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Comment on SHRM Tuesday: Oh My Tired Feet by Jennifer McClure

Jennifer McClure — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:58:31 +0000

Thanks for the mention Lance! It was so much fun to meet you at the conference and get to know the face behind the avatar a bit better. You guys did a great job on the HR Bloggers panel, and I’m sure have inspired many new HR bloggers to take the leap as well as organizations and companies to consider blogging as well. They’ll do well to subscribe to Your HR Guy to see how it should be done!

Comment on SHRM Conference Sunday – Don’t Call Me The Press by Leaving New Orleans | Punk Rock Human Resources

Leaving New Orleans | Punk Rock Human Resources — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:42:32 +0000

[...] about this: the HR Bloggers panel at SHRM09 had a spirited debate about whether or not bloggers are journalists. I think writers can use blogs, videos, or traditional media sources to disseminate a story or a [...]

Comment on SHRM Tuesday: Oh My Tired Feet by SHRM – Day Three and Four « PseudoHR

SHRM – Day Three and Four « PseudoHR — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:43:01 +0000

[...] a live mic were “dammit” by Laurie Ruetimann. The panel of Kris Dunn, Laurie, Jessica Lee and Lance Haun shared their thoughts on blogging from the closet, blogging commitments, offline/online [...]

Comment on Recommended Blogs by Alexandra Levit

Alexandra Levit — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:18:31 +0000

Feel free to add me if you like, Lance. Water Cooler Wisdom is http://alexandralevit.typepad.com.

Comment on SHRM Tuesday: Oh My Tired Feet by Alexandra Levit

Alexandra Levit — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:15 +0000

Wow, Lance. This sounds like the best use of a conference ever. Great work!

Best,

Alexandra Levit
Business/Workplace Author and Speaker
http://alexandralevit.typepad.com

Comment on SHRM Monday: The Party Hasn’t Stopped Yet by Joe

Joe — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:33:21 +0000

Sounds like you really had a really good time partying.

Comment on Love Helping People? Don’t Go Into HR by Larry Kaminer

Larry Kaminer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:03:05 +0000

I think as in all professions you will find the spectrum. In HR perhaps the same. Those there punching a time clock, “is it 5pm yet?” to those that have a lot of passion and really care.

I have been lucky enough to work with those that really care it shows. When I am at the client I see how well the HR people get along with the staff and the body language is very relaxed and positive.

I have called upon prospects (who rapidly became “un” prosepects) where the exact opposite was going on and I couldn’t wait to get out of their offices

Larry Kaminer

Comment on SHRM Monday: The Party Hasn’t Stopped Yet by SmartBlog on Workforce » Blog Archive » Tuesday’s SHRM roundup

SmartBlog on Workforce » Blog Archive » Tuesday’s SHRM roundup — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:10:33 +0000

[...] Lance Haun: The party hasn’t stopped yet [...]

Comment on Your HR Guy hates Attendance Issues by Guy Farmer

Guy Farmer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:58:59 +0000

It is amazing how bent out of shape companies get on attendance. In a results-only workplace people are free to come and go as long as they perform well. I like this approach because it assumes that employees can do the work, can manage their own time and don’t need to be babied along the way.
Not worrying so much about attendance also allows leaders to focus on more important things like how well the company is doing. I’ve also found that leaders who don’t sweat the small stuff and give their employees the ability to make decisions on their own benefit from having happier, more productive people.

Comment on Love Helping People? Don’t Go Into HR by Bob Manova

Bob Manova — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:07:57 +0000

At the outset though any HR will agree that being in HR is in being in a position to help people, if we sit back and tickle yourself to think you will have the real picture before you.

If we look at HR as a part of a bigger picture then we will realize what we do. HR is a enabling activity towards carrying out the business successfully. The very existence of HR is because of the existing business. So what goes before ‘helping people’ / ‘being friendly to people’ / ‘being considerate’ is to sustain the business in hard times.

Hence when tough decisions are taken to retrench 10% of the employees we need to look at the bigger picture of the 90% that are still continuing.

Recently when we had to retrench a few people, I had given them an assurance that I will provide support in terms of finding a job for our the retrenched employees & also by assuring them to give an excellent reference to their future employers whenever it is required. There by I delivered by job to my employer as well as balanced my relationship / helpfulness to my employees…
afterall HR is a game of Balance