As many of us in the United States are experiencing severe weather conditions at the moment, including heavy snowfall, blizzards, strong winds and all kinds of debilitating conditions, it behooves us to consider what will be some of the long-term effects on the world of work and on the workplace because of the changing nature of the earth’s climate and local weather systems.

First of all, it is not a new trend that telecommuting policies and telecommuting benefits are already or are becoming more important. For years telecommuting trends have been on the rise and at this point most if not all organizations have some kind of telecommuting policy [...]

There is always an ongoing debate between what comes first in order to create success in any organization. is it the strategy or the talent that creates and executes said strategy?

The question is do you create great strategies then find a talent that you need in order to apply those strategies or do you find the right people and have them create the right strategies to lead the organization. I remember times where I’ve had vigorous discussions with my business professors and my colleagues on that subject, sometimes resulting in simply agreeing to disagree.

As far as talent practitioners and researchers are concerned, the argument comes down to the chicken or the [...]

We just wanted to let you know of some changes that have/are taking place for the HTN community and humantalentnetwork.com

1-      Announcing the new site user experience, and the heat/popularity index.

2-      Deprecating the old contributor application process and replacing it with a sweet, slick and simple process.

3-      You now have Login Access: Announcing the new user dashboard for guest article submissions and allowing more individual personalization for contributors and their representatives.

4-      Announcing the new book store and the play or pay system (Q2-Q3).

5-      Growth statistics.

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For many in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland St. Patrick’s Day is a day of celebration and good times. In the United States specifically is usually associated with celebrating Irish traditions, where in other parts of the world it is seen as a much more of a cultural and religious celebration commemorating the coming of Christianity to Ireland. Regardless, of whether you or your employees actually believe or celebrate St. Patty’s day, across America and the world there are many parties and events celebrating the day specifically at the workplace. According to NHTSA, employers spend more than $9 billion each year in Alcohol- inspired traffic [...]