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You can call me B – Impact’s newest voice

Christine McLeod — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:51:25 +0000

Well you can call me B, but my full name is Bria Ann Darlington; I am a tourism student at Capilano University living in between Squamish and Whistler and now the newest addition to Impact People Practices! I first had the opportunity to meet Christine when she spoke to our Human Resources class a few months ago; after she left us with her food for thought, she immediately had the wheels in my mind turning and I was motivated, I wanted to be a part of her team and now here I am! I will be doing a four [...]

Finding your voice- in life and at work

Christine McLeod — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:22:34 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting my 15 month old grandson, Roudi. He had just started to say his first words and was so excited to try to communicate these with me. You could see the wonder in his eyes as he showed me his toys and was trying to voice their names. Everything is brand new in his eyes and it is a joy to behold and to watch him test out his new voice. So this got me thinking of how often in life we find our “voice”. How life lessons have helped shape and [...]

What in the world have we been up to?

Christine McLeod — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:01:16 +0000

We have lots cooking here and each deserves its own blog post… today here is a quick “roundup” of what we have on the go! 1. Rebrand of Impact People Practices: The Business model, brand and site are getting a makeover as Christine McLeod becomes ONE of the faces on Impact People Practices, not THE face of it! The vision remains unchanged around being THE go-to place for Innovative HR and our structure and model now has an opportunity to go to the next level to help you do that! We have done a soft launch on some packages [...]

Teaching an old dog new tricks

Christine McLeod — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:39:17 +0000

So here I stand at the precipice of becoming a social media devotee. Perhaps it has something to do with my advancing years (aka young senior) and creeping complacency, finding comfort in what I know and where I have been. I have come to the realization that to feel fully engaged in life curiosity is everything and that embracing change can help to fire the neurons. For those of you who are social media wise, I ask for your patience in reading this blog, I am thinking there maybe some take-a-ways. For those of you who can empathize with my [...]

A funny thing happened on the way to retirement

Christine McLeod — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:34:02 +0000

8 months ago, my hubby and I returned home after working out of country for over 2 years. We had decided to retire, to take a step back, to enjoy life more and focus on health and family. We also had 2 beautiful grandchildren born while we were away and I was very excited to take on the Grandmother (GG to them) role. My career was as a senior Human Resources manager with a luxury hotel company. I love HR. Working with people, problem solving, training, mentoring and getting to the heart of issues. It is what I live for. [...]

Christine tries something new! Live #Spreecast 1st time!

Christine McLeod — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:31:42 +0000

Have I mentioned how much I love the internet? I want to illustrate an example that could be me on any given day….. how EASY it is to learn something new, give it a try, get some support and then figure out how to use the tool in your day to day world (business or personal). After having a quick read, I would love to hear your comments! Yesterday 9am- saw post on FB from someone in my network talking about being “LIVE” with @garyvee on Spreecast. Yesterday 9.05am- logged into Spreecast with my FB and “joined” this live conversation.. [...]

Social Media Myths Explored Through the Movies

Christine McLeod — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:02:02 +0000

I love this blog post from blogger Andy Headworth and his SironaSays blog. Thank you Andy, for permission to republish your post! ~Christine How famous film quotes highlight some social media myths The use of social media in the last 12 – 18 months has become a widespread tool in the business toolbox (although frustratingly scant in recruiting circles), and has fostered many tru-isms and much BS. When @billboorman asked me to lead a track on Social Recruiting at his recent TRULondon Unconference I decided to address some of these………………. but in a different way! I have used famous [...]

Social Media Snafus – Implications for HR

Christine McLeod — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:53:45 +0000

Oops!! When well-known organisations make big social media blunders, what can it mean for HR? Blogger Kyle Lagunas has something to say about that in the following guest post. He highlights some very public blunders that occurred in 2011 involving such well-known sources as Qantas, Ashton Kutcher and even the Red Cross. What implications do you see for HR? HR’s Take on 2011’s Top Social Media Snafus by Kyle Lagunas The blogosphere was happy to report some epic failures in large organizations’ use of social media in 2011. As I read through these lists (there were many), I thought, Wow, [...]

People Skills: Be & Perform Like a Ferrari

Christine McLeod — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:50:35 +0000

Photo credit “Flickr: Crystal666, Creative Commons License” In this day of fast paced connections, it’s smart to fine tune our people-skills to perform like a Ferrari. We must be quickly aware of and adapt to conditions, select the right speed of interaction, and pick the right words to communicate — all with style. Quite a challenge! So let’s fast track it with quality components (knowledge) and then road test (practice) and maintain it with continued learning.Fast Track Knowledge for People-skills Performance 1. Make brevity effective not rude. Skip the emotionally inflaming phrases and speak with simple honesty. 2. Be confident in your knowledge and deliver it [...]

Aligning Corporate and Employee Branding- IKEA nails it

Christine McLeod — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:15:44 +0000

You’ve probably seen or heard about the IKEA recruitment video on YouTube. It’s making the rounds. Thomas Otter, Research Vice President with Gartner Research, blogged about it recently and I liked what he had to say. Now- what do YOU think? ~Christine Aligning corporate and employee branding makes sense. by Thomas Otter | January 4, 2012 | I stumbled on this brilliant video today (hat tip to @williamtincup). Click on the link and then head back here. This is one of the better examples of linking corporate and employee branding for recruitment I have seen. Low cost Innovative [...]