5 Crippling HR Behaviors That Keep Employees From Becoming Leaders!
In HR (OD, Training, etc. – pick your title) we like to believe we develop our employees constantly and ongoing to become the next generation of leaders. But many times our actions tell a very...
View ArticleCareer Confessions from Gen-Z: What is Gen-Z looking for in a Mentorship...
Hey everyone, I’m back! I took a week hiatus (finals week man) and more Gen-Z posts are coming your way! (Dad editor’s note: I didn’t give him a week off for finals! Buck up, son! Welcome to the show!...
View ArticleWorking at Amazon Sucks Because They Make You Work!?!?
So, if you didn’t see it last week, Business Insider decided to run a story about how awful it is to work at Amazon in one of their warehouses. Why is it awful to work one of those hourly paying jobs?...
View ArticleSkilled Trades Aren’t Sexy to Gen Z and Millennials!
Wow! Really!? Here are some other things that might surprise you: They also don’t hang out on Facebook They like Smartphones and using Snapchat You shouldn’t pee into the wind They think you’re old! No...
View ArticleHR Mind Games!
HR Mind Games is a quick hitting, 20-30 minute hangout hosted by my great friend, Kris Dunn, founder of FOT and the HR Capitalist and sponsored by Caliper, the leading provider of Assessments for...
View Article5 Things Leaders Need to Know About Developing Their Team!
I think we try and deliver a message to organizations that all employees need and want to be developed. This is a lie. Many of our employees do want development. Some don’t need it, they’re better...
View ArticleCareer Confessions from Gen Z: How Painful is Your Onboarding?
One of the most painfully awkward experiences of my life was my college orientation. I remember being so excited to go; this is the start of a whole new journey where you’re supposed to meet all of...
View ArticleDisruptHR Detroit Speaker Applications Now Being Accepted!!! But, you...
Look, I just like being honest. This isn’t DisruptHR Brentwood or DisruptHR Nantucket! This is Detroit! We do real HR in the D! Come on, just be real with yourself for a moment, you can’t handle...
View ArticleThe “Real” Man Talent Crisis in America!
I have to admit, I’m not much of a “real man”. I don’t know many ‘man’ things. I don’t fix cars. I’m horrible fixing almost anything. I have a lot of tools, but the reality is I usually cost myself...
View ArticleHow Can You Become a Great HR/Talent Professional?
I met an aspiring HR college student recently. The question was asked, “Tim, how can I be great at HR?” I told them to buy my book and read my blog and that’s really all there is to it! Just kidding, I...
View ArticleUsing Email Activity as a Performance Metric!
So, the other day I was reading this article by Josh Bersin. You know Josh, right? Bersin by Deloitte, big time voice in the HR Industry for decades. Josh might be one of the most recognizable thought...
View ArticleYour Weekly Dose of HR Tech: I Failed @SHRM’s new Talent Acquisition Credential!
So, you guys know I wrote a book, right? A book on talent acquisition! I truly believe I actually know something about Talent Acquisition and Recruiting! So, it came as a pretty big shock when I took...
View ArticleAre you ‘Manager Shaming’? #WorkHuman
Do you know what’s wrong with companies and organizations? I know the answer because I go to a lot of conferences and listen to a lot of speakers. All of them will tell you exactly what’s wrong with...
View ArticleYou Can’t Teach Your Employees to be Human! #Transform
You might have seen this in the news a few weeks back. Mom and Dad take their Autistic son to a Universal Theme Park in Orlando. The son is over the top excited for the Spiderman ride, and Murphy’s Law...
View ArticleDisruptHR Detroit 3.0 Speaker Applications Now Being Accepted!
For those who don’t know, I’m involved with DisruptHR Detroit with an amazing team of HR pros and leaders, and we are putting on our 3rd event on Thursday, September 19th at 6 pm. Great DisruptHR...
View ArticleHow to Impact Company Culture from Any Role
Experiments with organizations In the past 5-10 years, we’ve seen businesses increasingly experiment with different organizational structures, including “holacracy” and similar concepts like...
View ArticleYour Weekly Dose of HR Tech: @TryVantagePoint – Virtual Reality Harassment...
Today on the Weekly Dose I take a look at the HR technology startup VantagePoint. VantagePoint is a virtual reality(VR) learning technology company that has produced both sexual harassment and...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong with Virtual Conferences? #Covid19 #Coronavirus
My Spring is usually filled with travel. This year because of the “Great Outbreak’ (I used this on Twitter before everyone, once you start to see it everywhere, just know, you and I, will know where it...
View ArticleJosh Bersin Academy Launches New Remote Work Program!
As some of you know, I’m a Senior Faculty Member of the Josh Bersin Academy (we like calling it JBA for short!). It’s a great digital on-demand learning program for HR pros and leaders, with a really...
View ArticleAre We Still Pissy About Unpaid Internships?
Back in the height of the Great Recession (think 2008-2010), when we had double-digit national unemployment numbers. It was dark times, especially for those students who were graduating and those...
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