Lance Haun is a 26 year old Human Resources Generalist practicing in the field for the past five years. His professional interests include recruitment, team building, training and development, employee relations and restraining himself from beating the crap out of bad managers and employees. He is a proud product of the Washington State University School of Business. In his spare time, he likes to recreate outdoors in the beautiful Northwest US with his flawless wife and tell stories about his co-workers with friends over a beer after work.
Lance Haun's blog is YourHRGuy.com.
I was on twitter and reading people’s updates about the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It was interesting hearing things from the multiple sides out there. What’s really great about twitter is being able to see a stream of conciousness from so many different perspectives as it happened. Disappointment, elatement, anger, and apathy. From the […]
Even if you are a great leader, you have to be a great role player to be successful because you will have to be deferential at some point in your career.
In case you haven’t noticed, I love telling stories. Something I will never forget about my late grandfather was his love of telling great stories. Whether it was from his childhood or from last week, you could always tell when a good story was coming. Some of what he said was so transparent and predictable […]
My dad likes working on his 1950 Chevy but he wouldn’t like it as a career (and that would make him unhappy). Doing something you do well is a more reliable way to ensure happiness.
Lance has a great piece here about the struggle that some HR pro’s go through to blog without revealing who they really are, as in, their name. But his point applies to everyone who’s blogging and is tempted to use examples from their work life, or even friends from just their personal life.
I have started to think of other ways of getting HR people involved online besides my site. But who cares about all of that if people don’t even know why they should be online?
With HR managers being the mainstay of the communications function in any organization, it’s time they realized how important the role they play as facilitator is to the company…
The Happy Employee made a post about the new book about Results-Only Work Environment and mentioned that absolutely zero HR bloggers had mentioned it. Count me as one of those people who are unsurprised by this revelation.
I know that this is a hard thing to swallow from someone who has very much advocated ROWE in […]
How do I resist the urge to check my blog stats every five minutes or stay on my cell phone? How does my wife not want to kill me every night (she still may want to on occasion)? I think I do it by following some easy steps…
I have a problem with both bad employees and bad employers. Job hoppers hurt organizations and irresponsible employers hurt employees. In times of either high or low unemployment, the practices become nearly impossible.
