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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:04:14 -0800

Have You Thanked Your Coworkers Lately?
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, KnowHR is taking a twist today on the typical around-the-table discussion question: “What are...
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:08:08 -0800

Do You Have Beautiful Policies?
[Eames Chair | Photo credit: Numstead] Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:41:15 -0800

How to Communicate Tough Messages
1. Tell the truth. All the rest is icing.
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:16 -0800

Mr. Hoardajob, Tear Down That Wall
The Berlin Wall was torn down 20 years ago. Why are cubicle walls still standing? Mr. Hoardajob, tear down that wall. The...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:57:23 -0800

Did You Ask Them?
Your best and brightest are walking out your revolving doors right now. Did you ask them how they were doing today?
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:30:01 -0800

Your Employees Are Walking Into Work Right Now. What Are They Thinking?
The revolving doors aren’t revolving this morning — they’re one-way doors spinning employees into your...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:44:49 -0800

Don’t Self-Destruct Your Career. Jason Seiden Explains How to Have Super Staying Power.
Today, author Jason Seiden stopped by iFractal while on his way to New York and Washington D.C. to promote his new book, Super...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:39:36 -0800

Creature of Habit
I’m a creature of habit. I wake up 5 minutes before my alarm. Always. I put my left shoe on first. Always. I do the NYT...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:41:51 -0800

Need More Proof That Bad Performance Management Processes Wreck Companies?
Read the first five paragraphs of After Bankruptcy, G.M. Struggles to Shed a Legendary Bureaucracy. Weep if, like many...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:59:48 -0800

Think About Who Makes Hiring Decisions at Your Company
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sure, you...
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:03:51 -0800

If You Want to Smack Little Girls in the Face and Get Away With It, Philadelphia’s Your Place
Thwack! A 300-pound woman reached out and smacked a little 4-year-old girl across the face and kept walking. “Hey, hey,...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:27:32 -0800

Employee Engagement Tip of the Day: Take Pictures
We take tons of pictures at our shop. It’s super fun, and I think pictures bond people. The cool thing about pictures is...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:57:47 -0800

In Flander’s Fields the Poppies Blow
[Photo credit: Giara] Sometimes it’s okay to be reminded to do the right thing. That happened to me today. My dad was a...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:03:37 -0800

99 Employees Out of 100 Hate Performance Reviews
C’mon, SHRM, don’t serve me softballs. I I got an email today titled, “Performance Review Best...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:43:55 -0800

If You Read Only One Thing Today, Read This
Do yourself a favor and read Fran Melmed’s wonderful article “How Can You Eat Just One Cookie?“
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:45:54 -0800

Getting Started Is the Hardest Part
Last Sunday, I mowed my grass for the last time this season. In total, our grass was mowed at least weekly since March 15....
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:08:06 -0800

HR Advice from the SEPTA Strike: Don’t Lose Your Customers at “Hello”
As if the daily commute isn’t typically bad enough, hundreds of thousands of Philadelphia workers were displaced yesterday...
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:23:41 -0800

Seven Things Marketing Can Teach You about HR
It’s a lot easier to market a great product. Rather than pushing a crappy HR program on people, make the program so awesome,...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:50:16 -0800

You Have a Fat Man Living Inside You: Using One Memorable Phrase in Employee Communication
{Photo credit: Roboppy] Last night at dinner, my 16-year-old son, Stephen, refused an extra serving of the main course and,...
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:57:05 -0800

Get a Free Case of “How to Self-Destruct”; Thank Yourself Later
Jason Seiden has a deal for you. He’ll send you free case of one of the best career books out there: How to...
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:36:36 -0800

Understanding Your Audience: The Audience Conference
When my friend Loren Feldman asked me to be a presenter at The Audience Conference, I couldn’t say “yes” fast...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:26:30 -0700

Do You Put on a Mask for Work?
[Photo credit: al_6] In honor of Halloweeen Week on KnowHR, we decided to see how many of you show up at work in costume. But...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:29:30 -0700

Is HR Dead? Or Undead?
I’ll be on Steve Boese’s radio show tonight along with Mike VanDervort, and China Gorman, COO of SHRM. The topic:...
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:06:54 -0700

HR Halloween Horrorscopes
[Photo credit: Brother O'Mara] Aries UNICEF once conducted a national campaign for children to raise funds for the charity...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:37:52 -0700

Flight of Fright: What Communication Lesson We Can Learn from Those Pilots Who Overshot the Airport by 150 Miles
Wanna hear something really scary? Those Northwest pilots who overflew the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles were distracted...
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