January 27, 2012: Conversations with William Tincup

Have you thought about the way you communicate?

When you're having a conversation with someone, are you focused on that conversation, or are you thinking about the other 80 items on your to-do list? Do you tailor the message to the specific audience you're communicating with, or do you deliver the same words in the same way to the C-Suite, supervisors and managers, and the hourly staff?

Modifying the way you communicate can have a big impact. The good news is that our guest thinks HR gets conversations right about 80% of the time - but there's always some room for improvement. In this installment, we're joined by someone who's really great at conversations - William Tincup.

William describes himself as “strange” because he excels at marketing, sales and HR. He’s one of the leading thinkers on social media application for human resources, an expert on adoption of HR technology, and knows a thing or two about marketing. William runs Tincup & Co., a company that serves as a sounding board for human resources practitioners and HR vendors. He’s been blogging on HR issues since 2007, and contributes to Fistful of Talent, TalentCulture, and HRExaminer. William also co-hosts DriveThruHR, a daily podcast focusing on HR issues and HR practitioners. He’s great at conversations, and it’s truly a pleasure to have him with us on the podcast.