HR Advisors Group recently hosted the 2nd HR Leadership Connection for Architectural and Engineering firms with the theme "Connecting, Sharing and Growing." I've been in the HR field for close to 30 years (yes, I hate to admit it) and I'm still energized by the people I meet in the field. [...]
In today’s world, the issue of telecommuting is a hot topic. No matter how you feel about it, the number of organizations allowing their employees to telecommute is growing each year. According to a study by Global Workplace Analytics and FlexJobs, in 2015, nearly 4 million U.S. employees worked from home [...]
A few weeks ago, my colleague Cyndi Branciforte and I facilitated a panel session with a group of CEOs from small, medium and large firms about moving HR departments from transactional relationships to strategic counselors. For most of my career Human Resources within an organization have been viewed as a department [...]
It is officially the dead of winter. The days are short, the leaves are gone, and depending on where you live, coats, gloves, and hats may be staples of your lives. People always joke about hibernating during this time of year, and for many of us this happens. However, the truth [...]
Every February after I've settled into the cadence of the New Year, I take a brief moment to conduct a personal and professional status check on all the resolutions I set for myself at the beginning of the year. Little to my surprise, I found that several I've made some progress [...]
Happy New Year! It is once again January, and with the New Year brings new resolutions for both personal and professional endeavors. If you’re like me, you have made a list with all the pursuits that you are ambitiously going to accomplish this year. However, this year, in addition to your [...]
I recently visited a client who gave me a tour of their newly remodeled workspace. Among the changes, they decreased the size of their partner offices and changed their conference rooms to create more open space, including a town hall workspace so employees could sit in comfortable chairs and unwind, double [...]
It's unbelievable that the year is coming to a close. In fact, with the holidays just around the corner, it seems even busier than ever! I don't know about you, but I find that the end of the year offers much opportunity to reflect on the past year and goal setting [...]
If you search online for "Sexual Harassment Training," you will find 6,530,000 hits in the News section alone. It should come as no surprise that many of these articles have been posted over the past few weeks with fresh allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct coming to light daily across business, politics [...]
The holidays to me are always a time of family. We surround ourselves with those we love, people that bring us joy and happiness, with whom we create new memories while reminiscing about days of past. It’s a special time that I look forward to every year. I reflect often about [...]