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Labor Day takes on new meaning
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or never leave your house, you’re likely aware of the shortages of workers in many (most)...

Barbara Giesing
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National Women's Equality Day
August 26 is National Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. In my...

Barbara Giesing
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Difficult conversations in employee performance
It’s likely that we’ve all had difficult conversations in our professional lives; times we’ve had information that we needed to pass on...

Barbara Giesing
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Take Lessons from our Pets
I read a story about a dog who was rescued from a hard life and, despite his troubles, he was very trusting and open and seemed to have...

Barbara Giesing
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Do you hear what I'm saying?
Most of us have heard about active listening and theoretically practice it (at least most of the time/some of the time/on rare occasions)....

Barbara Giesing
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Conflict is not a bad word
When asked, most of us would say we’d like a conflict-free day where we can get our work done and feel a sense of accomplishment at the...

Barbara Giesing
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Why do employees stay?
It’s funny to me that I hear so much about attrition and people leaving their jobs and yet, many managers couldn’t say why their...

Barbara Giesing
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Staying Safe at Work
Most companies and individuals want to be safe at work. And many companies put a lot into safety training. But is that where it ends?...

Barbara Giesing
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Returning to the Office
Many companies are asking their employees to return to the office physically after a lengthy period of working from home. Some employees...

Barbara Giesing
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Moving Forward
Lately, I’ve often wondered what has happened to effective leadership and what direction we’re going. It often seems that we hear so...

Barbara Giesing
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Jumping to Conclusions/Perceptions
“They were being rude to me.” “He was talking about me to others.” “She was giving me more work than anyone else.” As an HR professional,...

Barbara Giesing
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Half Thru 2022!
Once again, another year is flying by. We are basically at the halfway point of 2022. It is so easy to get caught up in our...

Barbara Giesing
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Do's and Don'ts in the Workplace
I participated in a panel discussion the other day talking about do’s and don’ts in the workplace and came up with a partial list. There...

Barbara Giesing
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Smile!
In looking at the calendar, I noticed it was National Smile Day. My first thought was “whatever,” but then I realized if we could ever...

Barbara Giesing
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Mental Health Day?
As May is National Mental Awareness month, I started thinking and wondered who doesn’t need a mental health day periodically? I’ve...

Barbara Giesing
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Welcome to BAG HR Consulting!
Welcome to Bag HR Consulting! We are a human resources consulting firm providing managers with the resources needed to guide staff in a...

Barbara Giesing
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What is Culture?
A lot of people talk about building culture but what does that really mean? At your job or in your life, what are you doing to enhance...

Barbara Giesing
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What are your motivators?
To edit the way your blog feed looks on your site, hover over your blog feed and click on We are all hearing about the "great...

Barbara Giesing
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Is your company transparent?
Companies want to be transparent. Don't they? But what does that even mean? Theoretically, to me it means being clear about what we...

Barbara Giesing
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