In my past life as the leader of Total Rewards (ie. Compensation and Benefits) for a national foodservice company, I had the pleasure of being introduced to the MultiCare Group. Their deep understanding of all things health/dental/wellness/insurance and more gives you confidence, and their model for providing no reduction of service with significant cost reduction makes them a n0-brainer! Contact me for an introduction to their CEO, Adam Lewis. Share This: Share on Google+ Share on Digg...
read moreLast night, I attempted to turn off my working brain and just enjoy some television… I have heard so much about Downton Abbey, so I powered up Netflix and watched the first two episodes. The only problem is that somehow my brain started connecting dots between the situations in the show and workplace lessons… just like when I tried to relax on vacation and read Jay-Z’s Decoded and it turned into a blog post about Leadership. So here are the three workplace lessons I took away from the 2nd episode of Downton Abbey. Workplace...
read moreTwo things I’m passionate about: Culture and Innovation! I was thrilled when Joseph Ruiz, strategic marketer and co-host of #usguyschat, asked me if I would like to help with #usguyschat on these two elements. Join us Monday, May 20 at 3 pm EDT on #usguyschat on twitter to participate in this discussion about culture and innovation – Everyone is welcome! Here are some brief thoughts on the topic of Culture and Innovation, along with the questions we’ll be asking during our chat at 3pm EDT on Monday, May 20. I think we need...
read moreThere are so many fabulous social enterprise tools out there that can have a great, positive impact on your organization’s communication, collaboration, innovation, productivity and engagement. The problem is that these tools simply sit in the shed and have no impact on building a social enterprise unless you have a strategy for user engagement. I’ve been working on this type of strategy with clients and collaborators over the past several months, especially after learning so much from some leading organizations like TD Bank and...
read moreAttending SXSW conference in Texas would be AWESOME. But for those of us who couldn’t make it there, the #usguys group has created #usxsw. I had the opportunity to moderate my first twitter chat during the 2013 #usxsw virtual conference. Some great insights from the group – here are some of them! [View the story "Building a Social Business Inside Out #usxsw Chat" on Storify] Share This: Share on Google+ Share on Digg...
read moreThis week, I was thrilled to find that “Humanizing Your Organization“, an article I submitted to HR Professional Magazine has been published! If you’re a member of Ontario’s HRPA, you’ll get your hard copy very soon – look for me on page 38! In the meantime, I’m sharing the e-version. Those of you who read my blog regularly or know me “in real life” know that I am passionate about helping HR fully understand the impact that technology is having on expectations of customers and employees,...
read moreA few days ago, Yahoo Human Resources put out a memo to all employees telling them they must work in the office every day. Their timing couldn’t have been better, because I’m in the midst of reading “Why Managing Sucks and How To Fix It” which is basically a guidebook to a Results-Only Work Environment, and we have just announced that Jody Thompson, the book’s co-author and co-creator of ROWE, will be our Opening Keynote at Impact99 2013. So reinventing work and the workplace is on my mind. And when I say...
read moreHow many times have you heard: Work sucks lately? How many times have you said it? It may be because I recently read “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It” by Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler, and just received my copy of “Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It“, but I’ve been hearing these words – or some variation of them – a lot lately! Just yesterday, a former colleague of mine, who is very smart and has always been an extremely hard worker, said to me: I would rather go on welfare than come into ____...
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