The Aristocracy of HR

Solutions at the Intersection of Life, Work and Technology

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...

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?...

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...

Are you pushing the limits on your labor?

One of the first things I learned in Industrial Psychology was the breakdown and distribution of labor. I learned what it meant to have a full-time equivalent (FTE), part-time, temporary and per-diem/on-call staff. Each of these components serves a different and...

Food-For-Thought Friday: Speak Less, Listen More- A Lesson on Women’s Rights and Race

I have been deciding what I want to call the theme of my Friday posts and then it hit me: Food-for-thought Friday. My goal is to share insights I have on a myriad of topics - either inspired by content I have elsewhere on the interwebs or just something I feel...

Are You Ready To Pivot?

One of the things we HR practitioners get dinged on consistently is our ability to be flexible. Yes, there are compliance pieces and yet other things that we must oversee and manage in HR, but is there no flexibility in how we roll out our programs, initiatives and...

The Push and Pull of Recruitment

Hello HR Aristocrats! Today you can find me on the iCims Hire Expectations Institute blog with a brand new article called: " The Push and Pull of Recruitment". iCims is a strategic partner of my business Talent Think Innovations, LLC and a supporter of "The...

“Employment Branding For Attracting Quality Hires” Snippet

Some of you may know that I am off to San Francisco tomorrow to speak at HR.Com's Talent Acquisition Excellence Forum in San Francisco. This is my first mainstream conference speaking engagement. I am feeling a mix of excitement, nervousness (all good) and...

“Pregnancy” is not a bad word

After being pregnant three times over the past seven years, I have seen, heard, and endured things that have both shocked me and made me angry. For starters, there are far too many employers that are still treating pregnancy as if it is a cardinal sin and a complete...

Mic Check for 2014: The Duality of Me

I think it fair to start off 2014 addressing what I am doing and what my continued purpose is for being socially visible. In January of 2013, I started my own business called Talent Think Innovations, LLC. In addition, to having this new business I remain employed by...

When Real Life Hits Home

I am usually on fire by this time in the week wooing you, my aristocratic community with my HR musings. Yet, this week I don't feel like it and I didn't much feel like it last week either. You see something wonderful has happened. I found out about two weeks ago that...

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