Comments on: Can Common Sense Kill the Buzzword? http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword Where old HR goes to die. Wed, 19 May 2010 14:03:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: digital printing sydney http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-444 digital printing sydney Wed, 19 May 2010 05:55:57 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-444 I'm supporting you right through this. You have a basic right to your opinion, and you must never let other people tell you anything different. Good on you! I’m supporting you right through this. You have a basic right to your opinion, and you must never let other people tell you anything different. Good on you!

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]]> By: Rosamaria Mulholland http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-265 Rosamaria Mulholland Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:31 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-265 Hi extraordinarily awesome blogs!! Man .. I will take the rss feeds Hi extraordinarily awesome blogs!! Man .. I will take the rss feeds

]]> By: Brian Jensen http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-187 Brian Jensen Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:02:56 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-187 Could not agree more. Same exact sentiments expressed in tow recent posts on HR Goobbledygook and HR Integrated and Synergized. Funny too @ switchhr.com Could not agree more. Same exact sentiments expressed in tow recent posts on HR Goobbledygook and HR Integrated and Synergized. Funny too @ switchhr.com

]]> By: junkyardHR http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-79 junkyardHR Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:19:21 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-79 That's perfectly fine, I appreciate you reading my blog. And there is a link on the side of the page where I can be followed on twitter. That’s perfectly fine, I appreciate you reading my blog. And there is a link on the side of the page where I can be followed on twitter.

]]> By: vivalatesler http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-78 vivalatesler Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:33:41 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-78 I want to quote your post in my blog. It can? And you et an account on Twitter? I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?

]]> By: Perry Block http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-44 Perry Block Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:00:05 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-44 Tammy, You force me to confess there is a common and well-beloved buzzphrase that I would gladly devote my life to seeking out, destroying, and driving a steak through its insipid, meaningless, miserable little heart. It is "to reach out to." Once this was a phrase reserved for touchy-feely types like psychologists, HR professionals, and guys trying to seem sensitive to impress women. And so we had: "Yes, Justin, I've been planning to reach out to you;" "She's been having a tough time, Armand, I reached out to her yesterday;" and "Why don't you and I reach out to Matthew who will reach out to...." And then everything exploded and everyone began "reaching out to." Lawyers, actuaries, real estate brokers, the guy in the hardware store, NASCAR drivers, even your company president who doesn't "get" HR. And so we had "I'd like to reach out to you about your plumbing bill....new aluminum siding .... your tax audit... mufflers...the 25 bucks you owe me," and so on down the line. Once someone e-mailed me that she'd like to "reach back out to me." I wasn't sure if she meant she wanted to reach out to me for the second time or to reach backwards to reach out to me because she apparently thought I was standing behing her. Wouldn't it be simpler most of the time to say "I've been meaning to get in touch with you?" I suppose there's still a place for "reaching out to" when it's said by touchy-feely types like psychologists and HR professionals. And, oh yeah, I probably wouldn't complain if Nicole Kidman wanted to "reach out to me." I might even reach back. Thanks, Tammy! Tammy,

You force me to confess there is a common and well-beloved buzzphrase that I would gladly devote my life to seeking out, destroying, and driving a steak through its insipid, meaningless, miserable little heart.

It is “to reach out to.”

Once this was a phrase reserved for touchy-feely types like psychologists, HR professionals, and guys trying to seem sensitive to impress women. And so we had: “Yes, Justin, I’ve been planning to reach out to you;” “She’s been having a tough time, Armand, I reached out to her yesterday;” and “Why don’t you and I reach out to Matthew who will reach out to….”

And then everything exploded and everyone began “reaching out to.” Lawyers, actuaries, real estate brokers, the guy in the hardware store, NASCAR drivers, even your company president who doesn’t “get” HR. And so we had “I’d like to reach out to you about your plumbing bill….new aluminum siding …. your tax audit… mufflers…the 25 bucks you owe me,” and so on down the line.

Once someone e-mailed me that she’d like to “reach back out to me.” I wasn’t sure if she meant she wanted to reach out to me for the second time or to reach backwards to reach out to me because she apparently thought I was standing behing her.

Wouldn’t it be simpler most of the time to say “I’ve been meaning to get in touch with you?”

I suppose there’s still a place for “reaching out to” when it’s said by touchy-feely types like psychologists and HR professionals. And, oh yeah, I probably wouldn’t complain if Nicole Kidman wanted to “reach out to me.” I might even reach back.

Thanks, Tammy!

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-38 uberVU - social comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:11:32 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-38 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by TrinaWardell: gr8 post @TLColson - http://bit.ly/6OQ7oU - I wholeheartedly agree w/ "it doesnt need 2 b fancy it needs 2 b real"... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by TrinaWardell: gr8 post @TLColson – http://bit.ly/6OQ7oU – I wholeheartedly agree w/ “it doesnt need 2 b fancy it needs 2 b real”…

]]> By: pasmuz http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-36 pasmuz Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:27:31 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-36 Buzzwords that bother me the most are the ones I get hypnotized into using. The newest one that I have been using that I have to stop is "working in silos." Aaargh! BTW adowling: A seat at the table needs to chopped up and used for firewood. Buzzwords that bother me the most are the ones I get hypnotized into using. The newest one that I have been using that I have to stop is “working in silos.” Aaargh!
BTW adowling: A seat at the table needs to chopped up and used for firewood.

]]> By: junkyardHR http://www.junkyardhr.com/in-the-junkyard/can-common-sense-kill-the-buzzword/comment-page-1#comment-35 junkyardHR Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:16:54 +0000 http://www.junkyardhr.com/?p=41#comment-35 Bandwidth. Yup. There are so many. And all of them suck. Bandwidth.
Yup.

There are so many.
And all of them suck.

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