One of my favorite business stories is the book, The Abilene Paradox. I had the pleasure of hearing author Jerry B. Harvey tell the story …
Leadership and Management
These posts focus on workplace leadership and management as part of an overall business strategy.
Opportunity, Empowerment and Communism
I read a post over at Social Media Today about the “Opportunity Economy.” It’s a terrific post and raised some real interesting thoughts about marketing …
The Fine Line Between Cliques and Teams
Franny Oxford over at Do the Work blog wrote a post a while back about SHRM (aka the Society for Human Resource Management). While her …
Do You Work In The Gray Zone
One of the absolutely fabulous readers here at HR Bartender sent me this question. It was a question asked of her during a job interview …
INTERVIEW: David Manaster, CEO of ERE
I recently came across a survey that revealed 31% of employers are having difficulty filling positions due to the lack of qualified talent. Really?! You …
Theory In The Trenches
I’m starting to hear some conversation about the distinctions between knowing theory versus working in the trenches and discussions about practitioners versus consultants. It’s got …
Lead by Example
It sounds so easy. Lead by example. We can’t expect others to do something we don’t do ourselves. This applies to any aspect of our …