HOPE Family Health

Everybody loves summertime and summertime activities! Once summer equinox has come and gone, hot weather begins in earnest—along with a host of safety concerns unique to this time of year. Some folks refer to July and August, when temperatures become nearly unbearable, as the “dog days of summer.” Folklore once blamed summer’s extreme heat for causing dogs to go mad, but it seems to impact humans more than dogs. Numerous studies show a clear correlation between extreme heat and spikes in...

Summertime is underway in Middle Tennessee! Our nation is gearing up for its 250th birthday; pictures of beach and camping adventures flood social media; and city parks ring with the sound of bats connecting to balls as parents cheer kids around the bases. People line up at food trucks to buy frozen treats. As a fading sun flings its colors across the sky, evening breezes smell of freshly mown grass, day-old sunscreen, and grilling meat. It’s the time of year to kick back a little—but we...

As any Human Resources professional will tell you, working in an organization’s HR department is not for the faint of heart. HR jobs are by necessity highly regulated (because people are…well, people). In addition to overseeing policies and procedures surrounding employee staffing and benefits, HR departments must oversee and carefully implement an organization’s disciplinary policies and procedures. By definition, that means the Director of HR must have pretty tough skin—tough enough to...