Archive for August, 2008

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Puzzling HR

Friday, August 29th, 2008

HumanMarkets has a really great HR puzzle today. Head on over and see how many you can fill out before you have to hit “Reveal Word.”
Hey, maybe Bill’s puzzle could be a screening device for the SPHR test — can’t pass the puzzle? Can’t pass the test.

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The Boys of Summer Are Gone

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Summer’s over. In the U.S., we have a 3-day weekend. Then it’s back to work.
What are you doing in HR to prepare the next five months? Sure summer’s over, but nearly half the year is left. How about really rocking the second half? Oh, and enjoy your weekend.

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HR Advice: Show, Don’t Tell

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

People have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.
–Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 27, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton said that last night during his speech at the Democratic convention. I thought it was a clever turn of a phrase that applies to [...]

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HR Has a Huge Role to Play in Global Warming

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

[Photo credit: Maia C]
I’m coming back around to this topic: HR has a huge role to play in global warming.
I’m not saying that HR is full of hot air. (You thought it, right?) Nope, I’m talking about implementing green strategies that will work. I was reading No Impact Man’s “40 Steps on the [...]

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Jack Kerouac Defined High Perfomers in 1957

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Jack Kerouac went on the road and wrote down what he saw. On The Road wouldn’t have been the literary sensation it was if Kerouac just sat in a room and imagined the characters he wrote about. He lived it.
And that’s our HR Lesson for the Day: Live it, don’t imagine it. Don’t hang out [...]