Sixty years ago Douglas McGregor from the MIT Sloan School of Management presented two theories of workforce motivation he named “Theory X” and “Theory Y.” Over the intervening decades these theories have been used by leadership teams, HR professionals and
If You Can’t Stand the HR Heat…Stay Out of the Kitchen
There’s always fascinating stuff going on where I live but this story has consumed me since I am (1) an HR lady (2) a lover-of-good-food (3) an observer of culturally-significant-moments, and (4) a Louisianian. In between all the Harvey Weinstein
An HR Biology Lesson: Menstruation Version
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Ohio HR conference for the second time. Fabulous event (as always) with lots of peace, love and happiness HR-style. This was approximately a ‘cycle’ ago with a bunch of women
The 1987 Personnel Technology Conference #HRTechConf
Imagine, if you will, that the HR Tech Conference had not held its inaugural event 20 years ago but had, instead, started up thirty years ago in 1987. I don’t know about y’all but I was working in an office
