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Human Performance Deserves More Than a Review

Campaign/FTC disclosure: This is a sponsored blog post. I will or have received compensation for this post. I only work with companies I feel have great products, services, and offerings. In accordance with my blog disclosure statement, I will only work with and...
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The Game of Supremacy Chess

Have you ever won or enjoyed playing a game where the rules were not explained to you? Let’s try this another way, have you ever enjoyed a game where the people you were playing with started switching up the rules midgame leaving you at a disadvantage and them ahead?...
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The Audacity of No Rebuttal

I am no stranger to a good debate. In fact, I quite enjoy a healthy conversation comprised of fact, experience and well-placed opinion every once and again. The operative word here is healthy and by healthy I mean all parties in the debate are allowed their...
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Plugging-In When Your Inspiration and Energy Takes a Timeout

For at least the past two weeks, I have been beyond tired and uninspired to write anything new. I am not a fan of forcing myself to write when I'm not feeling it, so I decided to honor the space I have been in. To describe the feeling, I have felt like I am in abyss...

When There Are No Resources For Your “Human” Resources

I completely get that there are many businesses that continue to feel the pinch financially. With that "pinch" it requires cutbacks in certain areas and in some cases across the board. One of the areas I am seeing some less than reasonable cuts in is: supplies and...

How to Reach Those Holiday Job Shoppers

As the calendar flips over to the months of November and December, our minds inevitably drift to holiday shopping. Recruiters are preparing their shopping lists now for the hiring that is sure to begin (budgets willing!) come January. Taking advantage of the slower...

Corporate America Has Lost Another Soldier…Me

When I graduated from college, I had a fire in my belly that you could see from miles away- I was hungry for opportunity. I purposely went into to HR having done my research on it as a profession. Additionally, I was told that there was an ongoing need for someone...

Does Humility Have A Place In Business?

Humility is defined as "the quality and/or state of not thinking you are better than anyone else." When you have made it to the huge conference room and are seated with the suits and powerful figureheads in your organization- what changes? Does the title and other...

Why Focusing on Internal Equity Isn’t a Compensation Strategy?

    Outside of my love for both Recruitment and Talent Management lies a fascination with Compensation Strategy. It is the window of opportunity that every company has to compete for talent. Not every company can deal the same cards. Some will lag the...

Mean Girls In Leadership

  There are extreme cases of  "leaning-in" and women asserting themselves in the workplace. In fact, the asserting is more like aggression and the leaning isn't necessarily "in" but rather on the backs of other employees. What am I talking about? I am referring...

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