The Aristocracy of HR

Solutions at the Intersection of Life, Work and Technology

Human Performance Deserves More Than a Review

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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?...

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...

Ask Czarina Live: The Rise of the Black Female Entrepreneur

  A few month's ago, I was searching for articles on female entrepreneurship. I needed statistics and facts around this topic. I was beyond pleasantly surprised to find this Entrepreneur article called: The fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America. This...

Competitive Partnerships Powering the Future of Business

I was at IBM Insight last week and as per usual it was an awarding experience. There is a shift going on in business and technology that I find both interesting and exciting. It is a shift that is about partnership over competition. Big name technology companies are...

Team Disaster Plans: What would you do?

For those of you that may have missed the headlines for the tri-state area in the last week- we have been pummeled by Hurricane Sandy and as of last night a Nor'easter. Though I was inconvenienced and pushed to my max in this past week- I was fortunate. I didn't lose...

Recognition Demolition

Recognition is defined as “an action of recognizing” or “special notice or attention”. The piece of the definition that speaks to “special notice” is where I’m going with this. When something is special it isn’t the same ol’same. It is uniquely different and out of...

Recruiting Really is The Most Important HR Function

Note: (This article was originally posted on the Smart Recruiters Blog) It’s no secret to human resource professionals, managers and supervisors that one of the most critical decisions facing the workplace is talent acquisition, better known as recruiting. Recently...

Shame Shame @KitchenAidUSA!

I had to jump on this immediately. During the debates tonight, the master brand manager behind @KitchenAidUSA responded to President Obama's story about his grandmother with this tweet:   I'm sorry but what kind of idiot are you that this tweet seemed reasonable?...

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