So, a week or so after I presented at DisruptHR DC in Arlington, VA, someone reached out to me to connect LinkedIn. We chatted on the...

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, I got disruptive. Yes, me. The guru of “the compliance voice” made some noise. I was one of 15 speakers at...

My maternal grandfather was literally the father of and wrote the textbook on Contact Dermatitis. Not only was he the leading expert in...

Alt title: " Happiness is..." I’m three weeks into my new job. After day four, Brian, my significant other, commented “I haven’t seen you...

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?”-Satchel Paige In my last blog, I wrote about how over the course of my recent...

How to identify your priorities make sense of your internal dialogue I googled the word euphemism. Ironically, the first example provided...

What it means (to me) to be an individual contributor Note: This post includes a late in the game alliterative addition of "serendipity"...

When I was thinking through “compliance” as the focus for this blog entry, two ideas unrelated to benefits popped into my head. The...

Early in 2021, I had an idea for a blog. I wrote outlines/drafts for two posts, but never finished them. A few weeks ago, I unexpectedly...

If I had a nickel for every time an HR colleague said, “No one ever plans to work in HR”, I would have enough money to buy a pack of...