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Rescuing the Human in Human Resources
Organizations must pivot from treating inclusion as an abstract ideal to treating it as an operational driver of strategic outcomes. HR leaders can rethink inclusion by returning to fundamentals and integrating it into systems, structures, and metrics.
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The New Leadership Gap: Managers Who Use AI and Managers Who Don’t
HR has long faced a negative perception in organizations. As HR leaders, we must address this image problem by prioritizing employee experience, adopting human-centered approaches, and collaborating with leadership to demonstrate strategic value.
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The Ambidextrous Organization
First, I have to address my absence for the past 2 or 3 weeks. My duty travel took me to the other side of the globe and back and, jet lag, long meetings, and the need to just show up were strong adversaries to my settling down to write in the Corner Office. But sometimes…
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The Future of Human Resources: Ethical Leadership and Organizational Strategy
Understanding the Role of Modern Leadership In today’s fast-paced global economy, the need for sophisticated leadership in organizations is paramount. Human resources executives must embrace a mindset that combines both practical experience and strategic foresight. As leaders like Ria Balbos Jordan demonstrate, the evolving landscape of organizational strategy requires a focus on ethics and talent…
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When HR Loses Neutrality
When HR Loses Neutrality In 2023 I wrote about why employees hate HR and what HR can do about it. In that article, I reprised some of the key themes of a 2015 Harvard Business Review article “Why we Love to Hate HR and What HR Can Do About It”. Sadly, even today, nothing has…
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Why Global HR Governance Is Not Bureaucracy, It’s Risk Management
Happy New Year and welcome back to the Corner Office. Last December, as I usually do, I intentionally went offline to spend time with family and to rest and recharge. And as always, when I have time for myself, I think specifically about the Corner Office and how I want it to evolve in the…
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Leading Inclusively Through the Holidays
When I started writing the Corner Office in 2022, my objective was to provide meaningful insights for HR leaders. Because I believe that leaders owe it to their employees to lead with authenticity and be inspirational to those in their teams. Since then, I have always made a point to intentionally address diversity and inclusion…
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It is an Employers Market! What That Means for HR and Leadership
When I graduated with my first degree in the late 80s, Trinidad and Tobago was going through a recession. Jobs were really hard to come by and I was among hundreds of young graduates competing for the few jobs there were. I remember having a conversation with one of my lecturers who said to me,…