Employers generally stink at welcoming new employees into the fold. I know this partially because I’ve been “brought on board” several times throughout my career; but I know this mostly because I’ve watched HR departments botch it up time and time again. It usually goes something like this: spend a whole day in a conference…
Category Archives: Learning and Development
A Stroll through HR Tech
For those of you who can’t join us in Chicago this week for HR Executive’s 15th Annual HR Technology Conference, I walked the expo hall with my video camera in hand – as I am wont to do – so you could kind of get a feel for what it’s like. Lots of vendors, lots…
What’s on your Dance Card?
My Mom insisted that I spent some time at Cotillion. You may know it as something else, but it is essentially a formal dance for pre-pubescent kids where the boys are always shorter, a bit more clumsy, and a lot more under-dressed than the girls. It was meant to be an exercise in etiquette – an…
You Stink and We Suffer
It’s been a while since we heard something other than my tired old voice. I love giving other Trench HR Professional the platform to speak their mind and today’s mind-speaking comes from Kevin Bruny, Director and Chief Learning Officer for Chesterfield County Government. He’s been doing his thing for 25 years, he knows what’s up,…
Diversified Career Portfolios
If my investment adviser tells me one more time about the virtues of diversification, I’m going to reach through the phone and poke him in the eye. No I’m not. He’s a nice guy, he’s only trying to help. And I get it; I got it long ago. Spread your risk across a variety of…
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