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		<title>HR, The Hulk &amp; Sandwiches</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/05/18/hr-the-hulk-sandwiches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Saturday everyone! It&#8217;s a little extra happy if you&#8217;re in Canada, as it is the Victoria Day long weekend and the sun is shining. Hope you&#8217;re all enjoying it as much as I am. Things have been a bit quiet on the blog in recent weeks, but I assure you that I have several [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=637&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HR&#8217;s Future: &#8216;People Persons&#8217; Need Not Apply</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/05/05/hrs-future-people-persons-need-not-apply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I strongly dislike the phrase “put the human back in human resources”. In part because it has become an unimaginative cliché and also because it usually sits atop a passive-aggressive treatise pleading with HR people to stop being such heartless, paper-loving bureaucrats and realize that employees are people too. The premise underlying these arguments is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=625&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HR and the Hazards of Automation</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/04/22/hr-and-the-hazards-of-automation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HR Automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR Outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reference checks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As HR evolves, one of the many challenges we face as a profession is how best to deliver value to our organizations in ways that are aligned with the leaner, fast-moving nature of today&#8217;s business landscape. The wide adoption of HR technology, self-service models, and outsourcing are a few methods that the HR profession has [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=609&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HR and the &#8216;Art of Oppression&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/04/09/hr-and-the-art-of-oppression/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement Addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jane Watson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It is generally the case with figures of authority that when the masses start laughing at you, you are through.” Those in positions of authority, including HR pros, would do well to remember this quote. It comes from an article in the Economist discussing recent developments in language policy and enforcement in the Canadian province [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=570&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Interview with The HR Fieldguide</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/04/09/my-interview-with-the-hr-fieldguide/</link>
		<comments>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/04/09/my-interview-with-the-hr-fieldguide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I consider it a great honour to be featured this week at The HR Fieldguide, as part of Erik Smetana&#8217;s ongoing &#8217;9 Questions&#8217; interview series. If you&#8217;re not fortunate enough to already be familiar with The HR Fieldguide I recommend that you add it to your &#8216;must-read&#8217; list immediately. Erik produces a consistently great mix [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=592&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Utopia, Dystopia, and the Future of Work</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/27/utopia-dystopia-and-the-future-of-work/</link>
		<comments>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/27/utopia-dystopia-and-the-future-of-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Future of Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Careers are Dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dystopia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luddite Fallacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think a lot about the future.  And although I’m not that old, I’ve already learned that the future, when one gets there, differs from the idea of the future in ways that are unexpected and impossible to predict. I think it’s this ‘certain uncertainty’ that drives us to continually envision possible futures. But these [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=551&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manatees, Tube Tops and Policies for &#8216;The Clueless Few&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/19/manatees-tube-tops-and-policies-for-the-clueless-few/</link>
		<comments>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/19/manatees-tube-tops-and-policies-for-the-clueless-few/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organizational Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can I assume that you’ve heard about the recent case in Florida in which a woman was arrested for riding a manatee? When I heard about this incident my first thought was: “What kind of idiot tries to ride a manatee? Shouldn’t this lady have known better?” The answer, of course, is yes- reasonable people [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=496&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Meetings</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/11/in-defense-of-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Organizational Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marissa Mayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your initial, gut reaction when you read the word below has the potential to tell me a lot about you, and possibly a lot about the organization you work for. Ready?                            Meetings What happened when you read it? Did you think about snacks, agendas, white boards, decisions? Or did your eyelid start twitching as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=470&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Rethinking HR at the EOList</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/06/on-rethinking-hr-at-the-eolist/</link>
		<comments>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/06/on-rethinking-hr-at-the-eolist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EOList]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Wednesday everyone! I&#8217;m thrilled to be contributing a post over at the EOList this week entitled &#8216; On Rethinking HR&#8216;, in which I ponder the so-called HR &#8216;doom loop&#8217; and ask: &#8220;To be an effective HR pro, do you need to be more of an HR expert, or an expert on your organization?&#8221;. If [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=501&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Mentor</title>
		<link>http://talentvanguard.com/2013/03/02/why-you-should-mentor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mentorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR career tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR mentor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR mentorship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a major proponent of mentorship. And in this area (unlike my support of punctuality as a concept), I actually walk the talk. At any given time, I am a mentor (both formally and informally) to a handful of HR students, recent grads or new HR folks, and I’ve benefited enormously from being mentored myself [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talentvanguard.com&#038;blog=41306962&#038;post=482&#038;subd=talentvanguard&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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