Welcome to this week’s installment of the ‘A Day in the Life of…’ series. I hope you’re enjoying reading about the HR bloggers as much as I am enjoying writing about them. So far, we’ve learned more about Kris Dunn, Mike VanDervort, and Laurie Ruettimann. This week, I’m thrilled to add Lisa Rosendahl to the list. [...]
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HR Dancing Queen
It’s Labor Day and what better day to share something fun. For anyone who knows about Zappos, you have probably heard about the element of fun (and often dancing) that permeates the workplace. Here is a video of the HR “Dancing Queen” at Zappos. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmPqYrUJy4w] How fun would it be if HR could let loose [...]
Job Exchange Programs- A Different Spin On Employee Development
It’s September and for most kids that means the start of a new school year full of change. A new teacher, meeting new friends, playing with new kids at recess, a new school bus driver. Kids have such excitement and motivation to start the new adventure. Wouldn’t it be great to have this feeling at work? [...]
HRevolution- Are You "IN" Yet?
HRevolution is coming! It’s being held November 6- 7, 2009 in Louisville, KY. Check out the HRevolution site at http://hrevolution.wetpaint.com. The planning committee (me, Ben Eubanks, Steve Boese, and Crystal Peterson) have been working to finalize hotel and conference space. That announcement is coming VERY soon!! HERE’S WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP: We have already begun [...]
What’s the Thing You’re Known for at Work?
Ok, so every once in awhile I am not on the cutting edge (insert chuckles here). One thing I know is that I never seem to have time to watch television shows when they actually air for the first time. It may be because I have too many irons in the fire, but I love [...]
53 Playing As One- Teambuilding NFL Style
I want to talk to you about a team. A team hoping to be a success story. A team in need of a different approach to teambuilding. As the summer days begin to turn cooler and school starts up again, you know that football is just around the corner. We’re almost through the pre-season games and teams [...]
It's the Carnival of HR
Happy Wednesday! What better way to spend your time than checking out the latest Carnival of HR? The HR Forum is hosting an amazing carnival today including some of your favorite HR blogs and….little ‘ole me! They were kind enough to include my post on Anonymous Blogging (Part 2) which developed out of the many comments [...]
Guess Who's Hiring? State Fairs
It seems like I’ve been hearing a lot about state fairs lately. Puf over at Human Resources Pufnstuff has been writing about it over at his blog. Just last week he wrote a great post about the Minnesota State Fair called ‘Friday Fun- Food on a Stick’. I’ve also seen quite a few tweets about [...]
