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HRGuru is lucky to host content from some of the most highly acclaimed and seasoned human resource professionals. From authors to bloggers to entrepreneurs, HRGuru aims to deliver expert, applicable fun advice from the best in the business. Check out our featured writers, and visit their sites.

Ann M. Evanston
Ann Evanston, MA has developed leaders worldwide for over a decade. Teaching techniques of the warrior, leaders learn to create “pull” to attract motivation, loyalty, influence, buy-in and ultimately, results. Ann is certified Development Dimensions International, Behavioral Technology Interviewing, Leadership Pipeline and a faculty of the American Management Association. To learn more about her innovative leadership training that turns mangers into leaders email her at ann@zenaenterprises.com.

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Jenn Barnes
Jenn Barnes has worked in human resources since 2001 and loves to hate it. She blogs at HR Wench & The Articulate Feminist and is a partner at HRM Today, an interactive social networking site for HR professionals. Jenn holds a bachelor of science in business, specializing in human resource management and is PHR certified. She is currently studying for the CEBS certification. Jenn’s irreverent approach to all things HR has made her web sites popular destinations for HR professionals and employees. She lives in the Portland, Oregon area where she spends her free time herding cats.

Judy McLeish
Judy McLeish runs a consulting services company called McDaniel Partners and writes a blog called The Employee Factor. The blog is dedicated to helping companies deliver, implement and sustain their customer experiences, by helping to capture the “hearts and minds” of their employees.

Bill Lampton, Ph.D.
Bill Lampton, Ph.D.—author of The Complete Communicator: Change Your Communication, Change Your Life!—helps clients “Learn More. . .Earn More!” As a communication expert, he has been interviewed by Cosmopolitan, Entrepreneur, Investor’s Business Daily, Delta’s SKY, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and other leading publications. Bill has provided keynote speeches, seminars, and communication coaching for Gillette, Procter & Gamble, the British Columbia Legal Management Association, the University of Georgia Athletic Association, CenturyTel, Environmental Protection Agency, Orvis Company, and the Ritz-Carlton Cancun. Visit his Web site to sign up for his complimentary online newsletter: ChampionshipCommunication.com View his instructional video blog, and post your comments: TheCompleteCommunicator.com
Call Dr. Lampton to schedule him for presentations and coaching: 678-316-4300.

Terry Brock
Terry Brock is an internationally recognized marketing coach and professional speaker. He helps companies and individuals achieve their marketing goals and build real-world, bottom-line profits. Terry has been a writer and professional speaker since 1983 and has done business in 37 countries helping businesses from one-person operation to large, Fortune 10 companies. His undergrad is in Communications and his MBA is in Marketing. Audiences love his fun, entertaining style that is packed with high content. You can read more about him on his website at www.TerryBrock.com

Dan McCarthy
Dan’s been a practitioner in the field of leadership development for over 20 years. He’s currently the Manager of Leadership and Management Development at a Fortune “Great Place to Work”, “Training Top 125”, and “High Impact Learning” (HILO 80) company. Dan has a Master’s degree in Human Resource and Organizational Development and has held management positions in both HR and training. His award winning blog, Great Leadership, offers practical information and opinions about leadership development, leadership, and talent management.

Lisa Rosendahl, SPHR
Lisa Rosendahl, SPHR is the voice behind HR Thoughts and is a leader with over 15 years of professional HR experience. Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree from Gannon University; masters degrees from Webster University and the University of Pennsylvania; and is recognized as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Society of Human Resource Management. With 10 years of military service as an officer in the United States Army and progressive HR leadership roles in public, privately held and now federal organizations, she brings a unique perspective to the business of HR. Lisa loves what she does and lives in the Central Minnesota area with her husband and daughter.

Erik Samdahl
Erik Samdahl has been working and writing on the Internet in various fashions for over ten years. Currently a part of the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), the largest vendor-free network of corporations focused on improving productivity, and runs The Productivity Blog, which features articles on human capital trends and topics. Along with i4cp’s staff of writers and researchers, Erik is looking to heavily increase the volume and quality of the blog over the coming year.

Carol P. McCoy
Carol P. McCoy is president of McCoy Training and Development Resources, a Maine-based consulting firm dedicated to improving organizational and individual effectiveness. She has over twenty-five years experience in Human Resource Development (HRD) in the insurance and financial services industry and in post-secondary education in psychology. She is also president of Find-Your-Roots.com , a genealogy and family research business, which helps people to discover their roots.

Edward Hoffman, Ph.D.
Edward Hoffman, Ph.D., is an international expert on employee engagement and the author of more than a dozen psychology books including Abraham Maslow’s biography and FUTURE VISIONS. His new test of employee engagement is available online.

