SHRM Talent Conference

SHRM Talent Conference

Last week I spoke at the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual Talent Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas. Among many observations, this one stood out: HR professionals, talent managers, and employee engagement practitioners all face the challenge of...
Good Conference / Bad Conference

Good Conference / Bad Conference

Hello Conference Season! Good bye money and value… Most of you are going to waste a lot of money as the conference season gets into full swing. Why? Because too many conferences are still tied to a traditional model fit for the twentieth not the twenty-first century....
TEDxLincoln: Awakening Humanity

TEDxLincoln: Awakening Humanity

For those that missed the event, the video of my talk at TEDxLincoln is now available online (see link below). It was inspired by my journey covering nearly 2,000 miles across Nebraska, stopping in small towns and speaking with residents about their lives, communities...

HR Reinvention: Be the Change with Conversation

I recently spoke at the HR Reinvention Conference as part of the Ignite session. Ignite is a  format where the presentation is limited to 20 slides that automatically rotate every 15 seconds. It is fast, pithy, potent and exhilarating. The overall theme for the...