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Posted by Martha on Jan 29, 2012

8 Ways to Rekindle Your HR Passion

From resolutions in January to romance in February. I like the way the year progresses, don’t you? I get that passion is a personal subject, so I won’t ask you about what’s going on at home this month. But I will ask you this nosy question: How’re things going between you and the HR career? Still good? Or have you two hit a rough patch? You can tell me. I’m a professional. Is it weird to...

Posted by Martha on Jan 23, 2012

To Best Employer Hopefuls: It’s Not About the Perks

Congratulations to all the recipients of the Fortune Magazine annual Best Companies to Work For list. Call me an employee engagement geek but I look forward to this annual report even more than the holiday Neiman Marcus catalog. Primarily for the same psychological reason: The list of perks sparks the same sparkly envy synapses that those over-the-top toys do. It scratches the same itch: The need to...

Posted by Martha on Jan 15, 2012

4 Reasons to Hate Team-Building Workshops

As the creator of the CareerLandscapes team-building workshop (which is based on authentic, structured and safe personal storytelling), naturally I have to talk about it to prospective clients. As much as I believe in the value of my own offering, I don’t love the marketing conversation. First of all, who likes marketing? Secondly, I don’t know a soul who enjoys team-building workshops. In fact,...

Posted by Martha on Jan 8, 2012

5 Top Sales Tips for Employee Engagement Success

Employee engagement is the name of the game as we dive into 2012. Talent retention is your priority. And maybe, if there must be great talent on the move, let them be someone else’s and you can snap them up. (You know that carnival machine with blowing dollar bills? That’s what I’m picturing right now, only in this case those bills are Grade A resumes. And you’re the one wildly grabbing at them...

Posted by Martha on Jan 1, 2012

Best Resolutions for HR in 2012

Here’s the first understatement of the year: 2012 is shaping up to be a doozy – especially for HR. Is there anything that touches the headlines that won’t directly impact the way you do your work? As I write this, Congress is wrestling with payroll tax negotiations – kicking the can two more months down the road. Our returning vets need to rebuild their lives – preferably employed in...

Posted by Martha on Jan 1, 2012

Why I Love HR

HR puts feet to dreams. When leaders and entrepreneurs lie awake at night and spin grand castles in the air, pretty soon they have to start asking themselves where they are going to get the talent to build those castles for real. When ordinary folks dream at night about building exciting careers – or simply paying the mortgage and feeding their family – eventually they have to start asking themselves...

Posted by Martha on Jan 1, 2012

Your Local Media and Your Career

When you consider all the major political and social issues we’ll be wrestling with next year, you can see how important HR will be to the national conversation. Jobs, taxes, immigration, the economy, housing, unions, Federal regulations and the impacts they’ll have on business. Why, it’s the HR kitchen sink! This makes your company newsworthy (hopefully in good ways). Dealing masterfully with...

Posted by Martha on Jan 1, 2012

Will Your HR Department Join the Great Migration in 2012?

This is the time of year when I’m especially busy doing one of my favorite things: Talking with CHROs all over the country about their professional resolutions for the upcoming year. (Watch this space for a major announcement in a few weeks.) While 2012 is full of a variety of pressing national and economic challenges that threaten to divide and distract us as a nation (and consequently stressing...

Finally…Your Source for HR Career Inspiration

Do you dream about cultivating a lifetime HR career? A career that engages and grows all your professional talents, passions, skills and insights while you, in turn, help companies thrive through the power of their people? Would you like to meet kindred spirits of HR leaders who are equally passionate about their work? Is HR a calling for you? If you say yes to these questions, HR Career Success is for you! This is a community of highly inspired HR leaders who love their work and who want a single place to go to where they can meet people just like you. Welcome!

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I love HR. I love hearing your stories. I love sharing your success stories with your colleagues to help build the body of knowledge around what makes a great HR career. I'm your biggest fan.

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