I was updating my LI profile the other night and realized that I have been in HR for over TEN years. A decade in a profession that can be incredibly rewarding, frustrating and sometimes soul-crushing all in the same day. Over the last decade, I’ve learned some important lessons from observation and personal experience. That’s […]
Leadership
Get The Wrong People Off The Bus
Last week I read an article about a startup called Code42, based in Minneapolis. After raising additional funds and seeing 100% year over year growth employees might have felt pretty good about their future. Or maybe not… The company recently laid off 30 employees. Of course in today’s business environment it isn’t shocking that […]
The Bad Manager Hangover
Moving into any new leadership role can be difficult. It is even more difficult if you are inheriting a team that has been badly managed or neglected. In these teams you’ve inherited a situation that is a challenge for the most-experienced leaders. The people on these teams could probably illustrate the “how NOT to manage” […]
Your CEO Wants To Hire Donald Trump. What Now?
Donald Trump is by far the most entertaining “politician” we’ve seen in a while. He’s brash, opinionated, insulting and has awful hair. But he continues to climb in the Republican presidential primary polls. Tonight he will be bringing the circus to Cleveland when he participates in the first Republican presidential debate. In general I avoid […]
Don’t Hire A Master Of The Universe
Do you love talking with obnoxious know-it-alls? People that think their way is the only way? How do you like working with these people? Yea, I don’t either. Spend enough time contributing to the GDP, and you will run into the kind of people that I like to call “Masters of the […]