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Great car to drive, excellent road handling and performance.Love the exterior look with the hood down and the german quality build.Fuel and maintenance is a bit on the high side, but the thrill of driving this car is worth every penny.
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Frank Carver
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Dec 15, 1999 09:58:00
Here's something that irritates me every time I bump into it. I wonder if anyone here has a good solution.
I want to copy all the data, completely untranslated, from somewhere to somewhere else. For example, serving a file to a client over a socket.
It seems that if I use Streams, it works fine, but if I try and use Readers/Writers, some sort of wierd translation takes place.
To demonstrate the problem, compile the following simple application and run it with the path to a GIF file as an argument. It will produce two files in the current directory (stream.gif and reader.gif). These files all have the same size (on my system at least), but if you try and open them with a browser or editor, only the original and stream.gif seem to be valid.
import java.io.*; class Test { public static void copy(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException { for (int c = in.read(); c >= 0; c = in.read()) { out.write(c); } out.flush(); } public static void copy(Reader in, Writer out) throws IOException { for (int c = in.read(); c >= 0; c = in.read()) { out.write(c); } out.flush(); } public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { if (args.length < 1) { System.out.println("usage: java Test something.gif"); } else { copy(new FileInputStream(args[0]), new FileOutputStream("stream.gif")); copy(new FileReader(args[0]), new FileWriter("reader.gif")); } } }
I can't find any way of stopping the Reader/Writer version changing my data. Help!
For the moment, I have converted over to using exclusively Stream classes, but at the expense of loads of "deprecated" warnings, and some irritating interfaces.
I would really like to find out what's going on here, so I can move to using Reader/Writer properly. Any suggestions?
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Dec 15, 1999 15:32:00
Stream is for byte reading. So when you use
stream it works perfect. Stream is used for binary files such as images and sound
But Reader/Writer is for 16bit reading(internationalization).However, most native file systems are based on 8-bit bytes.
InputStreamReader and OutputStreamReader
bridges the byte stream and character stream.
Hope this helps.
Frank Carver
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Dec 16, 1999 02:33:00
Thanks for your reply. I understand the intention of the Reader/Writer classes, but I still find myself in a dilemma.
If I use Streams, as I used to before Reader/Writer was introduced, I now get a lot of deprecation warnings. I can only assume that Sun would prefer new code to use Reader/Writer instead.
If I use Reader/Writer it just doesn't work. I can't believe that Reading data from a Reader and Writing it to a Writer
change the data. I currently feel that I can't trust Readers and Writers to pass data through unchanged. The last thing I need is another source of problems even if my code is right.
I still think there must be something I'm missing. Some way of telling a Reader or a Writer not to #!$*! mess around with my data. Does anyone know of a way to do this?
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Streams are still part of the JDK. Can you give one of the deprecation warnings as an example?
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Frank Carver
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Dec 17, 1999 03:11:00
Warning: The method "PrintStream(java.io.OutputStream $1);" declared in type "java/io/PrintStream" has been deprecated.
Warning: The method "java.lang.String readLine();" declared in type "java/io/DataInputStream" has been deprecated.
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Dec 17, 1999 07:47:00
Are you using the 1.3 JDK?
If PrintStream is deprecated, this is news to me!
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Dec 17, 1999 09:10:00
It's not the whole PrintStream class that's deprecated, just its constructors! It's been this way since 1.1. They could hardly deprecate the whole PrintStream class without changing System.out which is used all the time.
I thought everyone had come across this. From time to time I find myself writing a method which can either accept System.out or some other PrintStream (for logging to a file, etc.), but in order to create a PrintStream, I have to use a deprecated constructor. Seems crazy to me!
The wierdest bit of this is that at the same time as all the constructors for PrintStream were being deprecated, two new methods (setOut and setErr) were added to java.lang.System which each take a PrintStream argument.
Likewise if I want to read a text file line-by-line. As mentioned above, Readers and Writers have some serious data-integrity problems, but the readLine method of DataInputStream is deprecated. So how am I supposed to do it?
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For a byte array, how about using plain old InputStream?
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Dec 18, 1999 12:49:00
Hmm, what JDK do you use ?
For me, everything is fine...
CGif 326.gif
[vps@druid]~/jprogs$ diff 326.gif reader.gif
[vps@druid]~/jprogs$ diff 326.gif stream.gif
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Frank Carver
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Dec 20, 1999 03:12:00
Very interesting suggestion Pawel. It set me off trying all the versions I have installed here. And here's what I got:
Windows 95 PC:
FAIL: java version "1.2.1" Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.1-A, native threads)
FAIL: java version "1.2" Classic VM (build JDK-1.2-V, native threads)
OK: java version "1.1.6"
Solaris SPARC:
OK: java version "java1.2" Solaris VM (build Solaris_JDK_1.2_01_dev05_fcsK, native threads, sunwjit)
OK: java version "1.1.7"
I have no Linux box here at work any more, but I can try that at home.
So the problem seems specific to Windows 1.2 and 1.2.1 ports. Has anyone tried 1.2.2, or 1.3 to see if they still have the problem?
