Story Time with Mack!

LinkedIn is a powerful tool for networking, finding a job, building a reputation, and establishing yourself as a thought leader.  Done correctly, a LinkedIn profile builds trust and credibility. Done wrong, and you'll display your incompetence for the world to see!  Fortunately, we have an expert on this episode that will help you do it the right way!  Kelly Leonard is a consultant, speaker, trainer and D&I expert who developed a really cool methodology to shape your LinkedIn persona and profile.  Kelly shares some great, actionable tips that will help you get your LinkedIn HOUSE in order!

As a busy HR professional, do you ever feel like no matter what you do, you're not getting ahead?  If so, then this episode is for you!  My guest is Visa Shanmugam, a mindset coach with some great information on how to tame your "inner bully," create a practice to de-stress and re-energize, and to help you achieve the success that you want.  Visa is a lot of fun and I learned a lot on this one so be sure to take good notes!

If you're an HR professional, you've probably wished you had a seat (or a better seat) at "The Table."  One key to getting there is to function more strategically.  My guest on this episode, consultant, author, and speaker Ed Krow gives us actionable strategies to get your HR function to that level!

Are you tired of employees screwing up and then blaming everyone else, then tell you you're picking on them because they aren't as bad as the rest of the team?  Well, I have an answer and a strategy for that!

Our question on this episode comes from Sid of Florence, AL.  He wants to know if he should be taking feedback personally.  Tune in for my answer.

As an HR professional, you've probably been tasked with provide some sort of teambuilding training for your managers.  You probably discovered that it didn't stick.  Our guest on this episode of the podcast looks at teambuilding much differently.  His name is Lance Loya and he's an author, speaker, and master teambuilder.  He's got some great tips on being a better teammate which is the key to being a more effective team.  Great stories and tips from Lance so be sure to take good notes!

Most HR professionals resent the fact that they either don't have a "seat at the table" or if they do, nobody gives them the respect they deserve.  Our guest on this episode knows there is a reason for this and has some remedies to fix it.  Jennifer Currence is the founder of The Currence Group, a consulting firm out of Tampa Florida.  She is the author of several books and a frequent speaker at the state and National SHRM chapters.  Jennifer gives us a list of key terms to become familiar with and even builds the case that you ought to go out on sales calls with the sales team!  Great, actionable strategies on this episode so be sure to take notes!

Unless we have the ability to read minds, there's no way employees can possibly know your expectations.  This episode discusses how to communicate those expectations.

If you're an HR professional, you have more projects and requirements than time.  Your only respite is when your head finally hits the pillow at night.

Unless of course you have an infant who won't sleep through the night.  I know this episode isn't for everyone, but it's an important one.  My guest, Certified Sleep Sense Consultant Kristen Deaton has some tips for helping your little ones sleep through the night.  She speaks from personal experience and has proven techniques that will help you.  Listen all the way through as she has an amazing offer for you!

What's the right way to respond to email?  Are there some unwritten rules we need to follow?  That's the gist of the question I'm answering in this very first episode of the mini-cast, 1-Question Wednesday!