Tip-toeing to Human Resources
“But how do I get my foot in the door to HR if I don’t have any experience?”
I get asked this question a lot!
Believe or not, my degree was not in Human Resources. My path to HR was from an accounting degree that put me in a position that was responsible for payroll. When the organization I worked for split off from their parent company, it left me the only one that could answer questions about benefits and policies. Voila! I became the Human Resources Director for that organization. I learned everything I needed to know through training and personal research and went on to continue working in Human Resource director and related roles.
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Free Tool for Having Those Difficult Conversations
Free Tool for Having Those Difficult Conversations
When coaching or training leaders, there tends to be a pattern of procrastination around having difficult conversations. Sometimes, those difficult conversations are avoided for too long and then you have a major mountain to address!
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Do I Have to Tell Them?
HR has to deal with a lot of things that aren’t always comfortable.
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Facts on the Need for Improved Communication in the Workplace
The Project Management Institute reported that for every $1 billion spent on projects, $75 million is put at risk by ineffective communication.
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Part 2 - The Most Difficult Part About Starting a New Business
A while back I posted an article about starting your own business and the challenges with that. I’m on Part Two of the process now so I thought I would share.
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What did you think was the most difficult part about starting a new business?
I recently started my own consulting business to do more of what I love! Problem was, I spent more time thinking about how to get started than I did doing the work. I've put together some tips that I found helpful as I dug in and dug out!
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What's your voice recording saying about you?
I apologize! If you are one of the people who have had to endure my voice recording to leave a message in the last year or so. Today is Saturday and I thought "Annn, I think I'll do some clean up on my cell phone. What's that word "Greeting" there for?" Oh my gosh! When I played my voice message and it sounded terrible! There was background noise, it was way too casual, considering I also use this number for my work, and it sounded so dated with my choice of words.
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