Why Work-Life Balance is Dangerous

Work-life balance is one of those concepts I love to hate.  Here’s why. The notion of work-life balance is artificial at best and at worst it’s a false way of describing a very serious problem that exists in our workplaces.  Work is part of life.  No work,...

What people SHOULD do is Irrelevant

One of the most common mistakes I see as people strive to make change and find support for new ideas is that they get too hung up on what others “should” do and not on what they “will” do.   This is particularly true with my colleagues in human...

Reflections on a Year of Entrepreneurship

This week, I celebrated my one year anniversary of self-employment (this time around).  For the previous decade, I spent my days leading human resources and recruiting teams for corporations and I’d gotten pretty used to the warm embrace of the corporate...

Two Talent Lessons from McKinsey and Co.

A few weeks ago at the Universum Employer Branding Conference, I had the opportunity to hear Brian Rolfes, Director of Global Recruiting and McKinsey and Co. speak about some of the ways that his organization develops “the best talent in the world.”  It...
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