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Homesteading the HR Way

Homesteading the HR Way

This is the Part III of the series ‘What’s next for HR in 2013‘, (Check out Part I & Part II here)! Your HR Buddy is honored to present insights from an awesome thought leader, speaker, blogger & interesting person to connect with – Robin Schooling!  The person who I admire a lot, and I am a big fan of hers! Read on! 

I’ve always been quite fascinated reading about the homesteading lifestyle; the way of living favored by people who aim for total (or near total) self-sufficiency where they do stuff like raise their own livestock, grow and preserve their food and make textiles, soap and candles. Some are hard-core survivalist types living on compounds (“the end of the world is coming!”) there’s a sub group of Christian homesteaders, and others are crunchy-granola types. (more…)

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Resolution Reboot

Resolution Reboot

Hope you enjoyed the Part I of the series ‘What’s Next for HR in 2013’. Now pull out a chair to read Part II, this time from Christopher de Mers and get your day rocking by rebooting your resolutions! How about that! And here we go… 

It’s that time of year again when refreshed by a few days off, a bounty of bowl games, holiday spirit(s) and a little reflection you resolve to change things about yourself both professionally and personally. Congratulations!

You’re going to put in a few more hours at the office (yet spend more time at home), brush up on your technical skills and network more intently. And don’t forget eating right, exercising more and this year finally getting eight hours of sleep a night.

Good luck with that. (more…)

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3 steps for HR to achieve success in 2013

3 steps for HR to achieve success in 2013

Your HR Buddy is grateful to have the amazing voices in the HR space joining us to share their insights with a new series ‘What’s next for HR in 2013‘! To kick off the 1st part of the series we have Jay Kuhns, who inspires us to make an impact by following 3 steps! Read on!

Happy New Year! 

Fresh starts are so exciting. It’s as if we can reboot our lives and clean out all of the junk that gets in our way. We convince ourselves that now that a page has turned from December to January we have the power to change everything in our lives. Work will be organized, caught up, and progressive. Personal goals will be attained through a renewed sense of enthusiasm and commitment. We will find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow…. (more…)

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What’s next for HR in 2013

What makes me excited to work in HR is that the field is always changing. And I love to juggle with changes, deal with it and learn from it.

We all have seen when HR was once considered as just an administrative job but now the business has recognized it to be both operational and strategic. Then we got a seat at the table! As we all agree there is a brighter side to us more than just making policies, implementing it or being HR policeman! (more…)

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2012: A Year in Review

2012: A Year in Review

I am at the gate way of 2013 as are you! Looking back, It has been a wonderful year.

As we are heading ahead to a new year it’s always worth to take a moment, look back and see how the past year went! And it’s always motivating for anyone to see their hard work and dedication recognized and appreciated! So sharing my happiness with you all is much needed as I would never have reached this far without your support. And here we go….

I am so proud to announce that Your HR Buddy has been listed as the ‘Top 25 Must Read HR Blogs in 2013‘ by PayScale! (more…)

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Why Performance Management doesn’t increase productivity?

It’s the year end time and most of you might be preparing for your performance appraisal and some of you might have already finished it at this time. Getting your self appraisal done and finishing your team members appraisal. Busy times.

Well, how did it go? After all, the year long effort has been validated and summarized in 15 minutes of discussion! And if you think it is just a matter of entering some feedback in the system then that is why your Performance Management sucks and your employees don’t give a damn about it especially if your feedback doesn’t make any sense! And it won’t boost productivity at any cost. (more…)

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