Building a Culture of Workplace Flexibility

How time flies!  Was it just last year that Marissa Mayer issued her now famous ban on telecommuting?  Yes, all hell broke loose on February 21, 2013, when Mayer, CEO of Yahoo! (herself having just come off a work-from-home-maternity-leave), issued a personnel policy requiring all remote-working employees to convert to in-office roles. (Business Insider) In […]

My Favorite HR Specialty Bloggers

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One of my all-time favorite movies is Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H. For those of you who were born after it was released, go rent it.  M*A*S*H is a black comedy about surgeons working in a mobile army surgical hospital on the frontlines in the “Korean conflict.”  In one particular scene, “chest-cutters” Trapper John McIntyre and Hawkeye […]

Top Human Resources Pros Turned Bloggers

The 2013 SHRM conference’s hashtag became popular on Twitter for the first time. For those who are unaware, this means that #SHRM13 held a place in cyberspace that was comparable to, say, Beyoncé, reality TV, and political discussion. The record-breaking attendance of SHRM13 cannot be the only factor in its notoriety on Twitter (18,000 is […]

Creating a Company “Bible” Can Save Time and Attorney’s Fees

The Ultimate Guide to Creating Your Company Bible

My husband was a story guy for the Star Trek family of TV shows at Paramount Studios.  Each writer was given the “Star Trek Bible,” a compendium of frequently-asked-questions relating to the world of Star Trek from the dimensions of the U.S.S. Enterprise to how to work the holodeck to the functions of warp drive.  […]

Are We Asking Too Much of Our Female Role Models at Work?

Creating a Bionic Female Role Model

“Ladies, we can rebuild her. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world’s first bionic female role model. Jane Doe will be that woman. Better than she was before. Better, stronger, faster.”                                       […]