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Nicholas Larche wears a few hats at ShopAtHome.com, a Denver-based eCommerce company. He is the organization’s Human Resources Manager, Corporate Counsel and sole Recruiter. Nicholas is also the Founder & Head of Content of HR UndergroundX, a digital movement promoting nation-wide innovation in human resources. For more of his content on leadership, HR, and the […]
If you’ve gone above and beyond on your CPD; if you’ve spent time, money and energy on your professional development to hone your leadership skills then I may have some bad news for you. Practicing skills isn’t the most effective way of developing as a leader. To be more precise; intense, focused and repetitive practice […]
No matter what an employer does, the simple truth is that even the best, most highly valued employees will one day leave your organization. Hopefully, it’ll be at the end of a long and happy career with your company, after having passed on their know-how and experience. But what if it’s not? When skilled or […]
If you haven’t lived in a cave for the past several years, you’ve noticed how many pie-in-the-sky job descriptions have popped up since the financial crisis of 2008. The good news is, the economy has gotten a lot stronger, but many employers continue asking for the moon, to the frustration of perfectly qualified professionals. […]
Our Publisher, Bill Banham recently interviewed Ginine Capozzi, Learning Solutions Consultant / Owner at KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC and one of the organizers of the first ever DisruptHR Buffalo event. Listen to Bill and Ginine as they discuss Ginine’s career background, current role at KnowledgeForce and her hopes for DisruptHR Buffalo. Listen to HRchat Podcast: DisruptHR Buffalo Preview What […]
If you work for a technology company you’ve probably heard the term agile development flowing around your office. You know, those processes and meetings that the ‘techies’ are involved in. In my little tech bubble, I tend to forget that a large percentage of people have never heard of it. Agile development is defined as […]
HR Gazette: Tell us a little bit about yourself; your educational background, where you’re from, walk us through your career up until this point, and what you’re doing in the future. Chris: I started out in Birmingham in the UK. I originally did a sports science degree at Liverpool John Moores University, and I did […]
Research done by Hugh Montgomery, cardiovascular genetics consultant at the University College London, identified nine factors that make a difference to the chance of survival for individuals in life-threatening situations. At the top of the list was genetics, which is considered somewhat outside of our control. However, with the other eight factors that are under […]
Jack Martin is a founder of Buffalo-based J. Fitzgerald Group Marketing Communications and Payback Incentives. Jack is responsible for client services, new business development, and development of the Payback Incentives program, an online incentive and employee recognition tool that provides instant recognition and instant gratification for employees, sales teams and customers. We got a chance to […]