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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.

Recent Activity

Are Your Communication Issues An Excuse for Doing What You Want? (The Million Dollar Question)

Short post today, but a nice reminder based on something I heard on the street last week. A company and organization has communication issues, perhaps worsened by multiple locations, time zones and a global business spanning multiple cultures/norms. Then people... Continue reading

Posted 11 hours ago at The HR Capitalist

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Transparency In Performance Management - Should You Coach Talent in Front of Others?

We talk a lot about transparency in organizations. That usually means the extent to which a leadership team is willing to communicate what's going on downward in the organization. But - there are some hard knock cultures that think if... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at The HR Capitalist

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REAL WORLD: This Sales Training Program Looks a Lot Like the Jehovah's Witnesses...

You think your Sales Training Class is tough? Child, please. Check out how the Edward Jones sales function rolls: "Then there’s Edward Jones, a 91-year-old brokerage based in St. Louis that’s thriving by sticking to its old ways. It hired... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at The HR Capitalist

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HIRE OR PASS? My Candidate's iPhone Just Called Him "Big Daddy"...

Hire or Pass? Real email - I changed the names to protect it all. I could argue this either way. Hit me in the comments with your take and why... ---------------------------- From: Smith, John Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013 2:52... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at The HR Capitalist

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TRAINING FOR YOU: How Google Sets Goals...

Short post today, but if you choose to take advantage of it, you need to book an hour on your calendar to take advantage of the resource. Video embedded below is from Google Ventures with a hat tip to TechCrunch.... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at The HR Capitalist

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RECALLING MESSAGES IN OUTLOOK: It Means the Opposite of What You Think...

To: Corporate Drones From: KD Re: Big Mistakes in Outlook Messaging --------------------------------------------------- I don't want to go off on a rant here, but let's say for a second that you've made a big mistake in Outlook. Maybe you emailed the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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QUOTETASTIC: Lauren Zalaznick (NBC Universal) on Changing Jobs...

"At a certain point in your career, don't pick your next job, pick your next boss." --Lauren Zalaznick, Executive VP, NBCUniversal Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY - Through the Lens of a Taco Bell Kid Licking Taco Shells...

Case study time kids. Gather round the campfire and let's talk an explosive combination: Youngsters working in the QSR industry + Smartphones + Social Media = Potential Brand Damage. Dateline: Taco Bell. Probably in California. Below is the picture and... Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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HOW MANAGERS BECOME CAREER AGENTS - They Always Include WIIFM...

We did a FOT Webinar with our friends at Halogen Software a week or two ago entitled, "Get My Agent on the Phone - How Smart Managers Position themselves as Career Agents." You can get the replay of the webinar... Continue reading

Posted Jun 5, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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Apple's Tim Cook Wants "Wicked Smart" People - So How Do You Find Them? (Webinar)

I'm doing a webinar later this month over at Fistful of Talent on Wed. June 12 at 1pm EST entitled Brains Before Bros: Why Hiring Smart People over Experienced People is a Winning Talent Strategy (click this link to register),... Continue reading

Posted Jun 4, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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Here's Your Annual Post On Everything That's Wrong With Unions...

Not hard to intro this one. The Congress Plaza Hotel on Grant Park in Chicago had a union strike start ten years ago. That strike finally ended Wednesday when workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel offered to return to work... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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HR Capitalist Summer Jobs - My Best and Worst...

The gang at Fistful of Talent (my other blog, multi-contributor) did a weekend post on best/worst summer jobs. Go check out that post here, but in the meantime here's what I outlined as my best/worst summer jobs: Worst - was... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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How To Know If A Manager/Coach is a Psychopath or Simply Has a Hard Edge...

It's one of the oldest questions in the books, and with the news of Rutgers hiring an Athletic Director only to find out one of her past teams performed a mutiny to get her ran out of town (and she's... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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Observations on the Top 3 Professions Where Employees Hate Their Boss...

OK - there's a lot of people who hate their boss. #fact But, if you really put science behind it, some professions hate their bossed more than others. Case in point - PayScale recently asked their users what they wanted... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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FIRE FAST: Too Many People In a Termination Decision Can Be Hazardous to Your Career...

In case you missed it, Rutgers University is in the news again for another questionable hiring/firing decision - this time related to hiring a new Athletic Director, Julie Hermann. Here's a quick rundown from NPR: "Over this past weekend, New... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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FRIDAY CHILL: Introducing My Latest Before and After Performance Makeover (PHOTOS)

Yeah, I'm a volunteer coach at the local park, which has about 1,000 kids all vying to be the next Derek Jeter. This year's team was the 9YO Angels, which started off a little something like this (email subscribers click... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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Meet Another HR Capitalist - Jeff Lucier (Ottawa! HR for Non-Profits! Rock and Roll!)

The best part of my job as a HR Leadership blogger is I get to talk to some really cool people. I'm going to do a better job at sharing some of those conversations with you. Hell, let's do that... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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HOW MANAGERS BECOME CAREER AGENTS - They Help Employees Build Portfolios...

We did a FOT Webinar yesterday with our friends at Halogen Software entitled, "Get My Agent on the Phone - How Smart Managers Position themselves as Career Agents." I'm a big believer that the best managers aren't the best because... Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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PHOTO: Keep It All In Perspective This Week...

Because when you really start thinking about it, the only thing that matters is that kids like this got a puppy. The rest is details. Taken on my way to the ATL at the Oxford Starbucks. Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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GROWTH CAN BE UGLY: LinkedIn Clarifies that Working Girls Aren't Welcome...

I called the use of LinkedIn by professional escorts back in March. Check out the data from that post below: "The keyword "sexy" generated 13% of my profile views generated by a keyword search. Sexy. Boom. That just happened. See... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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CAPITALIST WEBINAR: Teach Your Managers to Be Career Agents For Your Employees...

Authoritarian managers? Sure, they get things done. They get results. But as they grind away for results from a position of power, there's a dirty little secret. At some point, the talent that works for them is going to walk... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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RULE #1 For the New World HR Pro: You Gotta Ask...

I'm on record as saying that HR pros can learn a lot from Sales Pros. At the top of the list is learning to negotiate. Of all the negotiation skills available, the most valuable one is the first-strike position, or... Continue reading

Posted May 15, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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ASK THE CAPITALIST: How Long Should Hiring Managers Have To Give Feedback on Candidates?

Hi KD - What's a best practice related to how long a hiring manager should have to give you feedback post-submittal or post-interview on a candidate you've provided to them? Signed - Ignored in Texas -------------------------------- Ah yes - hurry... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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The Dirty South, NASCAR and This - All The Proof You Need the World Is Now Global...

You think the world isn't global everywhere? You better think again - this picture I snapped reminded me of the reality over the weekend: That's right - a pickup truck in Birmingham, AL. You expect the small decal on the... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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Here's Why You Should Never Be Afraid to Fire Someone Resistant to Change...

Check out the chart below as Exhibit A: Change and taking risks is difficult. Of course, if you don't have the right number of people in your organization who are comfortable asking "what's next", it's going to catch up with... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2013 at The HR Capitalist

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