#MissingSHRM20, but did we?

This is the point where everyone is putting out "what did I learn at SHRM" blog posts. But not this year. COVID has seen to that. But even if we can't meet in person, we are doing what we can to continue to meet virtually. It's not the same, by any stretch, and even the …

Defrost & Ignite: Lessons in Inclusion from Frances Rios

As Anne was at #HRFL19, we took advantage of the time to do some planning for #HRWonderWomen. And we realized that we didn't have a list of upcoming guests. And even though we don't want to start checking off boxes, we do want to be sure we are getting a good representative of all women …

Pick Your Poison

As I checked the speaker list during my planning for #HRFL19, I wondered, more than once, at the choice of Shaun White. I didn't know much about him, other than he is/was a famous snowboarder, who was in the Olympics (4 times), likely won a medal or 2 (3 Gold medals) with a lot of …

Building Trust: the Key to Employee Engagement #HRFL19

Here we are again, still, talking about Employee Engagement. Constantly. The TOP conversation in HR. And why? Because we continue to get it wrong. Any why do we continue to get it wrong? Because we are looking for that One Thing. Just tell us what to do, we seem to be asking the speakers, the …

My #SHRM19 Top Ten

10. Brunch at Mon Ami Gabi, Paris Hotel 9. Saturday dinner at Joyful House Chinese. Almost 30 friends, old and new, joined us for an HR Social Hour dinner. 8. Twitter Take Over! I had a lot of fun taking over the Twitter account for TicketsAtWork. Jon and I have started talking about adding this …

A Weird Thing that I Love

At the SHRM19 conference, the first session I sat in, Delivering Happiness, the first question Jenn Lim asked us "what's one weird thing that you love?" And of course, I came up with live tweeting HR conferences. This is probably the weird thing that makes me happy: live tweeting HR conferences 😁 #SHRM19 #HRSocialHour #DHMovement …

Dare to Lead: Brene Brown

Last year, when SHRM announced their first keynote for the 2019 conference would be Brene Brown, I knew I wanted to return to the conference (even if it is in Las Vegas). I've read her books in the past - and listened to Dare to Lead earlier this year. There's just something about listening to …

We Cannot Fear A.I. with @beneubanks at #SHRM19

A.I. (artificial intelligence) has been a topic of conversation in the HR world for a long time. We want to automate some processes, but we also have employees who worry about their role if some processes are automated. What happens in recruitment if screenings are done by AI? What if staff are able to get …

Why Control of Your Personal Brand is Important for Employee Engagement.

As part of my SHRM blogging, I was invited to do a Twitter Take Over with TicketsatWork. I scanned the schedule to see if there was a session that would be a good match for the employee engagement that TicketsatWork supports. I had planned to attend a Personal Brand session with a speaker I had …

Delivering Happiness, One Culture at a Time.

It was Sunday afternoon at SHRM19 and I was kind of thinking down time sounded good. Jon and I were done with our keynote event, we had spent time in the bloggers' lounge saying hello to old and new friends. I was hanging out with my #HRWonderWomen partner Anne and she invited me along to …