Heather Vogel

Bachelors – And No, Not The Reality Show

June 24, 2011

Why are Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees required for jobs? That was the question I was asked the other night by one of the students in my graduate class on human resources management. At first blush I thought it had to do with cognitive ability (and I was right), but when I don’t know something to be empirically [...]

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Are You Willing to Smoke Out Your Job?

June 4, 2011

Every so often I come across articles on the web that spark some kind of interest but I don’t have time to read them, so I bookmark them for later. I had this particular article bookmarked for a while (okay, since February), and when I finally got the chance to read it, it struck me [...]

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Sometimes, More Staff Can Be A Good Thing.

May 22, 2011

Just read a delightful Sunday post from our favorite HR Capitalist, and I can’t agree more with his assertion that we all should hire people who honestly never seem to have a bad day and bring so much more to our organization than just their skill set. I believe I’m one of those hiring managers myself — especially when it [...]

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Once Again, It’s All About Behavior

April 27, 2011

I don’t know about you, but the past year has brought about a rash of harassment cases to my attention and subsequent action. I’m frequently asked by clients to do an intervention for an individual or group that requires education regarding what is acceptable – and what’s not acceptable – behavior in the workplace. In fact, [...]

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Deal with the Fear, or You Won’t Progress in Your Career

April 3, 2011

Fear of public speaking is a social phobia. Scientists and behaviorists call it social anxiety disorder. The medical term is glossophobia; from the Greek words glossa (tongue) and phobos (fear). Believe it or not, the fear of speaking in front of other people is #1 on the top ten list of social phobias, higher than death [...]

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