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Always Question Everything… Sometimes

A people watcher is a collector of observed behaviors. When I was a child, I remember watching my parents and wanting to say and do everything I observed. How quickly we forget. Fast forward to a quick road trip lunch stop at a nasty McDonalds in Maryland where now I am the daddy that is being observed by a toddler sitting in the restaurant-supplied high chair. Imagine my surprise when I heard that cherubic little… Read More »Always Question Everything… Sometimes

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Thinking Outside of the Network

Making a stab at covering all aspects of networking led to a five part series on the topic. Although each article was banging on the gate to be let out into the wild, I tamed them into showing up on five consecutive days… not an easy task. Did I miss anything? My network will probably let me know. I also hope that I unintentionally stole ideas from other people because that proves the point that… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Thinking Outside of the Network

Networking: The Barrier Buster

When we talk about networking, it conjures up a broad foggy blur of reaching out globally to individuals who may have immediate impact on our goals and desires, but for the most part the network is seen to to be a long term sustaining mutual support system. The question occasionally asked about networking is, “What can I do if I need results now?” The obvious, but somewhat unhelpful answer, is that you should have started… Read More »Networking: The Barrier Buster

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

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The People Interface

This was not exactly “Theme Week” on Make HR Happen, but as always there was a core concept of analyzing interpersonal relationships that make us do what we do. Human resources is probably the most difficult to manage of all the assets that a company has in its inventory. This eclectic set of articles follows various aspects of managing people, understanding their motivations, and giving appropriate responses. First we started with dealing with problem people,… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The People Interface