How often have you been asked for a favor where you are expected to put in more hard work than the requester has? Do these requests frustrate you? Worry not. I am going to share a well-known trick in the book. Works every time. The trick: Make them work. Let me illustrate via two examples. … Continue reading Make them work
Do you feel disappointed when someone asks you to talk about your greatest achievement at work? Do you feel like no project is ever big enough? If you spend time beating yourself up for not having done enough, stop now. This is the year you realize that the greatest work is in doing the little things well.
When it comes to the history of HR, 2017 may well be a year that we wish slipped off the book. I am racking my brain for momentous movements or changes and save ‘Google for Jobs’ and the endless harassment lawsuits, nothing comes to mind. Sure, there’s been a lot of talk around gamification, technology, … Continue reading 2018: The year of seeking equilibrium
You may be the smartest cookie in town but it is pointless if people can’t stand being around you. Disruptive thinking, curiosity and courage may well be the traits of the future but not at the cost of classic, vanilla yet indispensable leadership qualities. Much as we’d like to fight it, EQ still rules the … Continue reading What is changing?
If you’ve been around long enough then you probably know that it’s time for year-end posts. December has kicked in and I am sure we all have a ‘things to-do before the year ends’ list. If not, this is a good time to create one and start ticking stuff off. We have 30 days to … Continue reading Year-end vibes
We've all fallen into the trap of wanting to do too much in too little time. We've also successfully deluded ourselves into believing that this is required. Let me burst that bubble for you. It is not! Au contraire, it is the worst possible thing you could ever do. If you've had to choose between … Continue reading The cost of doing too much
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a wonderful start to the year and are on track to making 2017 the best year so far. After all, isn’t that the entire point of a new year? Fresh starts, new resolutions and new goals to achieve. I hope you have figured out what 2017 will mean … Continue reading 2017!
I woke up to a barrage of posts on social media criticizing a customer service company for one honest mistake. Not the best way to begin the day especially when the organization happens to be one of your favorites. I began to dissect the situation to analyze if all the ‘hate’ on social media was … Continue reading Living in a seemingly unforgivable world
I was recently asked a few rapid fire questions and I realize rapid fire's are harder than I thought they were. I'm sharing with you the questions and my answers. There were of course other tougher/longer questions, but we'll save that for another time 🙂 As an emerging HR leader, what keeps you up at … Continue reading Rapid Fire
It’s just not evenly distributed yet. And that is the awful truth. There are organizations that are light years ahead in their practices and then there are organizations that are stuck in the 60’s. Not everyone is in the same place on the curve. Take technology for example. We’ve been talking about it for as … Continue reading The future has arrived….
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