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Thanks for a great post, Josh. It's amazing how many people in professional world don't have a clue about how to do this. This is a very valuable primer for them--and a good refresher for the rest of us!
Carroll Lachnit
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Workforce Management
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Commented Jan 9, 2010 on How to get someone you don't know to help you. Hint: send a personal email. at Empowered
How to get someone you don't know to help you. Hint: send a personal email.
I ask many people I don't know to help me -- to share numbers, interviews, etc. Often they say yes. I am grateful. Many people who don't know me ask me for help. Often I say yes. But many of those requests are presented so poorly they make me cringe. Basically, if you want my help, take a few mo...
Good post, Kris. A few more details on this story can be found on Investment News' site. Some of those released were high producers for Wachovia's brokerage business: http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090118/REG/301189969
Commented Jan 20, 2009 on Wells Fargo and Firing Former Employees as a Part of Mergers and Acquisitions... at The HR Capitalist
Wells Fargo and Firing Former Employees as a Part of Mergers and Acquisitions...
Here's a truism that mom and dad tried to teach you: You'll have to live with your actions and decisions for a lifetime. Whether you break the law, treat someone poorly or have opinions you've vocalized, you own it. The hard part is that sometimes you own it in a way you never expected or a w...
Well put, Kris. You don't hear CEOs and CFOs whining like this. Deeds, not words, and certainly not complaints, will change the perception of HR.
Commented Nov 8, 2007 on They Still Hate HR - Another Study To Kick You In The Teeth... at The HR Capitalist
They Still Hate HR - Another Study To Kick You In The Teeth...
Remember that Fast Company article entitled "Why We Hate HR"? Man, did we talk a lot about that one. Guess what? They are still less than enamored with us. So says a new study from Vertitude entitled, "“Working Together, Working Apart: When It Comes to Workforce Planning, HR and Business L...
Nice entry, Kris. My editor-centric observation is that there's nothing new about this issue. Workforce Management (back then, we were called Workforce) wrote about this in 1996, in a story called "Single's Backlash." Plus ça change. There willl always be people who game the workplace and dump their work on colleagues, and others who find a way to balance their work and non-work lives. It's not about who is childless (or child-full); it's about personal responsibility.
Commented Oct 17, 2007 on HR Victim Making 101 - Do People With Kids Get Special Treatment? at The HR Capitalist
HR Victim Making 101 - Do People With Kids Get Special Treatment?
You know it's a slow news month around SHRM when the best they can do for the cover of HR Magazine is the following headline "Are You Too Family Friendly?" Seriously - that's the cover/lead story? Deb over at 8 Hours and a Lunch riffed on this article last week. For a deeper analysis on relat...
50K is great, Kris. Like Lisa, I think the secret of your success is that picture in the upper left hand corner--as well as your wicked sense of humor.
We here are Workforce Management (aka Workforce.com) are happy to be spreading the word...
Commented Aug 28, 2007 on Thanks to the Readers - HR Capitalist Pushes Past 50,000 visits... at The HR Capitalist
Thanks to the Readers - HR Capitalist Pushes Past 50,000 visits...
OK, Ray Kroc I'm not. But a while back, The HR Capitalist pushed past the 50,000 visitor mark since we lit this candle of hope and started posting regularly in mid-February of 2007. How about a special shout out to those who helped make that happen? Thanks to: Visitors who came once never...
Kris, Kris, Kris. Everyone has to disconnect sometime and catch a breath (even if it's panting in the line at Space Mountain). Vacation is about creating not just physical distance from work, but psychic space. And that means unplugging. And using that out-of-office reply, no matter what Guru Jeff says. Just let your recipients know who to call in your absence. No one is indispensable. Would you rather get some practice in leaving your BlackBerry off now, or when you're in the ICU, after that stress-induced heart attack? I guarantee you they don't allow them there.
Commented Aug 8, 2007 on Does the "Out of Office" Reply Hurt Your Career? at The HR Capitalist
Does the "Out of Office" Reply Hurt Your Career?
If you haven't gone on vacation in a while, you need to go... Seriously, I went last week and it felt great. Took my kids (7 and 4) to the X-Games in LA and had a blast. But I didn't let completely go - while I never booted the laptop up, the trusty old Blackberry was in my pocket. I checked ...
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