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Archive for October, 2009

“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it” – Edith Wharton

Remember your undergraduate days?  Not every professor wrote their own textbook.  In fact, most professors that did write their own textbook – and used it exclusively in class – were pretty boring teachers.  The best professors, and your favorites, were the ones who culled information from a variety of sources – including the students in the class – and helped put that information together in a fun, informative, cohesive way.  Discussion was a huge part of this process.

With that in mind, I am launching this blog and calling it HR University.  I’ll try to be a good teacher about any and all things Human Resources related.   Not everything discussed here will be original or novel (perhaps not anything; we’ll see.) but hopefully we will work together to be mirrors that reflect and champion the best knowledge and practices and then pass them on.

Like a brick and mortar university, a lot of the discussion/learning may be about things other than HR.  In undergrad, we learned a lot in the dorm or the dining hall.  These were good things; life lessons that we still use every day.  I learned to like and drink beer in undergrad.  It had nothing to do with my academic major, but it helped develop knowledge of teamwork and achieving a common goal.  So virtual beer drinking will probably show up in this blog, too.

Questions and comments will be welcomed and answered.  I’m getting a little bit of a late start on this academic year, so let’s roll!