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What Would You Do With "The Rationalizer"?

Some Friday fun…
There are so many technologies that HR departments can use to track, measure, monitor, survey, and assist in the employee life cycle.  I read about a new technology that isn’t being targeted at employees but maybe it could be.
Phillips Electronics is making an electronic bracelet called “The Rationalizer“.  It’s a bracelet that supposedly measures [...]

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Guest Post- The Remedy For An Ailing Carrot Crop

While I am in Washington, D.C and Chicago this week, Adrian Gostick was kind enough to provide a guest post for us.  Adrian is the co-author of   ‘The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance’.  Thank you to Adrian for stepping up to the plate for [...]

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HR- Your Call To Action

For all the talk about where HR is (dead, dying, totally “ok” as is, needs re-branding, transformation, or somewhere in between) the fact is that although many HR pros who use social media are talking about it, the discussion is not reaching the masses yet.
We need a way to begin harnessing this energy.  We need [...]

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Who Is Your Rock Star?

Quick- when you picture a rock star, who comes to mind?  Is it…..

The Wiggles!  No?  Not so much?  Well, each of us has a different image of what a rock star or idol means to us. I started thinking about it when I was organizing some files yesterday and came across this picture of my little [...]

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Looking for Diverse Ideas? Check Out the Carnival of HR

What’s the best thing about today?  It’s Carnival of HR time again!  I always look forward to the carnival because I find several new blogs to follow, ideas on human resource practices I may not have thought about, and nice recognition for my HR blogger friends who deserve to have their writing celebrated.
When I saw [...]

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