September 22, 2010
by Lance Haun
3 Comments
I’ve been out of day-to-day HR for over a year now and while I interact with HR and recruiter types on a daily basis, it often takes subtle (or not-so-subtle) reminders about how challenging the field can be. The people … Continue reading
July 15, 2010
by Lance Haun
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I love all of the discussion centered who should report to which department. Whether it is a HR department arguing they should be reporting to the CEO and they should have a seat at the table to recruiters arguing that … Continue reading
June 7, 2010
by Lance Haun
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One of the all time college basketball coaching greats John Wooden died at the age of 99 this weekend. Since there is nothing really untimely or tragic about a man who had lived a full and successful life to the … Continue reading
April 27, 2010
by Lance Haun
16 Comments
For talent pros looking to move up in the world, I desperately believe that leadership and business skill development should come before certifications or HR specific knowledge. That’s not a popular position (especially among people that have a stake in … Continue reading
April 8, 2010
by Lance Haun
4 Comments
I’m not going to call out my friends over at Fistful of Talent and The HR Capitalist for being un-American but I am going to let that suggestion ring a little bit in the heads of my readers. These pro-Duke … Continue reading
April 1, 2010
by Lance Haun
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I’ve been involved with office pranks before (I know, surprising) and that includes the hardest day of the year to prank anyone (a.k.a. April 1st). Given that I worked in HR and also pulled pranks on people, I worked on … Continue reading
March 22, 2010
by Lance Haun
19 Comments
You’ve heard it before either in the board room, an industry conference or webinar: someone heard from their legal team that they shouldn’t be engaging in some sort of new business activity. The latest version of this has been social … Continue reading
March 5, 2010
by Lance Haun
4 Comments
First of all, this is not going to be a regular feature. I don’t have enough evil in my body to write about it 50+ times a year. I do have a little evil in me like the rest of … Continue reading
February 18, 2010
by Lance Haun
11 Comments
Do you want to be perfect? Go for it. In fact if your goal in life is being perfect, it should be fairly easy. Here’s the process: Don’t do anything Repeat If you never want to get married, have kids, … Continue reading
February 10, 2010
by Lance Haun
27 Comments
Because I’m not so sure you want to. As someone who has taken conflict resolution coaching classes and been party to hundreds of employee conflicts in the workplace, most of the advice that you receive in order to resolve conflict … Continue reading