My own interpretation of the world of HR chock full of charm and snark for your reading enjoyment! About Kristina and HRpockets. Grandma has been the strongest female role model throughout my life and such an influence on me. I felt it appropriate to share some wisdom this woman has passed on to me through the years today. I bet your hair was stinky! She taught.

Thoughts from the Leading Edge of Human Resources. What a whirlwind at the 2015 HRPA Annual Conference this week! On day one, following three keynotes, 2 sessions, lots of coffee, and two after-parties later, I arrived home with a brain full of ideas.

Expediency should never come at the Expense of Excellence. You may be asking why I am telling that story? It made me think about managing performance. As an HR practitioner, I advise and support managers and business owners on how best to manage performance concerns. Almost always, I find out that performance has been a concern for a period of time and the manager has known that it was an issue but never did anything about it and hoped the problem would go away and resolve itself.

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