Importance of Goal Setting, in Crisis
Have you been able to make progress against your goals over the past couple months, or has everything been...
Category: Fistful of Talent
From Adversity Comes Opportunity For HR
“Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity”. One of many quotes from the controversial...
The HR Famous Podcast: E8 – Video Work Meetings: Winning On ZOOM
In Episode 8 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett and Kris Dunn (Jessica Lee on...
How S**t Got Sideways As Companies Furloughed/Laid Off People in the Corona Meltdown
There’s never a good time to impact people’s livelihood with layoffs or furloughs. But it’s clear now that there’s...
Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck in the Midst of COVID-19
In the wake of an uncertain future for so many employees as a result of COVID-19 devastation, I encourage...
Bad Timing and Your Employment Assessment
Imagine your last employment assessment. You know the stress and sweat of days like that. Even if you’ve prepared...
The HR Famous Podcast: e7 – COVID-19 + Work from Home (WFH) Advice with Dawn Burke
n Episode 7 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett and Kris Dunn (Jessica Lee on...
The Three Waves of Coronavirus
It’s crazy how in spite of forewarning from the other side of the world, how coronavirus seems to have...
Complainers and Braggers in a COVID-19 World – There’s No Time For It
We are truly living in a strange and unique time right now. Everyone is dealing with COVID-19 and fighting...
WORKING FROM HOME CAN BE AWFUL! Unless You Do These Things
OK – let’s put a few things in perspective before we dive into this topic. Awful is getting sick....
THE HR FAMOUS PODCAST: E6 – Pay Equity for Women: Soccer and Salesforce
In Episode 6 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Jessica Lee, Tim Sackett and Kris Dunn get together...
Don’t Be Greedy: An Argument for User-Centric Design in HR
Imagine a company that puts its needs before that of their customers. Consider what the shelf life of that...
Lost Productivity Due to March Madness? It’s Just Another Office Fairy Tale
As someone who has spent a lifetime as a journalist, take it from me: the state of today’s media...
HR Needs to Do One Thing – And Nothing Else
I subscribe to a newsletter called “Now I Know.” Every weekday the author tells a story about a little...
THE HR FAMOUS PODCAST: E5 – CORONAVIRUS, FACE-TOUCHING AND HR
In Episode 5 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Jessica Lee, Tim Sackett and Kris Dunn get...
Creating Value When You’re the Newbie
I’ve recently been on the college recruitment circuit for my company, speaking with hundreds of students at several universities,...
Want To Be An Office Ally? Load the Damn Dishwasher
I was recently reflecting on Ruchika Tulshyan’s fantastic Harvard Business Review’s piece “Women of Color Get Asked to Do...
If You Want a Culture of Feedback, You Should Measure the Sensitivity of Those You Hire
Feedback has never been on the menu for most of us, people. Here’s a taste of what I’m talking...