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Comment on Introducing Beverley Main @HRINZ National Office by Linda Guirey

Linda Guirey — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:52:51 +0000

Nice to meet and know more about you Beverley. I love your comment about missing the innocence of childhood, and now having to earn a living and pay a mortgage. I agree – sometimes I see children and teenagers cruise through their days and wish life was that easy. But then again, I feel that I have choices because I earn a living.

In my professional speaking and training business I compare people to marbles – different colours, different sizes, but no two marbles (people) are the same and if we just took the time to understand each other better and our different communication styles – then we would work much better together.

We could learn a lot about this from younger children – where colour, race, gender, communication styles don’t matter. They just want to play together – they haven’t yet learned to judge. It would be nice if adults still had more of that.

Liked your post.
Linda Guirey

Comment on Stop Procrastinating – 9 More Days till Earlybird Closes by ed bernacki

ed bernacki — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:58:00 +0000

Hi – good luck with this event. I wish I was there again this year.
I think the theme of trust is really good.

Comment on HRINZ National Office – ‘Yes, we are human’ by Roger Collins

Roger Collins — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:17:35 +0000

Well this is a refreshing perspective ! Head offices have a reputation for drifting out of touch with reality and losing the connection with the people who justify their existence. And the leaders of membership organisations have a bad habit of thinking that members exist to create their jobs. So keep at it Keri ! It also behoves members to keep in touch too and with so many channels we have no excuse for not communicating both feedback and especially encouragement. I am sure that the HRINZ team is no different from us in that they need and respond to positive feedback about their contribution. May we all remember that encouragement and affirmations can be their own reward as they benefit both the recipeint and the giver. So KB, I have been one beneficiary of your team’s commitment and effectiveness Thank you !

Comment on Is anyone out there? Does social media really work? by Louisa Clery

Louisa Clery — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:42:43 +0000

Make that two (although Peter is my boss, does that count?)!

The secret to getting traffic for a blog is blatant, but genuine (there’s nothing worse than random spamming of forums), self-promotion and networking on the internet.

So, put the url to your blog in your signature on your emails, on your business cards, on your letterheads. Join in relevant forums (whether they be NZ or international) and have the url in your signature. Offer to write a ‘guest blog’, on a subject de jour – preferably controversial, for a high-traffic website, like Stuff or the NZ Herald, so long as you can include a link to your blog. Post pertinent comments on other HR blogs and include the url in your signature (or in the Website field). Get to know other bloggers in the field and suggest posting reciprocal links (they link to you and you link to them) or write a blog post on something interesting you read in their blog post.

It’s just like networking in the real world, without the cup of tea or glass of wine (which is a bit of a shame).

Comment on Is anyone out there? Does social media really work? by Beverley Main

Beverley Main — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:17:46 +0000

Thanks Peter – it’s good to know at least one person is out there reading my blogs – I’ll keep them coming then, okay?

And I have a quote for you “Half a dinare for me bloody life story?” From Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Maybe the question of any payment or the amount of payment is relative to what’s being written and where it’s appearing, if you get my drift?

Comment on Is anyone out there? Does social media really work? by Peter Bateman

Peter Bateman — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:33:17 +0000

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” From Boswell’s Life of Johnson. Clearly, Bev, the good doctor was wrong, given the explosion of writing in social media, and all for no pay. But is anyone out there, really? It’s a good point you raise. Sometimes it must seem like shouting into the ether. But stick at it – I’m enjoying your writing!

Comment on Editor’s top 5 HR articles – wellness, Twitter for HR, your Linkedin Profile and writing job postings by fran melmed

fran melmed — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:28:52 +0000

thanks very much for including me in your top 5.

Comment on Bullying in the workplace a twilight issue? by Ray Jay

Ray Jay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:15:02 +0000

We’ve just reviewed our policy on Harrassment and Workplace Bullying to incorporate new and insidious ways of harrassment which include Social Networking sites and texting.

The change was made after two staff memebers were found to be having an ongoing text war that spilled over into Facebook and Bebo. From our point of view the bullying was silent, and unnoticed for the most part except for the falloff in staff performance

Comment on Applying for a job – what not to do by Beverley

Beverley — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:30:55 +0000

Yes, that’s a good point, thanks. However in this case they were both of the same ethnicity/nationality so I don’t think that was the situation here. Neither were interviewed but it could have been really interesting if they both were, preferably one straight after the other. Twins maybe, with different last names?

Comment on Thinking – it doesn’t have to hurt by Keri Bloomfield

Keri Bloomfield — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:10:57 +0000

Oh I love the idea of team meetings on bikes! Perhaps solo rides for getting the ‘ideas’, and then a group ride to work out strategy of how to make it happen – although I think cycle wind trainers may be a safer option for the group/team rides (especially with some of the Airport Flyer buses I have witnessed around Wellington streets lately – but that’s a whole other blog I think…). Happy thinking & ‘making it happen’.