The following humor is attributed to Kurt Vonnegut: To be is to do – Socrates To do is to be – Sartre Do Be Do Be Do – Sinatra Having heard it in multiple contexts over the years, I tried to find the origin of the phrase, “I am a human being, not a human doing.†It appears to be another of those catchy quotations everyone has heard, but it seems to have been originated… Read More »What Do You Do?
This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.      From the Greatest Generation To the Degraded Generation - We live in an age when everything and everyone must fit neatly into labeled buckets. There isn’t much room to wiggle out of the label planted on groups of people and if the term does not seem to fit we arbitrarily redefine the words. For… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.10
   This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.      HR, Pop Culture and Bin Laden – Yesterday as I looked over my outline of blog topics and worked on some unfinished drafts, I had no idea that I would be motivated to write about a hot news story this morning. A last minute change in plan will be guaranteed NOT to be an in-depth… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.9
In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary: Dec 23 - Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen – This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen. – more –   Dec 24 - The Job Seeker’s Guide To The Galaxy And Other Places (Reprise) – There is an often quoted saying that wisdom comes from the mouth of babes. Children don’t have a… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – December 23 thru December 29, 2012
This is a reposting of three articles written to explore problems with systems that are in place today for appraising the performance of employees. Recent articles and discussions indicate that most performance appraisal systems fall short of the mark and this is an important opportunity for HR professionals to move forward with improvements. Comments are welcome. Performance Failure or Performance Appraisal Failure – Part I: The Basics - It should be like Management 101 to… Read More »Performance Failure or Performance Appraisal Failure (Reprise)