Motivation

First Annual We’re Not Turkeys List

November 25, 2009

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I’ve decided to share my top ten reasons why any organization should be thankful for HR. Here goes: 10 – We figure out where to find people to get the job done, even if there are no niche employees to be found who are experts in Java, HTML, Sequel Pro, [...]

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Time to Make the Donuts

November 5, 2009

Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. It has been 20 days since my last blog. Boy, time flies doesn’t it. Between consulting, teaching, volunteering, a husband, two active teenagers, three cats, a dog and a rat (and not necessarily that order of importance!), I’m constantly looking for time to get creative and write for [...]

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When Transparency is Well…Just a Pane

October 13, 2009

What is it with business people and buzzwords? Good Lord, we seem to get new ones every year – and I hate them, just hate them. To me buzzwords are just a slick way of getting people to pay attention to things they should have been paying attention to all along. Back in the 90s, [...]

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Exercise, Discipline and Affection

October 1, 2009

It kills me, just kills me, when I read about HR-related issues in BusinessWeek magazine. I know it is a business-related sheet and all, but they don’t always make me feel all warm and fuzzy when they start talking about the human side of things. It’s not often that an article will catch my eye, [...]

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Social Intelligence and the Biology of the Pack Leader

August 12, 2009

You know, as the HR Whisperer, I’m really enamored with the whole idea of creating top performing organizations through positive behavior change. One of my favorite mentors, Cesar Millan, says, “A dog that doesn’t trust its human to be a good pack leader becomes unbalanced and often exhibits unwanted or antisocial behaviors.” It struck me [...]

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