HR as a Change Agent in an Organization
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HR as a Change Agent in an Organization

The only constant is change. It’s an old adage that rings true, especially in today’s fast-paced world.  Regardless of your industry, change is an essential part of organizational longevity now more than ever.  Forces that make change a necessity can come from both internal and external sources, which can further complicate things.  Your organizational change might be something as “simple” as implementing a new technology or as complex as redefining an entire product line. Whatever the change is, how it is managed can make or break an organization.  At its core, change management is all about people and their capacity for change.  What better reason than that very fact, for HR to be at the forefront of organizational change.  But, what exactly is HR’s role in organizational change?

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Mindful Conversations
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Mindful Conversations

Mindfulness is all the rage these days.  It seems like everywhere we turn there’s something about mindfulness in the news, online, in stores, etc.  But what does it mean to be mindful and how does it apply to our conversations in both our personal and professional lives? Mindfulness, by definition, is simply bringing your full awareness to the present moment, and only the present moment. Mindful conversation then is to be fully present in a conversation.  Your attention is 110% in the conversation. 

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