At least I know that I can run my software with 1.1.7 if I need to, but I really had hoped to move to 1.2...
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Dec 20, 1999 04:47:00
A quick few extra installs and I've found that it fails on the Windows ports of 1.1.8 and 1.2.2 as well. For this "bug" to be retrofitted into 1.1.8 seems to imply it's desired behaviour.
I've looked at the binary output with a variety of tools and the 1.2 Windows Readers seem to be translating several bytes into octal 77 (0x3F) '?'. Some of the bytes converted are 0201 (0x81), 0215 (0x8D), 0216 (0x8E), 0217 (0x8F), 0220 (0x90), 0235 (0x9D), 0236 (0x9E).
Presumably these are some sort of invalid unicode characters. But this still begs two questions:
1. Why does it only happen on Windows?
2. What "switch" can I set to stop a Reader or Writer messing with my data.
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Women Can't Do Anything Right!
This sentiment is a belief I grew up with and entered the workplace with fully controlling my life. Of course, as a brand new college graduate entering the workforce I had no idea of its power and influence over me. I could not pinpoint nor did I know to look for such a belief that truly was debilitating at times and, if allowed, could have limiting affects on ones career success. All of that did not even show up on my radar until I was well into my career and actually quite successful. Little did I know it actually acted as a driver because I wanted nothing more to prove it was wrong.
As the first to graduate high school and college in my immediate family, I was an independent, semi-confident, hard working young lady that saw no boundaries. I looked at life as a challenge and had no doubts that anything or anyone would ever get in my way. So how can such a person have such a belief deeply embedded in her personality? Sometimes your deepest fear is your biggest motivator, but there are people who could have lived a very different life. Those are the people who let such beliefs eat away at them and affect their job performance as well as their personal and professional relationships. I was a lucky one. Well not really, because I have constantly had to work against that belief with positive self-talk. My professional career success has helped me have balance in my life when the rest of my life was falling apart.
I did not realize this belief even existed until I was around 30 years old and I attended a multi-week self-help seminar (supposedly a management development program) with my boss and my boss's boss. Odd combination of classmates when your deepest-darkest fears are allowed to come out and play. And play is what that belief has done for the remaining years of my life. Although, now that I am aware I have more control and can limit its affect on my life. Admittedly, I have definitely lost control on multiple occasions but the time frames are shorter and the relationships I have are deeper. So luckily forgiveness has been my savior. Not just my own about myself but also those I have hurt or reacted negatively toward because of my internal defense mechanisms. You know the whining voice in your head that says " I am WOMAN and I can do this right, I dare you to think or say anything that deny's that truth." When it affects my relationships I can more quickly put a halt to it and apologize versus blame the other person like I use to do more often. If my friends are reading this you may bring to mind certain interactions and say to yourself "Oh, that's why she went crazy that time". LOL!?
You see, my belief stemmed from childhood as I continuously overheard comments related to my biological mother, step-mother, and my fathers now widow. The comments were not positive (almost never) and the words in this title were used quite often. Women drivers, co-workers in the office, and other family members of the same gender were also often ridiculed as well as both of the grandmother's I knew as a child.
The ridicule was not always in person. Often it was behind their back but certainly close enough and loud enough for young ears to hear and internalize. As you can imagine, more directly, "I" could never do anything right. I could not pick up the yard, make dinner, clean the house, care for my brothers, etc. "right"! (i.e. correctly). Not that I was a child or anything and should have been focused on school work and having friends (said sarcastically). You see, I started taking care of such things above that had previously been known as "woman's work" when I was just 12 years old. It continued through my 20th year when I moved out on a whim because I was so fed up with the lack of positive recognition for all that I was actually doing right. If I heard one more negative comment about me or any women, well who knows what I might have said or done.
Things like earning good grades, being a positive influence on my younger siblings, working outside the home to earn my own way through college, keeping the house, cooking dinner every night, answering the phone, etc. Growing up with so much negativity is bound to put a damper on ones personality and interactions at work as well as at home. We all know one heavily influences the other.
Long story short...my priority all during my teens was my family. If my predecessors could not do any of those chores right, I likely was set up for failure from the very start. How many of us, as managers, hire people into a position without the skills to successfully do the job? How many co-workers, managers, friends, family do you know that are bright, successful and most of the time fun to be around, who have a defense as long as a football field? Have you ever wondered why? Have you ever shown empathy to that person? Have you tried not to judge them? Will you forgive them?
Why do I share all this? Because, one should
-never judge a book by its cover
-always give a person the benefit of the doubt
-be understanding, be real, be authentic, be present, and above all be yourself
-realize perception is not always reality, and communication received is not always the intent
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-believe no one is ever perfect, not even yourself
In my humble opinion, the workplace needs to create an environment where employees can be real as long as they are respectful. They should develop managers who have potential even if they have flaws. Give an employee a chance to redeem themselves . Help them figure out what those flaws are and give them the tools to put them to work in a positive way that can help then make a difference for those around them.
