A fellow blogger recently made the comment: I don’t want to influence. I want to leave a legacy. I struggle with the concept of legacy. …
Leadership and Management
These posts focus on workplace leadership and management as part of an overall business strategy.
Smart Innovation Takes Competent Leadership
When I wrote my predictions for this year, I should have listened to Mr. Bartender when he suggested innovation as the word of the year. …
Ask HR Bartender: Going From Specialist to Generalist
Today’s reader question deals with a topic I’ve seen many people struggle with – how specialized do I want to be? Currently, I’m a human …
Asking For Favors
One of the things I enjoy doing is writing the analysis for the SmartBrief on Small Business reader polls. It’s always fascinating to see how …
Do The Job, Get The Job, Get Trained
It’s one of those classic chicken and egg scenarios. Should a person be trained for a leadership role then receive the promotion OR should a …
3 Levels of Customer Service
Back in the early days of HR Bartender, I wrote a post about how Customer Service is the New Marketing. And I still believe it. …
Using Power in the Workplace
It probably comes as no surprise that the most popular post on HR Bartender is 7 Types of Power in the Workplace. The topic of …