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Coachability: Looking at Coaches and Coachees

If you object to sports analogies being used in a business context, please forgive this blatant attempt to draw yet another parallel. Athletes at the peak of their game and at the pinnacle of their career have one thing in common: they all have a coach. Part of the maturation process of a child moving into adulthood involves learning when to give up a piece of ego in order to learn how to improve their… Read More »Coachability: Looking at Coaches and Coachees

To Degree, or Not To Degree. That Is The Question.

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One of the hottest topics of today seems to be whether or not a college degree is really necessary. The current heightened activity in this dialog… or rather, monologue… is happening for several reasons. Hopefully, the fleeting political rhetoric will soon die down now that the U.S. elections are over, but every four years we revisit the concept that somehow education is a right even though there is no constitutional guarantee or legal reason to… Read More »To Degree, or Not To Degree. That Is The Question.

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 11 thru November 17, 2012

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In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary:             A Veteran Reflects – In spite of the fact that most of the thanks I receive for my military service are shallow and reflexive, I do appreciate it because I am proud of being a veteran. It is not so much a pride in anything that I have done but a subtle humbleness in what it has made me.… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 11 thru November 17, 2012

HR Organization for Production

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The only time I remember receiving the transcript for a term of courses when I was in college was after acing an industrial engineering course called “Organization for Production.” It was memorable not because I did well… and frankly I remember nothing of that course today… it was the abbreviation used on the grade slip: Organ for Prod. The visually active part of my brain immediately went into the gutter and I bragged for weeks… Read More »HR Organization for Production

Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 1: Professional Add-ons

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The definition of good recruiting is to be able to successfully fill requisitions or job orders in a cost effective and timely manner. This measure of excellence is really not based on the years of experience of the recruiter, although that sometimes helps, but rather some intelligence-based gene that makes it effortless. The recruiters who wake up in the morning and are in top notch recruiting mode before that first cup of coffee will hit… Read More »Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 1: Professional Add-ons