Today’s brief installment was inspired by a post from one of my favorite bloggers, Gautam Ghosh. If you haven’t checked out his blog, Designing HR …
Leadership and Management
These posts focus on workplace leadership and management as part of an overall business strategy.
Being Strategic and Creating Strategy Aren’t the Same Thing
I recently had the privilege of writing a guest post over at Michael Carty’s XpertHR blog. He’s doing a series called “If I Could Change …
Get Involved
Today is Election Day in the United States. This particular election is quite interesting. The popular opinion is that American voters are extremely agitated with …
The Bravo Sierra Factor
The whole foundation of the employee-employer relationship is based upon what I call the Bravo Sierra Factor. Think about it. As individuals, we all have …
Customer Quality Control
You guys know how much I love my iPhone. For a while, I’ve considered getting the new iPhone 4. But I also want to be …
Is Leadership an Occupation
Recently, I met someone who’s looking for a new opportunity (read: they’re unemployed). When I asked them what kind of work they were looking for, …
Professionals Can’t Work With Everyone
Not long ago, I overheard a comment that caught my attention. “Professional people can work with anyone.” And my first reaction was um…no, they can’t. …