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Resources for HR & Recruiting on Social Media Posted: 15 Jun 2011 09:08 AM PDT First off, I wanted to say thanks for reading Blogging4Jobs, leaving comments, and making this site an amazing resource for HR, Recruiting, and Talent Management.  As I’m preparing to co-present a 4 hour pre-conference workshop on Social Media for HR along with my friend, Carrie Corbin, I wanted to share with you some great social media resources I’ve been working on. ToolBox HR is a culmination of a three year dream to provide resources and information on social media specifically for HR pros and recruiters.  The site will feature video, social media content, and other how to information.  Have a question, just ask!  I’ll add a video to the site. Official website address is www.toolboxhr.com but you can access it directly from blogging4jobs.com as well.  I’m easy that way. I’m launching this site along with my new HR blog aggregator, HR Blogger to help continue to provide HR and social media resources after my pre-conference social media workshop at the SHRM Annual Conference ends.  HR Blogger specifically will collect and showcase HR bloggers who are writing about and attending the SHRM conference.  Get all your SHRM conference blogs in one organized place. Social media shouldn’t be complicated or confusing and with ToolBox HR, I’m hoping we can make the education process easier.   So take a look and thank you for your continued support.  I’m looking forward to having some fun in Vegas next week and causing a stir with the estimated 25,000 HR professionals who will be there. Photo Credit 2bp.blogspot.

Swearing Makes You a Better Leader Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:47 AM PDT Tweeting may get you fired from your job (see yesterday’s post) but apparently swearing gets you promoted.  This is in fact the first thing that came to my mind after reading the bnet article on Swearing and How It’s Good For Your Team. According to the study conducted by Professor Yehuda Baruch and Stuart Jenkins, swearing aids in leadership communication and boosts team spirit. Didn’t President Obama once say on the David Letterman Show, (he needed) “to determine whose ass to kick,” when referring to the BP executives after the oil spill? And if President Obama’s doing it, is it acceptable for everyone else?  Late night television is not  exactly like the corporate boardroom at the bank or company you work is it? The above mentioned study which involved an undercover operation by Jenkins where he observed workers in a British mailhouse using profanity, and even tested the efforts and actions out for himself. A long time ago in a bright orange big box retailer far, far away I myself had a boss.  In fact, I had recently been transfered as HR Manager of a store.  I learned of my transfer the Sunday before I retuned from a much needed vacation.  The new HR Manager, called me to let me know that my personal effects from my office at the old location were in a box, and would I like to pick them up? “Yes, I would like to pick them up thank you?  And what store am I being transferred to?” I asked. My transfer lent me to a very rough and rowdy store where the profanity was free throwing.  It was a very urban neighborhood and for the first time as an HR professional, I was the minority. The store manager there had a reputation.  He was known for making demands and being unreasonable.  He was a jackass and wasn’t the type who tried to hide it.  And later that Sunday afternoon, I made a trip to my new store paying a visit to my new boss who I dotted line reported too. (HR folks you know what I’m talking about). I walked up to the boss, and said the following, “I heard I’m being transfered to your store.  You have a reputation.  I will not put up with your bullshit.  Let me do your job and I’ll do it well.  Don’t f*ck with me.” Yes, the f word and the b-poop word were used.  I looked him straight in the eye.  Didn’t back down.  See what I didn’t know is that he had requested me specifically to transfer to his store.  I later learned this so the profanity may have not been necessary.  But even still, I worked with that manager for nearly 6 months all while we were involved in a multi-tiered class action lawsuit.  For those of you that are Home Depot HR Alumni, yes, I was THAT store in the heart of Kansas City. So maybe profanity at work might make you a better leader, but I really believe there is a time and a place.  The words gave me confidence and a sense of power to make a point and take a stand.  And for those of you that work in primarily blue collar industries, the place maybe be 15 times a day.  I can’t imagine throwing down the f bomb in a New York City law firm or even the buttoned up insurance and investment corporation. What do you think?  Does swearing at work motivate your staff, increase employee engagement level, or is it just inappropriate altogether? Photo Credit Cookerly PR.

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