Author Archives: yamommy

Our Beauty Bias

You are damned if you do and damned if you don’t! If you are too beautiful as a woman, life will work against you and if you aren’t beautiful (by society’s terms) then life will work against you too. The  same thing applies to men, but probably not as much as women.  I found this [...]

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SMART to SMARTER

This is the beauty of starting a blog for yourself – you learn! I have been in HR/L&D for 4 years now and I never new that SMART objectives for performance management actually got SMARTER!  So, when line managers sit with their team members to discuss their objectives, they need to make sure that these objectives are [...]

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Do you think you are the MVP at work?

I hate to tell you this, but everyone is dispensable. Throughout the last few years working in training and HR, I realized that people often think more highly of themselves than others perceive them. I feel this is quite dangerous because this gives employees tunnel vision and prevents them from developing themselves. They often take [...]

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Waiting is not a waste of time

For anyone who knows me, I do everything quickly. I don’t waste time. I like to put words into action. I like results. I like to check tasks off a project list. This helps me stay sane, calm, and focused. The more that remains undone, the more stressed I get. But when I watched this [...]

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Are you a lifelong learner?

Wikipedia defines a lifelong learning or LLL as the ”lifelong, voluntary, and self-motivated”[1] pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. As such, it not only enhances social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development, but also competitiveness and employability.[2] The term recognizes that learning is not confined to childhood or the classroom, but takes place throughout life and [...]

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