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Best Resolutions for HR

Posted by Martha Finney | Agility, Career Management, Quality

Here’s the first understatement of the year: 2012 is shaping up to be a doozy – especially for...

Attention CHROs: Will Your HR Department Join the Great Migration Next Year?

Posted by Martha Finney | Agility, Career Management, Competitive, Strategic Planning

This is the time of year when I’m especially busy doing one of my favorite things: Talking with...

HR And Your Local Media: Use Your Relationship With the Press to Advance Your Company’s Mission and Your Own Career

Posted by Martha Finney | Career Management

When you consider all the major political and social issues we’ll be wrestling with next year, you...

New Job Jitters: How to Keep the HR Job You Land

Posted by Martha Finney | Career Management

This is what I tell HR friends and clients who didn’t land the job they wanted because someone else did: “Don’t worry, chances are good that the job will open up again.” You’re in HR, you know this: The higher up the org chart...

How the OWS Crowd Could Change Recruiting Forever

Posted by Martha Finney | Competitive, Customer, Innovation, Productivity, Profitability, Quality, Turnaround

There is plenty to say about the Occupy Wall Street movement – most of which is uncharitable. But out of the noise, confusion and general sense of being appalled, one point has emerged to knock, knock, knock me on the head to...

How to Build Passion Literacy at Work

Posted by Martha Finney | Competitive, Customer, Innovation, Quality, Value

I just had a fantastic experience with a call center rep! I had to call American Express this morning. After going through the dreaded automated menu of multiple options, I heard a cheerful voice saying, “May I help you?” I...

They Lay Off HR Too, Don’t They?

Posted by Martha Finney | Career Management

I’m sure you’ve heard at least one story of the hapless HR person who, after having plowed through...

How Dreams Can Ignite the Magic in a Flat Job Interview

Posted by Martha Finney | Customer, Quality, Turnaround

You really have to feel sorry for that person sitting in front of you in a job interview. You know how excruciating it can be, especially when there’s so much at stake. Mortgage. Family. Food. Job interviews are so hard to come...

What Facebook Can Teach HR About Foisting Change Upon the Peeps

Posted by Martha Finney | Customer, Innovation, Quality, Strategic Planning

Can you stand another article about the Facebook change fiasco last week? I hope so, because this might be one of the few pieces you’ll read about the HR side of things. I don’t know about you, but I liked Facebook, circa...