You Can't Make This Sh*t Up

Inebriated Cover-Up. Revenge Bedlam. Lewd Felon. Vomit Comet. These sound like stories from your last night out—not ones that took place during your regular 9 to 5. Most jobs entail attending meetings, hitting deadlines, and collaborating with coworkers. If all goes well, you’ll forget the HR department even exists. But what happens when the sales team gets drunk at lunch and destroys property? Or when two employees are caught sexting through company messages? After four decades as an HR executive in corporate America, Denise Messineo has seen it all. She’s mediated conflicts, terminated employments, and bailed people out of jail. In this book, she’s collected her most off-the-wall tales to share. Though she’s changed names and companies to protect the guilty, everything in this collection is real. After all, you can’t make this sh*t up!

An award-winning visionary leadership coach, HR executive, speaker, and educator with a passion for people, Denise founded Thallo Leadership Consulting, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. She is the former SVP of HR for a global IT company. Denise serves on the Citizens Review Board for Children in Maryland and is a member of the Leadership Master Mind Alliance in Orlando, Florida. Denise holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Management from the University of Maryland University College and a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins University. Denise is a Certified Professional Coach and a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources with HRCI, as well as a SHRM Senior Certified
Professional. She was recognized as a Top 100 Women of the Channel in CRN Magazine in 2010. Denise is married to her high school sweetheart, Tony, and they have two children and seven grandchildren. Denise makes her home in Annapolis, Maryland, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.