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The New Order of HR Existentialism

February 8, 2010
By systematicHR

Thanks to Bill Tincup for bringing us the marvelous series of “what’s next by some of HR’s greatest thought leaders.  I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I love Sumser and am proud to call him a friend and mentor.  His entry into “What’s Next” actually did make me laugh out loud, on an airplane...
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The Error of Operational Reports

February 4, 2010
By systematicHR

Julian had a childhood friend named Lucy.  One day, he came home with one of those kindergarten drawings with a little girl and diamonds and presented it to his father.  John asked him what the drawing was, and Julian replies, “It’s Lucy and the...
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David Zinger 3 Words Follow-up

February 2, 2010
By systematicHR

3 Words Follow-up to yesterday’s post written by David Zinger. I am so pleased you took so much away from 3 little words. It makes me feel stronger than the 3 little pigs and I know some wolf can blow my 3 word structure...
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Branding and the 3-word Theme

February 1, 2010
By systematicHR

I was checking out David Zinger’s twitter page and noticed his 2009 3-word theme.  They are “Authentic, Connections, Engage.”  A part of me wants a 5 page manifesto on his choice of these words and why they are important to him this year.  (he...
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Survey Design 101 – Part 2: Which questions should I keep or drop?

January 28, 2010
By sjeong

Guest Author:  Stephen B. Jeong, Ph.D. In Part 1 of Survey Design 101, we discussed two broad topics related to survey design – choosing the right topics and creating quality questions.  Survey design (or questionnaire development), however, is not complete until you can show that...
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