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Employee Engagement is a 2-Way Street
We’ve all seen the studies. Employee engagement is down. Employees are more disengaged than in any time since we banged rocks together to make music. Employees are less satisfied. Employees are...
View ArticleCan we still be friends? (HRCI Credit)
Ever wonder why some of those women on The Bachelor don’t smash a window on their way out the door when they get voted off? Let’s explore that in recruiting terms. Let’s face it – unlike the women on...
View ArticleAs You Go
One of the biggest failures of the “candidate experience” dialogue is that the main point is usually lost on folks… treat people humanely. Process, products and/or people will not solve the “problem”...
View ArticleDrowning in Data
Oh yeah, it’s that time of year!!! It’s SURVEY SEASON! (Not to be confused with professional hockey season, which should have started by now….) Actually, it’s “survey results and action planning...
View ArticleDo Not Reply To This Mailbox
When it comes to recruitment it should always be about the applicant, ALWAYS. It isn’t that way, but it should be. If you’re not a consumer-based business it might just be the most prolific connection...
View ArticleVideo Killed the Radio Star: How Collaboration Tools and the BYOD Movement...
Editor’s Note: FOT would like to thank everyone that registered for “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Our FOT Host, Holland Dombeck, had a great time presenting and would like to give a special shout out...
View ArticleWords Are For Suckers
Words mean everything and nothing. Actions however, always mean something. Always. We tell people we love them when clearly we don’t. We dole out praise to mediocre employees when we don’t really mean...
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Job Titles That Say What They Mean
Job titles have achieved heights of ridiculousness never before reached. Each company in an effort to “outcool” the next company have created job descriptions that have more value as talking points in...
View ArticleOne Hat, Two Hats, Red Hat, Blue Hat
Tim Sackett will tell you the best way to find out about what’s going on at work is to hang with the smokers. Like, even if you don’t smoke, go outside with them. I agree. Although, here at the...
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We Have Employee Engagement @$$-backward
Employee engagement is one of those things that seem to have taken on a life of its own recently. Every HR professional is worried about it. Every company that sells to HR has wrapped an “engagement”...
View ArticleMarketing for HR (& Houston)
I’m a native Houstonian. Very rare. Very proud. Very frustrated with my city. Houston was just recognized as THE best city for your career in 2013 according to survey data capturing wage growth and...
View ArticleExpose Yourself – All The Cool Kids Are Doing It
When talking about corporate culture and employee engagement Facebook, SAS, and Zappo’s receive a lot of press. And they deserve it for two reasons: They’re cool and they are exposing themselves. If...
View ArticleHave We Eliminated Real Recognition?
The blogosphere is full to the brim with studies, research, tea leaves and astrology charts that say employee engagement drives business success and that recognition drives engagement. It is the...
View ArticleAre Your Job Ads Cursed Like Nike’s?
Nike is pulling yet another athlete’s ad campaign as news surfaced about Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius. It seems Oscar is under scrutiny after being charged for murdering his girlfriend, who died...
View ArticleDaddy, where do CEO’s come from?
Not HR, sweetie. They don’t come from HR. Today’s posting is of the “food for thought” variety, rather than a checklist of ways to up your talent game. I have no clear answers. What I do know from...
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You Don’t Sell Time-Share Property, You Save Lives. The Power of a Good Story.
I just finished watching The Queen of Versailles for the second time…in two days. It’s okay to judge me for my commitment to trashy TV because I’m fully aware that I’m pretty much a reality show...
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What Does “Meaningful Work” Mean?
One of the values of my current employer is “meaningful work”, as in, we provide “meaningful work” opportunities to our employees. As a people manager and leader in the organization, I definitely want...
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What HR Should Be Thinking in 2013
Twisting information meant for one arena to make it fit in another is a favorite pastime of mine. And today’s post is no different. Today – I take information meant for how to view “products” in 2013...
View ArticleThe Madness of March Bears a New HR Term: “Cultural-Fit-ology”
After reading my post about happiness at work even if you don’t work at Zappos, my friends at OpenView reached out and asked me to weigh-in on their “Cultural-Fit-ology March Madness” tournament....
View ArticleCulture: A Parable
Once upon a time, there was a professional services firm that was founded to be different from other firms in its industry, aspiring to be radically different, in fact, to the point of redefining the...
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