The shelter-in-place mandate has forced many people to work from their homes. There have had to be adjustments to how people work…even for those, like me, who have worked from home for years. For many years, I worked out of my kitchen – listening to my clients’ challenges, problem-solving with them [...]
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a day-long Learning Summit designed to introduce and explore peer learning, a practice being adopted more and more by businesses. The Summit introduced participants to two peer coaching group models/methods used by organizations such as American Express, GAP Foundation, Goodwill Industries International, Microsoft [...]
Change has a funny way of catching up to you at times. My children recently started their first years of college and high school respectively. Summer gave way to fall and the elections are just around the corner. I know I’m not alone in thinking that sometimes we just want to [...]
Consider these multi-generational facts: In my home, we have three different generations – two Generation Xers (to which I belong), a Millennial and a member of the newly defined “Cloud Generation.” This means we have three generational groups represented, each expecting to coexist, contribute, administer and follow the house rules and [...]
Last week I was confined to my home with my children and husband during the blizzard that pounded the east coast for over a week. I work from my home, which meant there were constant interruptions, requests for activity ideas and more! Over time and through much self-reflection and personal analysis, [...]
This fall I attended the MBTI Users Conference and the Influence Factor where Josh Bersin, a principal at Deloitte, spoke about the company’s 2015 Global Human Capital Trends Survey. I left his presentation thinking about many issues that HR stakeholders should be contemplating as they begin planning for next year, most [...]
As I look at HR trainings being offered this fall, I’ve noticed an interesting pattern emerging. Many programs being offered by my local SHRM chapter and other organizations are centered on opportunities for HR professionals to become more involved and aligned with the businesses they support. Further promoting this concept is [...]
I recently read an article by George Bradt about the Academy Award winning movie Whiplash, where, JK Simmons plays a music instructor who crushes his students’ confidence by demanding impossible musical perfection while opposing one student against the other. Brandt directs the reader to correlate Simmons’ teaching with pushing an employee [...]
Whenever I discuss career goals with young adults, I emphasize that life is a journey, not a race. They frequently respond that things change and are done differently than I did when I was beginning my career. While this isn’t the point I was trying to make, I agree with them… [...]
It seems like every day I hear an interview, read an article or have a conversation that somehow (directly or indirectly) highlights the differences between generations, cultures and/or the economic status of those living and working in today’s society. I’ve heard Millenials (those from Generation Y) who find nothing strange about [...]
