by lisazizi | Sep 5, 2018 | Harrassment
These days male leaders will often say to me, ‘I don’t know WHAT I can say to a woman at work anymore!’ ’I’m always worried I will get sued for harassment!’ Well, you can stop worrying – I have a very simple solution. If you are concerned about what you are...
by lisazizi | Sep 5, 2018 | Employee Retention
How many of you when you ask someone on a date are very attentive at first, you pick a nice restaurant, you maybe bring flowers, you listen, you laugh at their jokes…all that probably sounds familiar…but let me ask you this: Have you ever had a date just get up and...
by lisazizi | Sep 5, 2018 | Leadership
I worked with a leader who inspired fear every time he worked with his reports. He would say, ‘To respect me they must fear me’. And to that, I would say ‘Fear gets impressive short term results, but makes for depressing long term results.’ When they stop fearing you,...
by lisazizi | Jul 18, 2018 | HR Is Needed
Marc Andreessen says most companies put off hiring a HR leader too long. The delay makes the company more at risk of “catastrophic failure through self-inflicted wounds,” according to Andreessen. In an interview with tech industry veteran Elad Gil for his...
by lisazizi | May 4, 2018 | Behavior, Pyschology
Do you know what the new work ‘stress’ issue is? It is what I like to call our current ‘culture of contentiousness’ that have created a need for ‘psychological safety’ (you can thank Google leadership for this term). It is the...
by lisazizi | Apr 20, 2018 | Behavior
You know it, you’ luv it, you can’t get enough of it – conflict. And lately, there is a plethora of it. Ok…now that I’ve gotten to use the word ‘plethora’ (so satisfying for a word nerd like me) – let’s dig in:...
by lisazizi | Jan 8, 2016 | Misc
While working the mean streets of Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Sonoma County, it has occurred to me MANY times as an HR professional like myself and MANY others are a courageous bunch fighting for our companies/employees success, while slaying dragons of...
