TotalPicture: Talent Acquisition, HR Tech, Careers, Leadership, Future of Work

According to Morford, "Forget those ideas about workplace 'politics' being shameful, unethical, or manipulative. Those notions are simplistic and naïve - and can torpedo your career faster than it takes to say "pink slip."

There's nothing to buy. All we're selling is free interviews with smart people. However, we would like to "buy" some of your time, — and feedback.

Joining me today for a conference debrief are the co-founders of the NeuroLeadership Institute, David Rock, the Director of the NeuroLeadership Institute, and Al Ringleb.

"Corporations are spending money again, they're just not spending it on hiring full-time employees."

Here's what Kris told me about blogging. "I blog everyday. Some days it's good, some days it's bad. Some days it's in-between. But I'm always working at the craft. And I'm always thinking about the challenges that HR leaders have."

Companies everywhere in all industries are wrestling with the impact of the global economy, changing workforce demographics and increased competition. Which critical workforce challenges are companies facing today? How are they handling them? What can your organization expect three years from now?

Personal branding describes the process by which individuals and entrepreneurs differentiate themselves and stand out from a crowd by identifying and articulating their unique value proposition, whether professional or personal, and then leverage it across platforms with a consistent message and image to achieve a specific goal. In this way, individuals can enhance their recognition as experts in their field, establish reputation and credibility, advance their careers, and build self-confidence." Me 2.0

Our guest today is Rick Badgley, senior vice president of selection, staffing & university relations at Wyndham Worldwide.

In our exclusive interview, Sheila shares her pulse on the business and employment climate, focused on the industry verticals SGA Associates knows very well: Retail, Diversified Services, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, High-Tech and Engineering.

Traditionally, we have thought of diversity in terms of HR initiatives – built around a company’s hiring practices and focused on differences in race and gender. But today, diversity encompasses the whole human outlook – age, culture, personality, skills, training, education and total life experience.

To create change, you need to understand how habits control most of our behavior.

Beyond Empowerment: Creating Leaders Across Organizations. A conversation with the author of X-Teams at the NeuroLeadership Summit in Boston

Ellen’s trailblazing experiments in social psychology have earned her inclusion in the New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” issue, and she will soon be the subject of a major motion picture for latest book, Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility, starring Jennifer Aniston.

Our guest today is Lance Abisror, Executive Talent Scout at Nike. In his position at Nike, Lance focuses on the top 200 jobs that make up Nike’s corporate leadership team.

Considered one of the world's experts on choice, Sheena has written her own book, The Art of Choosing. In the book, she explores questions such as why choice is powerful, and where its power comes from; the ways in which people make choices; the relationship between how we choose and who we are; why we are so often disappointed by our choices; how much control we really have over our everyday choices; how we choose when our options are practically unlimited; and whether we should ever let others choose for us, and if so, whom and why.