Giving Feedback to Your Boss, Employee, Colleague or Friend? What one word can ignite the Twitter kingdom (now X) with viral vitriol, end a high-profile career in a minute, and can change Wall Street’s “Buy” to “Sell”. What one word should be stricken from our vocabulary? It’s the “F-Word” – FEEDBACK. “Can I give you some FEEDBACK?” “Here's some FEEDBACK on your … [Read more...] about Giving Feedback to Your Boss? Stop Using the F-Word!
Career Growth
Are Virtual Meetings and Working Remote Making it Virtually Impossible to be Promoted?
Remote Work Has Significant Benefits. Could the Cost be Lack of Career Advancement? Two years of Covid have forced many employers into a new reality where survival has brought with it a pandemic game of Whack-a-Mole (has the name been changed by the PC police?). A workaround on one challenge leads to another issue popping up. A record 3.8 million Americans quit their jobs in … [Read more...] about Are Virtual Meetings and Working Remote Making it Virtually Impossible to be Promoted?
It’s NOT illegal to Hire a Headhunter
Not in a CUBU Situation Is hiring a #headhunter admitting defeat? After all, you probably have an excellent HR crew, including Talent Acquisition pros who have found and onboarded many great candidates. Yet hiring a Headhunter may make more sense than ever. It’s not an indictment of your in-house HR team. They are skilled in delivering talent in nearly every case. Yet, there … [Read more...] about It’s NOT illegal to Hire a Headhunter
Smart HR Pros Do Stupid Things
With the best intentions, we in HR can be our own worst enemy. 1. Dumpster Diving: Picking up garbage others need to deal with. If we insist on doing the dirty work for everyone else… we stunt their growth and acquire a unique smell in the process. 2. Down with the Ship: Hanging in there until the lights are out. Ahoy!… Hello… If we don’t negotiate and collect our … [Read more...] about Smart HR Pros Do Stupid Things