No one is perfect, so as long as they are not in denial they can work it out. If you too are a victim of this horrible sentiment, please realize it can only be true if you let it. AND if it's coming out of someone else's mouth who is attempting to make you believe it, SHOUT OUT: #BULLSHIT -- walk away and never look back!
About the Author: Donna Rogers, SPHR aka @HRWarrior. Donna is a full time Instructor at University of Illinois at Springfield, owner of Rogers HR Consulting and the immediate past Director of the Illinois State Council of SHRM. She has over 20 years in the HR field and currently teaches Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, and Strategic HR Management. She practices what she teaches for almost 100 clients in the central Illinois area.
Giving Feedback to Managers – Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up!
We women in HR definitely have plenty to say about what managers can (and should) do to be more effective.
In fact, we're often so overwhelmed with what a few of our business or functional managers did and didn't do, that we don't know where to start. I have worked in the HR field, as a consultant in the areas of performance management and leadership development, and have plenty of crazy stories about leadership gaps observed by HR generalists–mostly women. These gaps range from legal exposures of all kinds to managers de-motivating, or failing to develop and retain employees. Although the outliers are only a small percentage, most leaders we know could do a lot better at the things we know most about.
After researching and writing a book about workplace feedback, I am giving myself feedback about how I give feedback. Over the years, I have learned a lot.
A few important conclusions:
1. I wish I had been more honest and directive in my earlier days of HR consulting. When leaders asked me to do something that I thought wasn't such a great idea, I was too accommodating, figuring my role was to "support management" by helping them do what they wanted to do. Don't get me wrong; I never accommodated anything illegal or immoral. It was more like I said OK to things like training supervisors and low-level managers in a particular leadership skill, but letting the top executives get away with no training, buy-in or evidence of the skill themselves. Later, I pushed back at hare-brained requests and said–"Based on my experience, this won't work." My advice: Say what you know, loud and clear, upfront. I promise you, you will be MORE, rather than less respected for it. Of course you will give a business rationale, but don't hold back your expertise.
2. I need to spend more time coaching leaders, because change is hard. Explaining everything once or twice won't work. If they are adopting a new mindset and new behaviors, they will need many, many visits with you, to talk through what they are trying, what works, what doesn't work, and how to address the setbacks. Focus each conversation on one or two things they plan to do differently, not a whole universe of competencies that would require a personality transplant. My advice: Plan a series of many incremental coaching conversations with leaders you are helping.
3. What I know from the HR field is beneficial to business and I need to shout that from the rooftops! People from other functions tend to roll their eyes when the topic of HR comes up. Part of that is something we can change, if we do a better job of linking everything we give feedback on to their specific goals. I used to think that things like performance development and career development had obvious benefits for a leader's goals, but I know now that I need to explain that linkage in no uncertain terms. For example, a manager's feedback to employees, done earlier and more often, helps people learn from mistakes and positively impacts the team's goals. Duh! We need to repeat that and explain it in a way that each leader understands. My advice: Be the one responsible for communicating the linkage of people strategies to business success.
4. I will not always receive an immediate pat on the back for what I recommend, and that's OK. What I learned is to align my work to my knowledge and experience about what optimizes the business through people. When I have done this, I have actually received MORE kudos than when I agreed with a suboptimal approach. Whether it was in the area of hiring right, designing a better leadership program, or facilitating a strategy session, everyone got better results when I trusted my expertise. My advice: Be your own positive reinforcement for your decisions and recommendations, and others will follow!
You are a talented leader in your field. Allow yourself to fully contribute to your organization's goals, through HR!
About the Author: Anna Carroll, MSSW, is an organization development consultant, facilitator, coach, and speaker. She designs and leads training and group planning experiences and creates learning tools and assessments to speed up group success. Most recently Carroll has focused on the power of feedback loops and how leaders and team members can overcome their barriers to exchanging valuable feedback in the workplace. Her book, The Feedback Imperative: How to Give Everyday Feedback to Speed Up Your Team's Success, was published in July 2014 by River Grove Press. Her website is www.EverydayFeedback.com. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband Michael Wilkes.
Half Empty or Half Full? 3 Tips to Keep it Full
There is such a prevalence of negative messages in today's world. The media is chock full of 'if it bleeds it leads' coverage…and in some ways we have become conditioned to not only expect the icky news, we feed on it. Yes, I get that it is important that we stay in tune with what is going on (the reality of world affairs) whether this be the Ebola virus, the school shootings, or the imminent threat of a terrorist attack. Yet, this morbid expectation and, at best, the placid tolerance of negativity has the potential to leak into every aspect of our lives.
Of late, there has been heightened attention around the study of increased 'negative bias'. The New York Times and other notable institutions have published many articles on this phenomenon and how it can (and does) impact our personal and professional lives. These studies of our brain and how we deal with negativity are fascinating. Some of the epiphanies are frankly anything but new! For those of us who have followed the science of positivity as far back as Norman Vincent Peale and his Power of Positive Thinking will shake our heads knowingly in the true power that our thoughts have over our lives. Yet, we are only human and the realities of our world can bleed into our daily routines and lives.
So – what habits can we try to adopt to help keep the realities at bay and not impact what we ultimately create in our businesses, our lives, and in our world?
