This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.      Optimism in Times of Trial – There is a raging debate on how much bad news we should share with those around us. My day usually begins with reading several newspapers keeping an eye on the business and careers sections because that is the way in which I can keep informed on things… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.11
There are many areas that seem to be taboo for men to address openly. Anything that I say must be taken with a grain of salt since the male perspective is so different from a female point of view in our society and around the globe. Those of you who know me may have heard my outspoken lack of sympathy for some so-called “women’s issues†because of the discrimination I personally experienced as a male… Read More »The World, Women, and HR
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?
Experts suggest that there are two kinds of people: Those who are Big Picture Thinkers and those who are Detail Oriented Thinkers. It doesn’t take but a few seconds of data diving to find reams of advice for BPT’s on how to relate to DOT’s and how to deal with them. There must be research data somewhere that would point to this being true, but it must be way too detailed to be interesting or… Read More »Plan To Do Small Things
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