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Kris Dunn
Kris Dunn - HR Pro blogging for community and ideas.
Interests: the nfl, the st. louis cardinals, all things related to the intersection of hr, technology and business results. in my spare time - the nba, the kc royals, and teaching my kids the crossover dribble.
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The Top 100 Movie Quotes for HR Pros: #80 is Brad Pitt: "What's the Problem?" (Moneyball)
Recurring series at the Capitalist: The Top 100 Movie Quotes of all time for HR Pros. In no special order, I break down the 100 movie quotes that resonate most for me as a career HR pro. Some will be... Continue reading
Posted 11 hours ago at The HR Capitalist
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Google: Ability to Learn on the Fly is our #1 Hiring Criteria
Too good not to share about hiring at Google (via Tom Friedman in the NYT): "LAST June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google — i.e., the... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The HR Capitalist
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HELICOPTER MOM: Where Should Your Kid Go To Work Out of College?
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That's right - I'm calling you helicopter moms out. You're hovering over your kid more than a CIA drone over Osama Bin Laden's house in Pakistan a few years back. You've controlled all the details until now, but you're probably... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The HR Capitalist
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CAPITALIST PODCAST: The Unionization of College Athletics?
Podcast time folks - Some smart kids at Northwestern are making a run at unionizing college athletics, and I had Seth Borden, Partner at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in NYC, join me on The CYA Report (my podcast over... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at The HR Capitalist
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VOTE: What's the Best Name for My New Leadership Development Series?
One of the things on my bucket list is to create a real-world take on Leadership Development, specifically for helping managers of people become the best they can be with their teams. That's why were developing the Kinetix Leadership Development... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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The Top 100 Movie Quotes for HR Pros: #81 is Vin Diesel "First, We're Going to Need a Chameleon" (Fast Five)
New series at the Capitalist: The Top 100 Movie Quotes of all time for HR Pros. In no special order, I break down the 100 movie quotes that resonate most for me as a career HR pro. Some will be... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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POP THE HOOD: How to Tell A Mentor From A Suffocating Control Freak...
Capitalist Note: We're on-site next Monday at a favorite client to deliver our first module of the Kinetix Leadership Development Series. The working title for the module is "POP THE HOOD: How To Build Better Teams Via Talent Assessments". This... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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BULLY IN THE WORKPLACE: Is HR Getting It Wrong Most of the Time?
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There's an old saying from the playground playbook: "The bully will never go away until you stand up to him." When it comes to bullying in the workplace, as HR pros, we can never sponsor that approach, right? Maybe we... Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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9 Things I Learned From Drake About the Career Arc of High Potentials...
I know. Drake? Has it really come to that? I'm writing about Drake on an HR blog? The thing is, there's three things that everyone can relate to. Sports, Pop Culture and Work. I weave sports and pop culture in... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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What's the "Fast/Good/Cheap" of Job Search?
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If you recruit for a living (even part of the time), it can be exhausting trying to manage the match you have to make between what your company/client can provide and the needs of the candidate. Here's a great way... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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People Join Companies For The Brand, Quit Because of the Boss....
Earlier this week, I wrote about an Apple contractor quitting due to his boss, pointing out that based on the details, it was further proof that people quit jobs due to the boss, not the company. You don't quit Apple... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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"I'm Gay": Notes On How One Leader Got Potentially Disruptive News Right....
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By now, most of you heard the breaking news earlier this week - University of Missouri Linebacker Michael Sam declared to the world he was gay, setting up the chance that the NFL will have it's first openly gay player... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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Even at Apple, People Quit Bosses, Not Companies...
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It's true. For the most part, people quit bosses, not companies. That's one reason why sites like Glassdoor, for all their momentum, are a bit incomplete - because it's hard to index scores and get people on the record about... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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STOP/COLLABORATE/LISTEN: My Kind of Weather Map....
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Atlanta's shut down today people, and it's a work from home day at Kinetix. The map below tells you why. Winter storm at "take heed" levels, and if you don't get that reference, here's some help from Rap Genius. (Email... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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NARCISSIST: Why the Best Candidates Don't Always Become Leaders At Your Company...
There are a lot of assumptions out there that Narcissists make the best leaders in your company. Turns out, narcissists are more likely to become leaders at your company, but not because they are the best fit. A new study... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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AOL Learns the Hard Way: Don't Blame Rising Benefit Costs on Individual Employees...
THE FIRST RULE OF SHARING BENEFIT CUTS OR RISING BENEFIT COSTS IS: Never blame the situation on individual employees. Couple reasons for that: 1. You're the leader, you're supposed to be figuring stuff as a leader out without pointing fingers.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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MONSTER: The Report on What It's Like to Work for the HR Capitalist...
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Today finds me working on a new training series for Leaders/Managers of People that we're rolling out at Kinetix. We'll be talking more about this in the next month, so if you're interested in being involved and getting a fresh... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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Why A CEO Pledge to Not Discriminate Against The Unemployed in Hiring is Weak...
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Most of you probably didn't hear about this one, because it came out during Super Bowl week and let's face it, we're just not that deep as a nation. But...Last Friday, President Obama convinced 21 CEOs from some big companies... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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Authoritarians: Why They Suck As Managers...
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"There is an essential cowardice in all authoritarians, which becomes more obvious as they tighten their grip." -Charles Pierce on David Stern at Grantland I love this quote I picked up last week, because there are so many levels you... Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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WITNESS: How Hard Is It To Be a Manager of People at McDonalds? Hard.
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How hard is it to be a manager of people at McDonalds? Hard. Like riding a bike on the freeway hard. This week found me for almost 2 days at Exit 11 off I-20 in Georgia, stranded because of the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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The Value of Intellectual Property Alongside Products and People In Today's World...
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A few weeks back, I talked a bit about a trend called the acquihire, where you acquire a company more for the talent in the company than the products they have or the revenue they'll bring to the table. That... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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Is Your Kid On Track To Be a 40-Year Old Barista? Probably.
It's all glory over here at the Capitaist today, kids. I made it out of the ATL on the way to Birmingham on Tuesday just in time - we still have employees at Kinetix who are stuck in traffic almost... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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If Richard Sherman Took a Pre-Employment Assessment, Here's What it Would Show...
By now you've heard or read about Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. As the football Seahawks move to the Super Bowl this week in NYC, he's the talk of the town. Brash. Confident. High-Performing. See the clip below for post-game... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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Probability HR Jobs Will be Lost to Robots in the Next 20 Years?
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There's a great article over at The Economist related to robots/technology taking over more and more jobs we associate with people. Business Insider broke down the probability that different jobs would be taken over by robots in the following graph:... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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The 3rd Annual Tim Sackett Day Honors Kelly Dingee - One of My Favorite Talent Pros...
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First up, you're wondering what Tim Sackett day is. OK, I'll tell you. Tim Sackett day happened for the first time two years ago. My shout out to Tim can be found here. The whole damn thing was tongue in... Continue reading
Posted Jan 23, 2014 at The HR Capitalist
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