Three simple things to consider:
- Keep the good stuff front and center. I have been told for every negative thought or image we have, we need to combat it with 6 positive thoughts. The negative stuff is 6 times MORE powerful than the positive stuff – so we have to squash it out with zealous positivity. This takes a rewiring of our brains – no question about it. It takes a conscious effort. The good ole amygdala is there to protect us – and it is wired through years of learned behavior. So to rewire our thought processes, we have to consciously REPLACE those trained pathways with new pathways. It may sound Pollyanna; however, I know through my own experiences that when I meet someone who gets the power of positive thought and who is consciously feeding the positive energy – it shows AND it absolutely is manifesting in his/her lives. Period.
- Say thanks – for even the most simple things. You may have heard that the most powerful energy is the energy of gratitude. The gratitude journal concept took our culture by storm when Oprah endorsed it several years ago. It is super simple. It costs NO money, yet the ROI is amazing. By simply appreciating the simple things in life – whether this is the harvest moon over a lake, the sounds of a tree frog, or the smell of freshly ground coffee. It could be ANYTHING and by simply being grateful – consciously – we change the energy in the room and in our lives.
- Turn it off! Yes – I mean turn it ALL off. Radio, TV, iPhone, iPad, etc. When we turn off the noise of our world, we allow peace to fill that void. This is super hard for most of us – I know many who check their iPhones before they even get out of bed! Yet, what would happen if we just turned if ALL off even if only for a night or a day? You know what? The world WILL keep spinning and the icky stuff WILL still be there when we log back on. So – give some thought to just flipping the off switch and allowing our psyches to rest.
Please offer your tips to help keep the 'half full' mentality. Please share…we all need all the help and support we can get!!
About the Author: Kristin Kaufman is founder of Alignment, Inc.™, formed in 2007 to help individuals, corporations, boards of directors and non-profits find alignment within themselves and their organizations. A prolific writer, Kristin's first book, Is This Seat Taken?, centers on her global experiences seeding her journey toward alignment. The book is scheduled for release in November 2011. Kristin is on Twitter as @KristinKaufman.
Happiness vs. Complacency – #NYSHRM14
"If you limit yourself to what's comfortable, you deny yourself what's possible."
This week I'm at the 2014 New York State SHRM Conference in my hometown of Buffalo. At the time I'm writing this, we're about three quarters of the way through the conference and have seen four of the five keynote speakers. As you'd expect, and as is typical of conferences such as these, the keynote speakers had numerous what we would call "tweetable moments" – tidbits of information that translate very easily into 140 or less character tweets. These are typically key ideas and calls to action, and if you search the #NYSHRM14 hashtag you'll see many of them. But amid all of the ideas shared by the speakers, I keep coming back to the one above. This particular nugget came from Sunday night's keynote Dan Thurmon, who entertained the crowd with his juggling and unicycling skills while encouraging us to live life "Off Balance on Purpose."
I think this idea resonates so much with me because it's something that is so easy to forget. We get comfortable. We tell ourselves that this comfort equals happiness. But does it? Is it happiness, or is it complacency? I was reminded of Robin Roberts in her keynote at SHRM National this year, when she encouraged attendees to be thankful and grateful for what we have, but never, ever get content; always ask yourself if you're ready for something more, something bigger.
The danger when we get complacent is that we stop challenging ourselves. We convince ourselves it's good enough. It's easy. It's routine. We're happy. Right? Right?? Or are we really just complacent?
In our personal and professional lives, in the midst of the frenetic pace many of us maintain, sometimes it's just easier to be content with where we are. Life's pace can get tiring, and it becomes easy to say we don't have the energy to push ourselves further. It's too much effort. And besides, we're happy. We have the right balance. But as Dan Thurmon reminded us, there is no such thing as sustainable perfect balance…and even if there was, it would get boring fast.
Are we happy? Is the illusion of balance really making us happy? Or again, is it simply complacency?
When we're complacent, we stop learning, we stop growing… we stop bettering ourselves, our lives, our companies, our personal situations.
Are we actually ready for more? Do we deserve better?
Tuesday morning's keynote Mark Murphy, author of "Hundred Percenters" aligned with this message by reminding us that "no great accomplishment happens within our comfort zone." Great accomplishments are hard, require learning something new, and require pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone. We can't accomplish anything worthwhile without effort, without pushing outside what we know and what we're comfortable with, without stepping into a little uncertainty. I think that goes for each of us in both our personal and professional lives. Keynote speaker Jennifer McClure shared with us a personal story about how and why should "step out" – to face fears, uncertainty, and even naysayers and just go for it; to believe in ourselves and take risks to strive for bigger and better things.
Stepping out can be scary….but I think it's worth it.
So I ask you, what are you ready to do? What are you going to change? What are you going to stop just accepting? As HR professionals. As business people. As humans.
How are you going to embrace possibility?
About the Author: Jennifer Payne, SPHR has over 16 years of HR experience in employee relations, talent acquisition, and learning & development, and currently works in talent management in the retail grocery industry. She is one of the co-founders of Women of HR, and is currently the Editor of the site. You can connect with her on Twitter as @JennyJensHR and on LinkedIn.
