a new article every day… Read More »When Business As Usual Becomes Unusual

Slaying Your Dragons in 10 Easy Steps: A Job Search Tutorial

Our images of dragons have two possible sources: Mythology or an actual incident that by the game of gossip has been exaggerated into the fire breathing monsters we see in movies. Contributors to Wikipedia give several possible sources of the story of Saint George and the Dragon. Looking for a logical explanation for the legend other than pure entertainment of the masses, the story from Wormingford in Essex, England sounds the most plausible. “A dragon,… Read More »Slaying Your Dragons in 10 Easy Steps: A Job Search Tutorial

Business Silo Cure and Prevention

[pageview url= http://www.youtube.com/embed/Bk-kvhnEeSs?rel=0” width=”480″ height=”360″] CEO’s, CHRO’s, Engagement officers and other cultural Ninjas in the world of work are in a constant battle against not only the traditional way of doing things, but also need to overcome human nature. There is a passionate cry for some single entity to be in charge and this message must be filtered with reason in order to make progress. The building of walls around organizational units that extend vertically… Read More »Business Silo Cure and Prevention

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

The Brothers Grimm, Walt Disney and the Glass Association of North America would have you believe that mirrors never lie. That is probably true to a certain extent. As we learned from the first attempt to get deep space photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, sometimes a mirror can have hidden flaws that must be corrected to have a clearer picture of the objects we want to see. Unless you are a wicked queen with plans… Read More »Mirror, Mirror on the Wall