I wrote a much-read blog post called Sitting Kills. What Your HR Department Can Do About It. In that post, I wondered what role HR departments should play when faced with data that says that people who sit for the majority of the day are 54% more likely to die of a heart attack. If…
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“6 Rules Women Must Break” Debuts at WofHR
One of my favorite multi-contributor sites is the Women of HR site, a collaborative effort of (you guessed it!) women in the human resources community who blog to share career advice with their readers. My colleagues at the Women of HR site occasionally write blog posts centered around a theme. The stories are then published…
How to Help a Co-Worker Struggling With Depression
December marks the start of a busy holiday season for many people in the United States and no doubt you’ve seen an uptick of holiday festivities in your workplace. While it’s a myth that suicide rates increase in the month of December, there’s no still shortage of stress that comes along with the added activities…
HR and Leadership Web Roundup
Here’s a quick update on some really notable Human Resources and Leadership conversations going on throughout our online communities this week. First of all, Judy Lindenberger of The HR Locksmith hosts this week’s Carnival of HR with an interesting twist—she asked that all submissions address an HR topic using the number seven, as a…
The Way We Work: Creating a More Flexible Life
Part Three of a Three-Part Series The conclusion of this series on integrating our work and personal lives focuses on the changing nature of work—when we work, how we work, and how others around us deal with it. Part One of the series was What is Work Life Integration? and Part Two was Work Team…