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Great Moments in HR

HR Comic Book

August 7, 2009

Believe it or not, there is a HR comic book. You can find it at apecmx and it is titled “Super Human Resources.”
Thanks to Bryan Baldwin’s fabulous blog for this tip.
You can check it out on Youtube also.

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The Plight of the Consultant

June 21, 2009

Not that I expect people to feel bad for consultants, seems highly unlikely possibility, but this video from Linda Brown of orgsuccess demonstrates what it feels like to be a consultant some days.

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Answer to Budget Cuts – Sell Space on Tests

March 25, 2009

This is a genius idea. As this article describes, a teacher started selling advertising space on his tests. To think of all the money I could have made.
Not only that, this is a great idea for an HR Department. Of course, I can see an employment lawyer asking to place an ad at the bottom [...]

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Business the Orange County Chopper Way

March 12, 2009

I am going to use this book as a textbook for one of my classes this year – Business the Orange County Chopper Way.
Who needs a:

PhD
MBA from Harvard
Consultants
Flying Fish

OK, I have not read the book yet, but I have caught the tv show. My guess, it probably does make a good read.

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Strategy and HR

November 24, 2008

Ask HR Lite: What is the potential for HRM to assist in the strategic development of the business? From Seat at the Table
HRLite Responds: Great question. Once again demonstrating my complete inability to give a simple answer to a question, I thought I would answer this question in a couple of parts. Today, I will [...]

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Seeds of Our Destruction or Basic Horse Sense

October 1, 2008

I received a number of personal responses to my “Why Do Companies Crash.” One could basically be paraphrased as “You should see what they teach in Business Schools.”
However, today the Wall Street Journal ran a special section on top business schools Executive MBA version (the winner was Northwestern). They also had an article on unique [...]

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HR in the Media #1 – The Bobs from Office Space

August 4, 2008

HR professionals tend to have a negative image in the media, and not sexy negative, like lawyers, but boring sexy. In honor of this distinction, last week I started naming top 5 HR people in the media. Number 5 was Frank & Lillian Gilbreth, 4 was Catbert, 3 was Toby Flenderson (The Office), 2 was Drew Carey.
And #1 – the Bobs [...]

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HR in the Media Countdown – #2 Drew Carey of the Drew Carey Show

July 31, 2008

A few years ago, SHRM magazine commented that HR professionals had a negative image in the media. Unfortunately, the negative image was not sexy negative, like lawyers, but boring sexy. In honor of this distinction, I have decided to name my top 5 HR people in the media. Number 5 was Frank & Lillian Gilbreth. 4 was Catbert, [...]

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HR in the Media Countdown – #3 Toby from the Office

July 30, 2008

A few years ago, SHRM magazine commented that HR professionals had a negative image in the media. Unfortunately, the negative image was not sexy negative, like lawyers, but boring sexy. In honor of this distinction, I have decided to name my top 5 HR people in the media.
I decided to start with Number 5 and work [...]

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HR in the Media Countdown – #4 Catbert

July 29, 2008

A few years ago, SHRM magazine commented that HR professionals had a negative image in the media. Unfortunately, the negative image was not sexy negative, like lawyers, but boring sexy. In honor of this distinction, I have decided to name my top 5 HR people in the media.
I decided to start with Number 5 and work [...]

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