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The Reluctant Consultant: The Job I Never Wanted (and Love)
I’ll start this with this simple fact – I never wanted to be a consultant. If I am being honest, I thought consultants were a 4-letter word, (Y)UCK. 🙂 My journey of self-discovery began when I graduated college, got married, and immediately moved to a military base with my new...
Embracing the Unexpected Path
If you would have told me five years ago that today I'd be working for an HR advisory firm, I wouldn't have believed you. I may have even thought you were insane; at the very least, I would have been skeptical, perhaps with a hint of side-eye. An Unlikely Path...
Growing Pains
This post originally appeared in IA's April Newsletter. If you're interested in subscribing, you can do so here. They say April showers bring May flowers, which is really just a fancy way of saying that in order to get to something good, you often have to endure some challenges along...
Lessons Learned from a Pandemic Year
Janine and I have been talking about all of the lessons learned from this COVID pandemic year. I recently had dinner with my partner for his birthday and we realized we were now at over a year for shutdowns, masks, copious amounts of hand sanitizer, and the nostalgia for concerts...
Don’t mess with payroll
Growing up in the Midwest meant long and cold winters, thick layers of clothing, and endless board (bored?) games. But the first moment that temperatures creeped above 50℉, kids were donning shorts and t-shirts in a frenzied embrace of an unnamed sun god. And while our parents glanced knowingly through...
Core-Strengthening: Small Habits Add Up
At the beginning of 2020, I tweeted that my words for the year were transformation and grace. I lived out these words to the fullest, as the current environment ignited my need to reflect, evaluate, adapt, and evolve in ways that set me up for success. And I am grateful for finding...
On Being Wrong
I have so many horrible ideas. This isn’t a self-effacing comment, but instead a reflection of a lifetime’s accumulation of what my wife describes as a “magnetic draw to the absurd.” In fact, we have a running joke that I should open a company called, Eight Second Brands. In her...
Carnival of HR: Innovation isn’t on shutdown
Welcome to another round of Carnival of HR! We are honored to be hosting the July 2020 edition. For the uninitiated, the Carnival is a collection of blog posts loosely coordinated around a theme. Or it's just a collection of posts the host of the Carnival found interesting. Either way,...
The Best Transformation is the One You Don’t Need
Growing up in a military family, there was always a saying in our house. It comes from the Army: "Proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance." We hear it in other places, too, whether it’s the Boy Scouts’ motto (“be prepared”), or just our parents telling us to bring...
Candor and Transparency: Contract Renegotiation in a Time of Change
We all know that businesses do not exist in a vacuum. At any given time, circumstances can change, requiring an organization to rethink its costs and obligations. Your organization may be facing some difficult circumstances right now, and often leadership first looks internally for ways to reduce costs and realign....
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