I was recently speaking at the Philadelphia SHRM Symposium and listened to some experienced HR professionals with major organizations answer the question: What are you doing to maintain workplace culture in this new environment? And not surprisingly, they all struggled a bit. It’s clear we’re all figuring this out on the fly now. Let’s face […]

Dear Unvaccinated Friends and Colleagues, I would like to hug you, but I can’t right now.  I would like to invite you over to the house, but I don’t think that’s safe even though I love you and miss you. I have to tell you, since being fully COVID vaccinated I’ve had an amazing couple […]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve already started thinking about re-entering the Post COVID world where, hopefully, most of us are fully vaccinated. And, while some things may feel like they will go “back to the way they were”, well…I just don’t think so. I’ve changed. I bet you have too. I do a […]

The way I see it is we’re all survivors. We’re COVID Survivors on planet earth. As one fortunate survivor, this week I was able to get dose 1 of the COVID vaccine and I swear, I felt buoyant, relieved, the psychological uplifting impact was immediate. And I know if you are waiting for your turn, […]

This week I dared some of my college students to push beyond their “no” voice and create their first resume, do a mock interview, write their first cover letter, apply for their first internship. These can all be “scary” firsts. They’ve shared their fears with me: “What if I don’t get it?” “What if I’m […]