The lingering threat of the highly contagious pandemic has scared the entire humanity. Every person is taking the best precautions to prevent catching the deadly infection and so are...
Are you nervous before you speak in public? Sweating, shaking, panic-stricken, and fervently wishing you were anywhere else in the world but here? You are not alone. Countless people all...
From the Note Pad of Nichole McDonald, SPHR It is well known in the marketplace by search firms, hiring managers, job candidates and even the HR Department that if...
Have you noticed that "I didn't know" has become the excuse of choice for leaders on the Capitol Hill hot seat? “I didn’t read the memo,” “I didn’t read...
Every culture has its own unique idioms and proverbs and many can be taken to heart about that culture’s customs, beliefs, and ways of being. An idiom is a turn...
Sometimes you reach a point in your career where you need a little extra motivation. You might feel stuck in a rut, nervous about completing new job tasks, concerned about...
The phrase “stuck in a rut” is thought to come from the early 1800’s when wheels from covered wagons would eventually end up in a “rut” or in a...
Arguably, many positions within a company come with a certain level of stress. However, human resources, or HR for short, tends to be stressful across all types of businesses....
Yeah, I know. We’ve all said, “Hope is not a strategy” or “Hope is not a plan.” Yet, in the time of COVID-19, hope may be the best strategy...
While we’re by no means in the COVID clear, we have enough perspective at this point for some self-analysis of our leadership during the throes of the pandemic, some...