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Menstrual Synchrony and HR Ladies

By Laurie on May 16th in Human Resources

My husband and I have a new tradition. Every Saturday night, we try out one of the amazing Indian restaurants here in North Carolina. Lots of good Southern Indian vegetarian cuisine. And having Indian food every Saturday night gives us yet another opportunity to create ritual, tradition and conversation in our marriage. Last week, I [...]

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Drama at Work

By Laurie on May 15th in Human Resources

Last week, I spoke at the Maine HR Conference but missed one of the other keynote speakers — Cy Wakeman. I heard she was great. She talked about drama at work and how Human Resources actually causes much of the drama in an office environment. Shocking, I know. We are a homogeneous group of professionals [...]

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Childhood Mistakes Will Haunt You

By Laurie on May 14th in Human Resources

I recently wrote an article for The Conference Board Review where I expressed my shock and concern that nearly one in three kids have been arrested at least once for a non-traffic offense by the age of 23. That’s right: 30 percent of young people will have faced police handcuffs at some point. Now that [...]

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Monday Morning HR Humor: Top 101 New Wave Songs of the 1980s

By Laurie on May 14th in Human Resources

Matt Stollak asked me if I thought this list still seemed right. I said — I don’t know because I’m only 25 years old. What do you think? Top 101 alternative/new wave songs of the 1980s

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The Week Ahead

By Laurie on May 13th in Human Resources

Hello, everyone. I’m back from vacation and ready for a great week. What’s new with you? Any news? I have a few days in the office and then I’m off to Recruiting Innovation Summit. How fun for me — but not for my poor cats who are like WTF? WHERE ARE YOU GOING? YOU JUST [...]

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