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Wisdom Wednesday – HR (un)approved Gift Ideas For Your Work Christmas Party

I guess it depends on where you work if these would be appropriate or not – I’ve had a few over the years that would be happy to get any of these as gifts!

¶ Posted 03 December 2025 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, language

Wisdom Wednesday – 10 Toxic Work Behaviours We Should Stop Normalizing

One of the many advantages of working in a library over a corporate environment is that you’re generally less likely to see these behaviours. But we still have our fair share – I mean, in terms of “micromanaging” is a profession that attracts people who want to organize all the world’s information from 000 to […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2025 § Infographic § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – As An Adult, You Cannot Be “In Trouble” With Another Adult

@okaywithkay not your boss, not your parents, not your partner. it’s a trauma response, not a healthy dynamic. ??? #anxiousattachment #peoplepleasing #therapytok ? original sound – okaywithkay

¶ Posted 08 October 2025 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Shout Out To Thin Air

@ryanjamesahern #sales #b2b #george #manager #salesmanger #corporatehumor #corporatelife #officelife #office #officehumor #work #worklife #shareholders #profits #waste #quota ? original sound – Ryan Ahern

¶ Posted 24 September 2025 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Wisdom Wednesday – HR Rebranding as People & Culture is a Really Dumb Trend

HR doesn’t set the culture, the leaders do. So look at the top leaders – how do they act? How do they treat people? How do they support people? How do they enable people to do their best work? Are they well-liked by staff? Do staff even know who they are? (If they don’t, do […]

¶ Posted 11 June 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language

Wisdom Wednesday – April Fool?

This is a post that’s five (or maybe even ten or fifteen?) years in the making. When I started at RPL fifteen years ago, I was an extremely unique position in the HR Unit called “Organization Development Specialist” with responsibility for staff training and development, change management initiatives, working on the nebulous “organizational culture” among […]