Well-Dying: A Program HR Does Not Need to Champion

After reading about what South Korean companies are doing to attempt to increase productivity, our corporate team-building retreats, psychological assessments and 360's don't seem all that bad!

Evidently, fake funerals or "well-dying" are the new corporate off-sites for some companies in South Korea like Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Kyobo Life Insurance, ING, Allianz and Mirae Asset Management. In a country where suicide rates are high and work-life priorities vary,

HR: It’s Time to Want the Ball

I started playing competitive sports when I was in 2nd grade. First, there was tennis (Tracy Austin I was not), track, swimming, and by 7th grade I'd made the "A" team in volleyball and basketball. After one particular loss in volleyball, my dad pulled me aside and told me I had to "want the ball to come to me every time" it was served. At the time, this scared me because I didn't want to be the cause of a bad play or loss. I soon realized though that having the mentality of wanting

Human Capital Predictions for 2010

It’s that time of year – everyone is Nostradamus and there will be lists-a-plenty to go around the HR space. Here are just a few thoughts as to what could happen in our crazy world of HR in 2010.

“Transparent” will become a more annoying buzz word than “Strategic
Flex and virtual workers will be at the top of the workforce planning agenda
Wellness initiatives and an interest in emerging trends in benefits (ala medical tourism) will be a priority
Someone will learn how to

FOT and Kathy Rapp are Rock’n’ at HR Southwest

Everyone get their lighters out as I'm coming to you this week from Ft. Worth, Texas where the HR Southwest conference, "HR ROCKS" is currently underway. This conference has historically been the second largest HR conference in the country after the national SHRM convention - and attendance this year was still high despite budget cutbacks. I think that tells you something about the caliber of this conference and (so far) it gets the devil horns from me. Ronnie James Dio would be so

Blog: The Soundtrack of Your Career…

It's a phenomenon not uncommon to most - how music ties into certain points in your life. I hear a song and can tell you with decent accuracy the year it came out and what I was doing at the time. On a long plane ride recently, I started thinking about the music on my iPod. Hearing the first few notes of each new song, I was transported to a point in time or had a memory come rushing back.

I had nothing better to do (I'd already finished my "business book"), so I thought I'd catalog the

Blog: The Most Interesting Person - - In the HR World…

It's HOT in Houston. And not only is it hot, it is also HUMID. The combination means your clothes stick to every inch of your body just at the thought of going outside.

Perhaps it is because of the immense heat that I'm drawn to beer ads (or it could be I just need to write a frivolous post). My favorite commercials right now are from Dos Equis - - "The Most Interesting Man in the World" series is freakin' awesome! We've had the regional ads for a while and I understand the rest of the

Lessons from LeBron: Are you MVP Material?

Dr. J, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - - and now LeBron James. Named MVP of the NBA, LeBron is the 3rd youngest to ever win the award and quickly credited his coach and teammates saying, "Individual accolades come when team success happens". He had incredible stats on the offensive end and finished second in the voting for defensive player of the year. Not too shabby.

While LeBron has many "natural" advantages (6' 8", 250 pounds and faster than a Cajun at a crawfish boil) his


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