I believe in the concept of employee engagement. I think focusing on employees is key in impacting success of customers and businesses. I love HR and the HR technology space trying to support this cause. I’ve enjoyed being surrounded by it for the past 12 years… but recently I find myself annoyed. I’m annoyed at […]
How (and Why) to Hire a Great Administrative Assistant
A good administrative assistant can dramatically improve the productivity of your top employees by allowing them to focus more on their area of specialty and less on the administrative tasks that distract them.
DisruptHR Madison: Interview with Laura Gmeinder
I am a huge believer in work you love. People have strengths and they either embrace those or spend their whole life fighting what is meant to be.
Organizational Change: Timing Is Everything!
Every company goes through it – that point when business is struggling and, while looking for new ideas or solutions, the topic of “changing the organizational structure” comes up. This is probably more relevant in smaller companies where there is already a lack of structure or some people are tasked with wearing multiple hats. The […]
CCHRA And SHRM Team Up To Tackle HR Issues
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA) have agreed to work together on key priorities that affect HR practitioners and the profession across North America and around the world. The two organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining where and how this collaboration will take […]
Not Everyone is Management Material
We’ve all come across someone who has been put into a management position but is not good at being a manager at all.
HR Event Preview: TMA’s 4th Annual Inclusion Summit
Inclusion enhances a company’s ability to achieve better business results by engaging people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives through participatory decision making.
Compassionate Teamwork: Stop Senseless ‘Deaths’
As research and facts have proven for years, effective teamwork makes many lists for one of the top reasons that organizations succeed…
DisruptHR Cayman: Interview with Chris Bailey
I want to say this is probably the 3rd or 4th conference I’ve put on in the Cayman Islands, and it was actually our 13th annual HR conference here.
#HRchat: Employee Onboarding – Broken Promises
The onboarding process is a pivotal time for the new hire. This is the time when they are welcomed into workplace culture and expectations are defined.