HR Watches “The Office” A TV analysis from an HR perspective… just for the fun of it.

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Michael Scott is a rebel. Like many protagonists in American storytelling, Michael’s genius is his alternative approach, which others fight against, but it brings success to him and his team. Well… sort of. Michael has a knack for humiliating people, looking like a fool, and distracting his workers, but his branch’s sales numbers are very good.

In this episode of HR Watches The Office, we are very excited to have the HR rebel Laurie Ruettimann to discuss the practice of alternative approaches in HR, career, and life. Laurie is a former HR pro turned no-bull HR blogger, speaker, critic, and writer. She is most noted for her critically acclaimed blog Punk Rock HR, which is listed as one of the top five career advice web sites by CareerBuilder and CNN. She is a columnist for The Conference Board Review, is frequently published in nationally recognized publications, and advocates for having the balls (see picture) for a humanistic and common sense approach to traditional employment practices.

While discussing when a new path can be carved, why it may be needed, and how it can succeed, we discover that an alternative approach is most often a route back to the road that values people’s lives above all else.


Matt

Good ideas are simple

There’s been a murder! (for distraction)

What Kelly wants