SHRM Is Forcing a Reckoning in HR
SHRM Is Forcing a Reckoning in HR The Business Insider “hit piece” last week reveals a lot… about the state of HR. What I saw was how uncomfortable people become when the people function stops acting like a cushion and starts acting like a strategic engine. One claim says SHRM leadership expects you to be not a minute later than 9am. They also clarified that you technically have between 8am-9am to show up and they allow people to work from home on Mondays and Fridays. How dare they expect people to show up to work on time three days a week! In their response, SHRM and Johnny C Taylor Jr made something very clear. They know who they are. They will not let selective narratives rewrite their...
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Predictions For 2026
Predictions For 2026 2026 will not arrive quietly. The signals are already flashing and this year they begin to collide. What we predicted in 2025...
The Leadership Cost of ‘Needing to Know’
The Leadership Cost of ‘Needing to Know’ Last week we explored how uncertainty shifts leadership behavior. There is another response that often...
Leaders…Press Pause
Leaders...Press Pause This week, I have been reading Miracles of Love by Ram Dass while on vacation, and one idea keeps returning. He writes about...
The Death of the Culture Committee
The Death of the Culture Committee Culture committees came from a sincere place. They gave people a voice. They helped leaders show that listening...
When AI Fails, Accountability Still Belongs to Us
When AI Fails, Accountability Still Belongs to Us The new AI Safety Report from RAIDS AI Limited, shared with me by Nikolas Kairinos, analyzed more...
The Accountability Dilemma of Global Outages
The Accountability Dilemma of Global Outages When major outages such as those from CrowdStrike or Amazon Web Services occur, companies often respond...
Make HR Great… Not Again, But For The First Time
Make HR Great… Not Again, But For The First Time HR needs saving. The CHRO is struggling today the same way the CIO once did. For years, CIOs were...
“At Their Most Vulnerable”
"At Their Most Vulnerable" This week I’m speaking to hundreds of healthcare leaders about one of their toughest challenges: the rise of workplace...
False Haste: When Waiting Becomes Wisdom
False Haste: When Waiting Becomes Wisdom This week I wrote about a lesson that connects my Master of Divinity studies with corporate culture: the...
Once Again, Story Trumps Data
Once Again, Story Trumps Data. More than 800,000 people have been laid off this year with little public outcry. Yet when Jimmy Kimmel was suspended,...
A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