Technology and Data: Friend, Foe, Or…
I often draw inspiration for posts from articles in Time Magazine. It's fun at times to examine a trend or phenomenon in the world or popular culture and try to relate it back to human resources, business, or the workplace. In the past I've opined about women as breadwinners and mindfulness in the workplace to name a few. So when a recent issue of the magazine called "The Answers Issue" discussed the idea and ramifications of Big Data, I couldn't resist.
Anyone who has spent even half a second following HR trends knows that Big Data is a hot topic. Big Data, for anyone who may not be aware, is essentially the multitude of information available through our digital activities and habits that can be harnessed to make predictions about what we might do next….on the consumer side which products we might be interested in buying, movies we might like to watch, songs we may want to download. Or in the case of human resources and recruiting, when we may be ready to make a job change based on social profile activities…even if we haven't even realized it yet ourselves or taken any proactive job search steps.
The feature article in the Answers Issue, called "The Second Age of Reason" discussed information overload and how it is currently and will continue to make our lives better. How we've become so much more efficient based on the proliferation of information right at our fingertips…that answers to so many questions and the collective wisdom of millions are all within our reach, as long as our smartphone is within reach. Just as all of this data is available to companies to assist them in operating more efficiently, the answers at our fingertips can make more efficient and help us to make better, more informed decisions in a fraction of the time it used to. More data equals better answers, in theory.
But then the author warned of the downside of this kind of data efficiency. In discussing the marvel of modern dating apps and how they can make the whole process of dating more efficient…no awkward small talk with strangers at parties or bars, and algorithms that send seemingly great matches right to your phone…he also recognized that there was probably no algorithm in the world that would have matched him with his wife. Perhaps a little randomness and chance from time to time isn't a bad thing?
So what does this have to do with HR?
We are working in an industry that, like much of the rest of the world, now has incredible technologies available to help us do our jobs better, faster, and with more precision than ever before. Predictive analytics solutions can help us better target potential candidates for our job openings, social recruiting technologies can help us source more (and better candidates), and all sorts of core HR and talent management technologies can help us track payroll, employee performance data, career development plans, or facilitate better employee collaboration and information sharing. And for the most part, this is a great thing. I love the possibilities that technology provides, and in fact I'm looking forward to once again attending the HR Technology Conference in a few weeks to hear about how other companies are utilizing the solutions available, the latest trends, and the exciting new developments in the space.
But, like the author of the Time article, I also offer this caution: in our haste to leverage the latest and greatest technologies to make us better HR professionals, let not forget that at the core we are human resource professionals. Let's not become slaves to the technology to the point that we forget that we are dealing with people. And those people are complex, and don't always fit nicely into an algorithm. Maybe the best candidate for a job isn't the one that your ATS delivers to you, maybe it's a friend of a coworker – someone who on the surface has relatively little direct experience, but upon further investigation, has some of the skills, is trainable, and is an amazing cultural fit. And the answers or advice to give to an employee whose performance is suffering due to a complicated personal situation….that's probably not found in a tech solution either.
I think the key to remember is to use technology to help us make better decisions, but not rely solely on it.
Maybe that's why Tinder as a dating app is so popular. It doesn't rely on a complicated algorithm. It doesn't use twenty five factors of compatibility yet at the same time ignore human chemistry. It simply matches people by a few limited criteria and simple proximity….and then lets the humans do the rest. The technology facilitates the process of meeting…but relies on the complex human personality and spirit to determine success.
Let's not forget that HR pros.
See you at HR Tech!
About the Author: Jennifer Payne, SPHR has over 16 years of HR experience in employee relations, talent acquisition, and learning & development, and currently works in talent management in the retail grocery industry. She is one of the co-founders of Women of HR, and is currently the Editor of the site. You can connect with her on Twitter as @JennyJensHR and on LinkedIn.
HR Sense: Born or Learned?
It's been said before that the problem with expecting Common Sense from others is that common sense just isn't that common. It's kind of a judgmental statement, right? It almost implies that there are general "rules" for life we should be following but most of us aren't. What's worse is that there are a lot of people out there who like to put HR down by saying "It's just Common sense". For those of us who actually work in HR, we know how untrue and unfair that statement is.
Forget about common sense, let's talk about "HR Sense". I often get the chance to chat with people looking to break into HR and sometimes I am surprised by what they think HR entails. It makes me wonder, is HR sense something you are born with, or is it something that you develop over time? Now, some things you obviously can't know without experience and study. No one instinctively knows how to handle FMLA or navigate payroll. But what about the less technical aspects of the job?
Can you teach someone how to be empathetic and approachable while simultaneously being firm and direct? How about staying calm under the pressure of a workplace emergency or assisting an injured employee? Can you learn the level of professionalism HR truly requires?
Important questions all. But ultimately, those aren't the questions we need to be asking. Instead, ask anyone who has worked in HR for a while: What keeps you in the profession? What excites you about what you do? I can almost guarantee that the HR Pros who truly love what they do will make the answer clear.
