The HR Mindset: Keeping People First

By Nancy Painter For years now, HR professionals have heard that they need to understand their organization’s business to be effective. The question is—does business...

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Leading Learning and Development: Challenging and Championing Change

By Nancy Painter Life is a learning experience, if you do it right. In the work world, learning and development (L&D) help you learn what you...

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Disruption: HR for Challenging Times

By Nancy Painter Change surrounds us. The world has changed in every conceivable—and previously inconceivable—way within a generation. Some changes we take in stride:  the weather...

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Challenges of Change Inspire Innovation

By Nancy Painter “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” Charles Dickens was commenting on society when he penned the...

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Top Line HR: Driving Business Results

By Nancy Painter While it is generally accepted today that HR practitioners contribute to their employers’ bottom line, questions remain—such as how, and by how...

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Effective Communications and HR: Making the Connection

By Nancy Painter HR is expected to do a lot – establish or change culture, manage change big and small, develop leaders, engage employees –...

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Living, Learning, Leading: HR Then and Now

By Nancy Painter Once there were clerks who figured out how much each employee got paid, and made sure they got their money. Picture poor...

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