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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes (Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Poster Guard® Poster Compliance Service, the leading labor law poster service that gets your business up to date with all required and compliant federal, state, and local labor law postings, and then keeps it that way — for an entire year. Enjoy the article!) I’ve mentioned on HR Bartender before that I like paper. I have a paper planner and use it daily. I like paper books and read them regularly. But I also realize that not everything I do needs to be paper, and it’s important to ..read more

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I received an interesting reader note talking about the name “human resources” and leadership. HR has evolved over the years from personnel to human resources to people and culture. What’s in a name? Is HR really responsible for culture? If not, then why have ‘culture’ in the title? Is the real function of HR about change, leadership, workforce planning, and employee relations? Should the title then be people and organizational development? This is not about what we are called, it’s about what we do and will do in the future.  I see a huge role in organ ..read more

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Over the past few years, we’ve all been exposed to the notion of misinformation and/or disinformation. It might have been someone who shared an announcement that a celebrity has died, only to find out that it’s either not true or it happened four years ago. Or a news agency that labels an act of violence as terrorism (or completely dismisses it) before all the facts are in. Bottom-line: as much as social media, artificial intelligence, and technology have brought value, those tools have also created challenges.  So, my guess is that each of us has b ..read more

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Knowledge management is the process of organizing, using, and sharing knowledge within the organization. According to IBM, there are three types of knowledge: tacit, implicit, and explicit. Tacit knowledge is acquired through experience. An example of tacit knowledge could be leadership skills. Explicit knowledge is captured in documents like manuals, reports, data, etc.  Implicit knowledge is often referred to as know-how. If we use the definition above for explicit knowledge, implicit knowledge would be how someone generates a repor ..read more

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I’ve been seeing some articles recently about “rage applying”. It’s when a person is so fed up with their current work situation that they just start applying everywhere in the hopes that they’ll find something – anything – better than what they have.  While rage applying might get you a new job, one of the downsides can be job seeker regret. Especially if someone handles their resignation poorly. Even if the organization is terrible and your manager is a jerk, it’s important to resign the right way. That doesn’t mean you can’t be honest and au ..read more

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I recently wrote an article about “How to Write an Email that Others Will Read”. It provides great tips and reminders about sending good email messages. After the article was published, it occurred to me that another common form of business communication is text messaging.  So, I reached out to my community again and asked them tips for writing a professional text message. Please note, I’m not talking about personal text messages. It could make sense to view sending texts to friends and family differently from your manager and colleagues.  Before dr ..read more

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes I was facilitating a seminar recently and a conversation arose about imposter syndrome. While the group knew the definition of imposter syndrome, it was hard to discuss the impact of imposter syndrome on the work environment. So, I thought it might be a good time to learn a little more.  I reached out to Laura Lomeli, Ph.D., principal executive advisory consultant at BetterUp, to see if she would share her knowledge with us and thankfully, she said yes. Laura earned her Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from Texas A&M University ..read more

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes I was chatting with some human resources professionals recently and the subject shifted to artificial intelligence (AI). We started talking about the different things that we were using AI for like job description updates and revising company policies.  Someone in the group mentioned that it was important to be curious with artificial intelligence and test the ways that AI can help us. It reminded me of the experiments I’ve been sharing here on HR Bartender like photo creators and icebreaker suggestions.  After the conversation, I decided to do ..read more

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Hard to believe we’re halfway through the year! One of the activities Mr. Bartender and I try to do is a mid-year review of how we’re doing. I’ve noticed other people doing the same. It’s a great opportunity to talk about personal and professional goals – the ones we’ve accomplished as well as the ones we need to refocus on.   When we set goals, it’s not unusual to have to make adjustments along the way. Sometimes our goals don’t take as long as we anticipated, and we’ve accomplished them. Sometimes, we’ve forgotten about a goal and need a ..read more