A lot of people think they can do HR. It's just "common sense," right? Which is why you can't focus on why someone wants to get into HR; you have to find out why they've stayed and how they've been successful. Only then can you discern how a person's natural talents meld beautifully with the skills only experience and education can develop and hone over time.
So the answer is: HR sense is both something you are born with and something you learn. A person's natural HR sense is what helps them take an interest in HR and lead an individual to learn more and improve upon their abilities. For example, a natural willingness to communicate effectively and professionally can lead someone to take a business writing class or join Toastmasters. It's the ability to know what you need to improve upon and being willing to try. This is what makes HR sense something both innate and learned.
So for all you aspiring HR pros out there, don't give up. Trust your instincts but be willing to work on your skills. It'll not only make you a better HR Pro, it'll help you maintain your passion for HR for a long time to come.
Reflection and Perspective
I just returned from a short vacation to Myrtle Beach, SC. Myrtle Beach is a place that I've visited many, many times over the years, both with family and friends. It's one of the first family vacations I went on when I was a little girl, and it has continued to be a place that I've returned to over the years, through various stages of my life…as a kid, a teenager, a young adult on my first vacation on my own, and more recently with extended family, including my niece and nephews.
The beauty of returning to somewhere that you've visited many times, at various stages of your life, is that it remains a constant – relatively unchanged – no matter how much your life changes from one visit to the next. So I find these periodic visits to be the perfect opportunity to reflect on those life changes. As I walk the shores of the beach that I've walked so many times, I have the chance to think about just exactly what is different in my life since my last visit…for the better, for the worse, and for the, well, just different.
But it's not just an opportunity to reflect on what has changed since the last visit, it's also an opportunity to speculate about what could be different by the next time. Each time I'm there, before I leave, I take a moment to enjoy a view of the ocean and appreciate where I am at that moment, but also to wonder where exactly my life might be by the next time I return. And each time I do that, I'm often amazed at exactly how much IS different since the last time…the people who have come into or left my life, the losses I've experienced, the successes I've enjoyed, the opportunities I've had both personally and professionally, the direction my life has taken…many of these changes being things I never would have or could have expected. And though many times change is something we can't necessarily anticipate, moments like these can also serve as a time to reflect on what we KNOW we want to change in the future.
What does this have to do with HR or business?
In the hectic rush of our days, weeks, and years, I wonder how many of us take those moments to reflect on how far we've come and where we want to go? To really appreciate exactly how much we've accomplished over a finite period of time, and exactly what more we'd like to do over that next finite period of time? Many of us talk about "three year plans" or "five year plans" but do we effectively take time in the midst of those plans to stop for a reality check? To re-calibrate the plan as needed? Or to just stop and appreciate the wonder of the unexpected places that fate sometimes takes us beyond what we had planned?
What about you? Do you stop to reflect? Do you have a constant place where you can go to appreciate where life has taken you and think about the future?
And as HR professionals, do we encourage our employees to do the same? Is reflection, planning, and re-calibration part of our career planning processes?
About the Author: Jennifer Payne, SPHR has over 16 years of HR experience in employee relations, talent acquisition, and learning & development, and currently works in talent management in the retail grocery industry. She is one of the co-founders of Women of HR, and is currently the Editor of the site. You can connect with her on Twitter as @JennyJensHR and on LinkedIn.
Making the 'Pause' Compelling
Our cups, plates, and lives are spilling over! Every day I meet with individuals, at every level within an organization, from the CEO to individual contributors, and the one common denominator is their lamentation of being over-stimulated, over-saturated, over-spent, over-extended, and over-scheduled.
Most are over achievers and thus, more often than not they find themselves in this situation by their own doing. Contrary to their initial quest of becoming experts in their respective fields, better educated, and 'armed with information', they actually become bogged down with more data and information that they know what to do with. This leads to the tendency of analysis paralysis of their newly accumulated intelligence, continued over-extension to achieve the 'next rung' which leads to the next, and the next, and the next! They become overwhelmed and under fulfilled.
This always leads to the proverbial dilemma: For the sake of what am I on this emotional business hamster wheel – and how do I get off? Or in some cases, more appropriately the question becomes: how can I become more in touch with my situation so that I can change my frame on the realities and subsequently manage my responses to them?
The answers are often as simple as the space right in front of our faces…..and within us. The basic premise is this: creating pause in our lives can reconnect us with us. By simply taking brief pauses throughout the day, can and will have a profound impact on your life and work. When we pause – we breathe, we become more aware of ourselves, we become STILL. Breath brings our bodies oxygen, which makes us stronger, clears the cobwebs, and helps us become more cognitively effective. Yet, for some reason, we have a hard time SLOWING DOWN and taking a long, deep breath. Yet, when we do, we become undeniably more centered, aligned, and powerful.
What are a few things we can do to facilitate this state of PAUSE and reflection so that we may change our frame and create a state of alignment or 're-alignment' in our busy lives?
