Taking the easy shot

Well, as is often the case here at BadConsultant towers, we  were out on ye olde interwebs looking for inspiration today [and working hard not to just dive back into an HR forum to watch suspended animation in action] but just didn’t feel like taking any easy shots. We swung by Forbes, but nothing caught […]

Panama or bust…

BadConsultant hereby apologizes for momentary radio silence [11 million documents is a LOT to review for potential incriminating insights] While we do so, however, let’s take a spin down the LinkedIn updates feed and see what catches our interest… Oh, this BadConsultant doesn’t believe he can scroll much further [my eyes! my EYESSSSSS!!!!] How to […]

DestructionHR – 4 years too early?

Well, it wouldn’t be the first time that BadConsultant was riding a trend before it had even become a spark in the eye of an in-utero idea emergent at an innovation incubative blue-sky research fantasy novel land far, far away, would it? Yet now, some 4 years later, what does BadConsultant read in the comments […]

Wait… Who did what now?

Like our consulting brethren the world over, we generally  choose to keep our deep-held beliefs, opinions and judgements hidden far beneath a chameleon smile [you never know who will be paying your invoice next month] and so it will remain in this season of political idiocy. Thanks to our longitudinal multi-variate analysis though, we know that no-read Wednesday appears […]

Oh, how many ways shall I categorize thee?

OK. We’ll paraphrase because, well, going back and finding the original LinkedIn forum discussion would be just a little too much of a gaze into the abyss [and staring at the walls of solitary confinement hotel rooms is more than enough for us most of the time] but suffice to say, it was a very excited HR […]

HR, the masters of erase and rewind

Today an email arrived at BadConsultant Towers promising to answer the question: How does HR become a strategic partner to the business? Among other things, the email mentioned TALENT MANAGEMENT! SUCCESSION PLANNING! REWARD AND RECOGNITION! HR DATA AND ANALYTICS! [and yes, a “seat at the table”] Excuse me, 1998 called – it needs its business case back. […]

Give me a label, dammit!

Depending upon which purveyor of MBTI you choose, you’ll be led to believe it’s either: a preference inventory (i.e. you can be all of the types, yet prefer one predominantly) a psychological measure (i.e. you are one of the types) Further, you’ll either be told: MBTI should never be used for selection, as it is […]

Wednesday’s worse

Thanks to our meta-analytic longitudinal statistics, we know that few readers swing by on Wednesdays [we’d like to believe it’s because everyone is really engaged in doing their very best work, even though we do smell quiet desperation in the air] So we’ll keep it brief. Swing by the Harvard Business Review website. Ignoring any and […]

Tuesday’s twice as bad

Ah, Tuesday. Day after dreaded day, day before slump day, day where the erosion of hope and good faith grows palpable. So, what better day to go browsing the LinkedIn discussion groups, where we find: Recommendations Personality/Profile Assessment for C-Level with the added kicker, that we could implement quickly and independently (without the need for […]