A colleague of mine was trying to decide whether or not to take a new job. There were lots of pros and a couple of major cons, and she was really struggling with her decision. She came to me because her boyfriend had told her to "trust her gut" and, while she knew what that meant (sort of), she didn't believe that her gut would ultimately lead her in the right direction -- it was weak, she argued, and would go for what was comfortable. I encouraged her to break the whole d

If you do any research into decision-making mistakes (and I have), you'll discover that there are boatloads of ways you can get in your...

In yesterday's HR Swap, we focused on how to deal with the high volume and wide variety of problems people bring to HR without taking on each problem as your own. Problems people were facing ranged widely, from hiring managers who wanted to hire in states where the company doesn't operate to managers wanting to fire people they hadn't documented as underperforming. The complexity and uniqueness of the kinds of issues HR professionals face would be funny if they didn't actual

I was trying to make a fairly small decision recently about whether I should volunteer at my daughter's school or not and found myself really struggling. If I chose not to do it, I would miss out on some really valuable time with my daughter, and the chance wouldn't come again. But if I chose to do it, I would have to take lots of time away from my work and stop taking on new clients, which is something I don't want to do right now. It wasn't a life-changing decision, but I