1. In your car, put down the phone and turn off the radio!
We can create our own solitude and 'spa' time while we are barreling down the freeway. I am amazed at how we want to fill every last minute, even the coveted 'dashboard time' with calling someone or listening to NPR. I am as guilty as the next person! Yet, if we take that time to simply breathe, process the information we read before we left the office, 'sit with' the latest interaction we had with our spouse, our co-worker, or even a difficult client….we give ourselves time to regroup, revitalize, and reframe.
2. Take it one step further…..when in transition (physically or figuratively)….stay present and awake.
Transitions are the bridge periods in life. Whether these are the paces to/from the elevator, to/from the restroom, going through airport security, or as we pack up our offices at the end of the day. During these times, we often are talking on our headset or texting – to get every single ounce of energy out of that moment. My suggestion: STOP DOING THIS!!
Try simply being present. Look around. Engage. Breathe. Observe. BE. Listen to your own thoughts. Heed the callings within your heart and soul. Those are the 'whispers' which Oprah has coined as her phrase for your inner voice. By simply pausing and becoming present and awake, you tap into your power rather than spending it on time-wasting distractions.
3. Make time for Pause by creating white space on your calendar.
Despite your best intentions, 'stuff' will happen. Road construction, accidents, delayed flights, missed flights…..this is life. We have all been guilty of booking ourselves back to back with little time to even stretch our legs; this creates the perfect storm for chaotic stress. One small mishap, and the house of cards collapses. Yet, if we can build a little 'white space' into our calendars – on a daily basis – we enable ourselves the enviable 'hall pass' to life's inevitable travails. This fudge room will become your most prized possession…and the trick is this: we own the power to create that white space. Do it!
4. Finally, get to know YOU…and be willing to let that be enough in this moment.
What brought you to where you are today? Are there patterns and trends from which you can learn? Give yourself freedom to be who you are – and watch, learn, and grow – in this moment. BE and let all things flow from there. Observe yourself – and be curious about what drives your behaviors. This can be such a revealing process. I have personally found my own leadership executive coach to be incredibly supportive, and in many ways indispensable, in holding the mirror for me. Also, consider keeping a journal. This may be a stretch for some – that is okay. Even if you only write down only one or two thoughts you have – when you have them – it is amazing how they will grow and multiply in your mind's eye. It is a great way to reflect on your day, the lessons learned, the observations of yourself and others and again provide meaningful pause. It is like living it 'over' in some ways – which is incredibly powerful.
The net point: Give yourself permission to PAUSE in life. This will provide time and space to 'align' with your core soul, which is your greatest source of power. Often, we must slow down to go fast…..so make that choice and then allow this new found energy to manifest into the world through your refreshed contributions.
About the Author: Kristin Kaufman is founder of Alignment, Inc.™, formed in 2007 to help individuals, corporations, boards of directors and non-profits find alignment within themselves and their organizations. A prolific writer, Kristin's first book, Is This Seat Taken?, centers on her global experiences seeding her journey toward alignment. The book is scheduled for release in November 2011. Kristin is on Twitter as @KristinKaufman.
Is "She" Really a "BITCH" in the Workplace?
In this title, I am using the word "she" as a representative of any woman in the workplace and not at all thinking of any one woman in particular. However, at times I may bring to mind a certain woman (including myself) to make my point. So what made me write such a post? What do I think the answer to this question is? Why should we even care?
Well the other day a person I would consider to be one of the nicest college friends I ever had posted a quiz on Facebook titled "How Bitchy Are You?" At first, I thought now why would she do that? She's not even close! Although, her score was 52% which said she was a "Balanced Bitch". So a couple hours went by and without thinking much about it except to laugh to myself because I thought for sure my result would be much higher, I took the quiz. Now let me just say, as an educated adult, I do know there is not a lot of research that is behind these silly Facebook quizzes, but what the hey. My theory was correct and I did score higher by 10%, achieving the "balanced bitch" entitlement as well. Then another friend who scored only 23% took it. Honestly, I would have ranked both the friend that took it initially and the latter friend in the same category of friendliness (not bitchiness) due to my own personal experiences with them. Thus negating my trust in the quiz even further.
All this got me thinking of the use of the word "Bitch" in general and more specifically in the workplace. I remember as a young professional (YP), I was invited to join a ladies group called "Bitchin' Broads" and I was offended that they called themselves that and refused to be part of the group, because as a professional I didn't want to be associated. I felt at the time it gave women a bad name in the workplace. Little did I know at the time that in reality, if you simply spoke up, shared what was on your mind, refused to do something ridiculous, called others on their laziness, or anything that others might consider "crossing the line," that is what they called you (and still do). Why is that?
If you are passionate about something and convey that in the workplace you can kiss your reputation as the nice lady goodbye. Take on a supervisor, manager, director or above and actually not be afraid to do the job...life as you know it is over. Matter of fact, your most likely counter supporters are typically other women. I have had several women tell me that they preferred to work for a man than woman. With more women entering the workplace decade after decade and still not joining the numbers at the top as a majority like their male counterparts, is it because of this mentality? Are women holding women back just because they are too nice to appreciate bitchiness as a necessary competency for getting things done? Please note: I am not condoning bullying in the workplace. I consider that to be totally different and definitely inappropriate in the workplace. A bully is a downright jerk regardless of gender.
