Wow. I can't believe another year is in the books. With the holidays in full swing, I'm sure many of you have been intimately involved in your organization's holiday planning. I was reading this month's edition of HR Magazine and there was a short article by Susan Milligan on including your remote [...]
My husband recently retired and his firm held a lovely party to send him off. It was a wonderful event and he was deeply touched for the recognition that they showed him for his years of service to the company. As we were driving home, I began reflecting that many friends [...]
It’s hard to believe that the holidays are here again. It seems with every passing year, the season creeps up on me faster than the year before. and faster. Heck, I’m expecting my children to walk through the door at any moment from college for their Thanksgiving holiday. This is the [...]
I have a colleague that works in the tech industry. The other day, he and I were chatting about the intersection of technology and HR and he asked me if I ever heard of agile software development. I had not, and frankly, when he first started explaining it to me, I [...]
This has been a long and bruising election season, there's no other way to describe it. Many are outraged, calling it an anomaly, some are calling it a game-changer and/or transformational, while many individuals, including myself, are simply hopeful that we can just get back to business as usual. However, there's [...]
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 [...]
I don't know about you, but it seems that everyone around me is in a fantasy football frenzy. Everywhere I look folks have their heads buried in their phones and are watching football all weekend. They're seeing how certain players do against certain defenses, deciding who has advantages at home or [...]
The dog days of summer are upon us. The temperature is rising and employees are either on vacation or daydreaming about the ones around the corner. While taking a break from work can be crucial for employee productivity, at times, these lulls in energy can impact the office. It happens every [...]
Last week, Hilary Clinton became the first woman to claim the status of presumptive nominee for a major American political party. This week, top female influencers in business, politics, entertainment, and the arts met in Washington, D.C. as part of the White House United State of Women Summit. The summit was [...]
Over the past year, the American public has been inundated by our political process, with a large number of potential candidates and ideas vying for votes and support. Although the number of potential candidates have decreased as the national conventions draw near, the nation is increasingly drawn into debates and heated [...]