Many thanks to everyone who responded to part one of this series. I didn’t expect to write part deux so soon, but your comments have …
human resources
Letting Go
School is starting which reminds me of the speech my parents gave every year around this time – “We can teach you right from wrong …
Are Deadlines Really Guidelines?
I love the scene in Pirates of the Caribbean when Captain Barbossa tells Elizabeth that the pirate code is really more ‘like guidelines’. It’s a …
5 Things Every Business Person Needs to Know (Part 5)
You may have already guessed the last topic in my ‘need to know’ series…yep, you need to know BUSINESS. And, there are two kinds of …
Don’t Steal the Chair
Recently, I attended a workshop on how human resources impacts the supply-chain process. The workshop itself was less about the link between people and production …
Life of a Consultant (Part 1)
Jennifer McClure from Fistful of Talent wrote an interesting post on ditching your corporate job to become a recruiter. It made me think that there …
5 Things Every Business Person Needs to Know (Part 4)
I was thinking about Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto today. Well, not so much Pareto as his famous saying that 20% of the people own 80% …