HR Outside The Box

Like most of us right now, I am thinking about my goals for the New Year. Whether it is professionally or personally, we all look to the future with hopes, thoughts and plans on how to do more, make more and be more. But with all the desires and aspirations we have, how do we [...]
Get All You Can. Can All You Get. Sit On The Lid.

Take a few moments to watch this video before you read the post. It’s only 5 minutes — and you’ll thank me. I’ll admit it. When I first watched this, I thought William Tincup had lost his mind. I thought: Does he have any idea how hard people like me in HR have worked to [...]
HR Executive of the Year: Ebenezer Scrooge?

One of my favorite Christmas stories is Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I’ve watched just about every version of the movie, and last year decided to read the book in its original form (although I downloaded it onto my phone via Kindle..hey, I’m a modern guy after all). The story has an incredibly powerful message [...]
Misfits, Brown-Nosers, A-Holes … and Elf

One of my favorite Christmas movies is “Elf” played by the outlandish Will Ferrell. This movie cracks me up every time I watch it. In case you live on Mars and haven’t seen it, you can read the premise HERE. As I watched in preparation for this post, I found a few things relate to work [...]

