Comments on: Ask Not What SHRM Can Do For You

By: The Fine Line Between Cliques and Teams | HRM Today

The Fine Line Between Cliques and Teams | HRM Today — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:28:36 +0000

[...] a while back about SHRM (aka the Society for Human Resource Management). While her post was about something completely different, she made reference to SHRM affiliated chapters being [...]

By: The Fine Line Between Cliques and Teams — hr bartender

The Fine Line Between Cliques and Teams — hr bartender — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:47:23 +0000

[...] a while back about SHRM (aka the Society for Human Resource Management). While her post was about something completely different, she made reference to SHRM affiliated chapters being [...]

By: Chris Havrilla

Chris Havrilla — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:30:38 +0000

Great post, Franny! You really are an inspiration — not only inspiring to action, but inspiring to keeping open minds and never stopping to look at things in new and different ways.

ch:)

By: Krista Francis

Krista Francis — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:50:00 +0000

Thanks for your put up or shut up post, Franny! SHRM is an easy target for ribbing or outright bashing. It’s much harder to actually do something about it and ‘become the change’ you’d like to see.

By: Teresa Morris

Teresa Morris — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:04:45 +0000

I love reading that the fire you had at HRevolution is still burning strongly, and I’m loving your action plan even more.

This is inspiring me to figure out how to do something similar (with less public speaking – I’m not ready for that!) as it relates to finding my small business finance/accounting community.

Isn’t that really what we’re all trying to do? Find our community and reach out to them to find ways to better ourselves?

Keep it up, Franny – you know we’ve got your back.

By: Frannyo

Frannyo — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:53:33 +0000

You know, I’m being unfair about local SHRM chapters, particularly the “cliquish” part. I just walk in feeling like I don’t fit in, partly because I don’t dress in suits and partly because I’ve only met one person at a local SHRM meeting who I really got excited about talking with more. (Bambi McCullough from Sterling Bank and then Chrysalis Consulting, I’m looking at you!) So I may put out a vibe that doesn’t give people much opportunity to feel comfortable around me, and I translate that as cliquish. I’m going to see if I can change that up a bit.

By: Lisa Rosendahl

Lisa Rosendahl — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:58:18 +0000

I love this post Franny and through your eyes, I see action. Thanks for the inspiration.

By: Michael VanDervort

Michael VanDervort — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:55:39 +0000

We should all steal this idea!

At each regional or local SHRM chapter that I touch, I’m going to host open hours for anyone who wants to learn more about how to connect with the smart and business-savvy HR community that populates twitter, the blogging world, ERE, and the like. I don’t think that everyone has to blog and tweet and involve themselves with social media, but all HR pros need to know how to readily source interesting business ideas and next-level HR thinking.

By: Lori Goldsmith

Lori Goldsmith — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:25:46 +0000

First of all, I’m just so excited you will be presenting at our HR Florida conference creating bright spots for the 1 person+ HR department.

What an eye opener. We all must make sure we are creating bright spots in our local chapters and for SHRM as well. China, we are going to miss you, our job is to forge ahead and carry the torch forward to the next level through the path you created…and Franny, great job for starting the “DO”!

By: Kimberly Roden

Kimberly Roden — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:39:00 +0000

I love this post, Franny! I’m glad it’s not just me having less than watered-down experiences at local SHRM meetings.

More importantly… look at you go! Really impressive plan to take your ideas to the next level. All HR professionals should be focused on next-level thinking, remaining connected and staying current. I’m really looking forward to watching your plan unfold!