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Jerry M. Warren, M.S.
Ready for a quantitative approach to HR? Jerry is a recent graduate from Eastern Kentucky University with a Master’s of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology. He is knowledgeable in the cutting edge research on many HR/Organization Development issues facing organizations today, and is experienced in motivation, training & development, statistical analysis, leadership development, and employee selection. Jerry’s blog, www.jwsworld.com, tackles many subjects, and is gearing more to HR-related topics soon. Feel free to contact him at jerrymwarren@windstream.net.

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Lindsay Olson
Lindsay is has worked in the recruiting industry since 1997 and is a partner and search consultant with Paradigm Staffing. She specializes in placing public relations and marketing professionals throughout the United States. She holds a bachelors degree in public relations and authors a career blog at LindsayOlson.com. To learn more about Lindsay, visit her blog or follow her on Twitter at @PRjobs.

Karen Masullo
Karen Masullo has more than 25 years experience in the Outplacement and Career Transitions industry. She is a published writer and dynamic public speaker, has been Career Center Operations Director for such projects as AOL, and played an important role in designing and delivering Career Transition services and workshops for global, enterprise-level customer projects. Ms. Masullo is currently developing Job Search webinars and workshops related to using Web 2.0 in the job search.

Visit her website here.

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Juntee Terrenal MA, GMS
Juntee Terrenal MA, GMS is Founder and President of JNT Consulting LLC, a leading global consulting management company based in Mesa, Arizona. The company supports and manages clients in 36 countries across many different industries and provides a variety of HR-related professional services. Juntee is an industry-experienced, seasoned thought leader and speaker and was among the first group of professionals to receive Worldwide ERC’s prestigious Global Mobility Specialist (GMS) Designation. Juntee advocates the growth, development and advancement of an individual or a business.

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Jacqui Tom
Between making copies in the copy room and taking questions in the board room, Jacqui Tom (a.k.a The Office Newb) offers you the latest tips, insight and stories about being the new kid at the office. Each week she combs the web for the latest research, news, stories and personal anecdotes related to corporate life. Hopefully it will make you laugh, cry and give a little extra thought to who you are and what you do. Jacqui currently works as a Web Writer in Seattle.

Ben Eubanks
Ben Eubanks is a college graduate with a degree in human resources management. He spends his free time writing content online for various sites and hopes to one day have his own wildly popular blog. He enjoys running, reading, and spending time with his wife Melanie. See more of Ben’s work here.

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Matt Elliott
Matt Elliott is young and has a career, giving him all the license he needs to comment on everything to do with generational differences in the workplace. After graduating from university with a background in history and journalism, Matt took up the flag for Gen Y at work, exploring HR issues related to intergenerational offices and the changing workforce landscape . He’s currently based in Toronto, Ontario, where he works on web projects for not-for-profit organizations. Follow his blog at yworking.com.

Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown has 28 years of working experience in the field of management with a background in accounting, retail and restaurant services, where her abilities in management first became evident. She’s worked in a wide variety of businesses, including software information systems, nuclear waste clean-up and tax processing. She has attended two universities and a business college, but claims to have gained the most valuable knowledge from pure experience. Sarah currently works as a consultant and is a moderator for HRGuru.

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Finding Keepers
Finding Keepers: The Monster Guide to Hiring and Holding the World’s Best Employees written by Steve Pogorzelski, Jesse Harriott, Ph.D., and Doug Hardy, shows how to harness the power of your employer brand to hire and hold the best people-from the first time a candidate hears your name until the day that person retires.

Scott McArthur
Scott McArthur is a Management Consultant (Atos Consulting), public speaker and writer on HR and people development. He has delivered learning events and speaking engagements in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, China and the USA.

Scott McArthur on HR 2.0: “There is a revolution happening right now, the world is changing and it may represent the most significant change in human relations since the industrial revolution. The revolution is the move from manpower to knowledge power the medium is Web 2.0”

Check out Scott’s Blog: McArthur’s Rant – Human Resources, Organisations and HR 2.0.

SuccessFactors
SuccessFactors is the leading provider of on-demand employee performance and talent management solutions that enable organizations of every size, across every industry and geography, to achieve high-performing workforces by enabling goal alignment and execution, talent development and planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. SuccessFactors currently has more than 1,750 customers across over 60 industries, with more than 3 million end users in over 156 countries using the application in 22 languages. For more information, visit SuccessFactors.

Sybil F. Stershic
Sybil F. Stershic, a marketing and organizational advisor with more than 30 years of experience, helps service-based companies develop employee- and customer-focused solutions for bottom line success. A leading authority on engaging employees through internal marketing, she is the author of Taking Care of the People Who Matter Most: A Guide to Employee-Customer Care. She also writes the Quality Service Marketing blog, dedicated to internal marketing & internal communications – an approach that bridges human resources and marketing. To learn more, visit her blog or check out her book.

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