So, I know for a fact, I have been a bitch at times both in the workplace and in the volunteer roles I have held related to the workplace. When I posted my score and comment in Facebook "life can be a bitch at times and so can I. I'm sure many of you would agree! Ha! Ha!" not many responded and I know why. The truth hurts. It's not intentional and it's not something I look back on and am proud of all the time. However, it has been essential at least 75% of the time. Many do take it a compliment. Just look at these articles I pulled a quote or takeaway from related to my thoughts on the topic.
"The more of a bitch I am the more successful I become" http://www.forbes.com/sites/
"Stop saying I'm sorry - there is a time and place for apologies"http://m.contentfac.com/?url=
When it means making 18% more than your agreeable counterparts why not earn the bitch title? http://jezebel.com/stop-being-
And just in case you missed the Facebook Bitch Quiz, here's another you can take to see if you are one of the workplace "she's": http://www.gotoquiz.com/are_
Is the "she" in your workplace a bitch? My answer is "yeah, maybe" but is that a bad thing? Maybe not!
About the Author: Donna Rogers, SPHR aka @HRWarrior. Donna is a full time Instructor at University of Illinois at Springfield, owner of Rogers HR Consulting and the immediate past Director of the Illinois State Council of SHRM. She has over 20 years in the HR field and currently teaches Human Resources Management, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, and Strategic HR Management. She practices what she teaches for almost 100 clients in the central Illinois area.
I Know They Said That Honesty Is The Best Policy, But…
Honesty is best but there are times when you can and should choose to refrain. There's always levels of complexity involved and there is the risk of appearing hypocritical. Also, you have to choose what to be honest about. I don't think that your goal of maintaining honesty should mean a complete and thorough application of the principle regardless… although I realize that the more exceptions there are to the rule, the more the rule gets a bit hazy.
But here's what I do know.
I have, to the best of my ability, tried to live an honest life, in that I tried to be true to my goals, desires and emotion. I worked hard at ensuring a meeting of minds between my mental and emotional state and the actions resulting thereof.
I had to. I could not live any other way.
As far as I could, I wanted to be authentic in my communications and relationships. It was necessary for me to be truthful, to the point of pain, about what I saw, what I felt, what I believed, even if it was at odds or brought conflict to bear in a given situation.
Honesty, in this case, was therefore merely an alignment between my thoughts and my actions. Living a lie, where what I thought was distinct from my actions, would prove too difficult to endure or to sustain.
I have, in recent times, been privy to two sets of close relationships where I see that honesty is critical to the nature of the relationship. I have seen how inaction or uncertainty about how to respond in a given situation can be taken as acquiescence of the current status quo. I have seen how silence can be taken as tolerance or worse still, willingness.
These situations and relationships, and how people make sense of it all, take years to develop. Like an onion, it is built layer upon layer and the demarcation is blurred.
You owe it to yourself to be honest. So that you can move on, so that you can achieve the life and relationships you deserve to have. Yes, it is scary to realize the potential negative reactions that we could be called on to face, and sometimes, we will need to face this, all alone.
But in our quest for a life that is true and authentic, for relationships that are based on something meaningful and deep, for decisions that are anchored in something sturdy and substantial, we need to aim for honesty.
If only so that we can reconcile our desires and needs with our actions.
If only for us to live a life with minimal regret.
If only to make real impact on those around us.
Rowena Morais is the Editor of HR Matters Magazine, a quarterly print publication aimed at Human Resource professionals. She is also the co-founder and Programme Director at Flipside, a business services company with offices in Malaysia and Singapore, providing professional certification training. Here, she provides strategic direction as well as oversight on client training and corporate functional areas. Rowena blogs about developing habits, execution, growth and personal development. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her husband, two young kids and now, a newborn. Connect with Rowena at email@example.com.


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A few weeks ago I asked you guys to sell some of your pre-loved fashion items for the "Style Ko Ayos Dito" challenge. I have to be honest, I was afraid that no one was willing to sell their stuff to me! For the first 2 days since we launched the campaign, no one was posting any ads (you and your attachment issues, ugh.). Haha just kidding! After the… Read more
Tried recreating the shoot I did about a year ago–wearing almost the same outfit and in the same location. I don't know why but I find joy in repeating the shoots I've done in the past years. I guess it's a way for me to see how much I changed over the years and know what I need to improve on. Not just in shoots or work,… Read more
Hafa Adai! I am currently in Guam for the Shop Guam Festival to do some serious shopping! Yes, I'm doing it early this year for the first time ever! Haha! Everything here in really cheaper–it's crazy! Anyway I'm flying back to Manila tonight and I seriously can't wait! I've been flying in and out of the country for the past few weeks and I'm getting a bit… Read more
Here's another casual Halloween outfit, which I got to wear on the first day of Digital Fashion Week in Singapore. We attended shows till the evening and decided go straight to the Halloween parties at 1 Altitude and Zouk so I didn't really have enough time to whip something out. But I did purchase this really cool sweater from H&M just across our hotel! Isn't it cool?… Read more