This episode is for students! Membership in your HR association has benefits and, if you can capitalize on them, it can be very helpful in landing your first HR job after university. Read more.
Soft Skills For Business: Or are they POWER Skills?
Soft skills is a misnomer. These skills are so critical to your success that ‘power skills’ is far more appropriate. Read more.
How To Implement Career Pathing. Or Should We Say Lattice?!
We all want to move forward in our career path and sometimes that is up. Sometimes that is sideways, which is why ‘lattice’ is better term for how to view careers. I am definitely on the lattice path!
Reducing Dysfunction At Work – Tips & Strategies
Leaders are stagnating… they were successful and stopped learning (Stagnation). Structure and rules are four-letter words (Chaos). People in one department don’t talk to people in another (Silos). “Work on what you think is important” (Permissive Leadership). These may be forms of dysfunction at work, and dysfunction isn’t helpful to organization success. Read more.
HR Technology – Tips for Selecting, Negotiating, and Buying It!
HR Tech seems like a big decision. Get the wrong tech and you might be ‘that person’. Get the right tech and you’ll get more and better opportunities. Fortunately there are steps to success!
How To Present Data To Management – Lessons for HR
Presenting data is harder than it looks. Bar charts may not cut it. But, maybe in HR we have an advantage because our data is about people. We can tell stories! We can humanize the data!
When Employees Complain to HR
Employees complain to HR because they hope we can fix it. Sometimes it’s more than hope… they KNOW it’s our job to solve the problem. And it’s easy for us to be drawn in. After all, HR is ALSO supposed to be empathetic and supportive and many of us buy into that idea.
How to Identify Subtle Misconduct & What to Do
Microaggressions, putdowns, harassment… Sometimes they are obvious, but frequently they are not. What’s often true is that they are difficult issues for an organization and they are dealt with badly or ignored. Which is also partly why only 30% of issues are reported. There must be a better way. Read more.
Implementing HRIS – How To Prepare
Implementing an HRIS is a big endeavour which could garner you much support and credibility in the organization. Or it could do the opposite. Let’s try to make sure you it helps your career?!
Workplace Microaggressions
Microaggressions are exhausting for the people who experience them. But what are they exactly and how do you know? And, for HR, what do you do?