The sweet smell of the presidential election season is upon us. It’s convention time. For those not following every candidate misstep or the latest poll, … Read more
What a Busted Tooth Taught Me About Workplace Reliability
Last Thursday while vacationing with my family in a small Colorado mountain town, I suffered a personal crisis when one of my highly visible dental crowns … Read more
What Talented Leaders Know: 4 Keys to Managing Disappointment
My dear friend Amy Tirion, founder of Delight for the Soul and an all-around wise, wonderful and beautiful person, recently published a great blog post on … Read more
Organizational Values: Live Them and They — the Talent — Will Come
“For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and … Read more
DESPERATELY WANTED! Job Applicants Who Aren’t Stupid
I’m looking to hire an additional recruiter for my team – business is brisk, we are growing, blah, blah, blah. We’ve been in business 31 years, profitable … Read more
Building Company Culture: To Make it Work, It’s Gotta Start at the Top
Out of everything I read on a daily basis, interviews with CEOs tend to be among my favorites. Case-in-point: this recent SmartBrief interview with John … Read more
Continuous Feedback: It May Be a Better Approach Than the Annual Review
I’ve done a lot of research and reading lately that really cemented my view that feedback delivered via the formalized annual performance review, is not … Read more
Good Boss, Bad Boss, How to Be the Right Kind of Boss
Are you a good boss, or a bad boss? Sounds a little bit like The Wizard of Oz, we know. Similar to that classic story, what type of boss you are can … Read more
Why You Should You Care About Why Employees’ Leave
By Leigh Branham The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge —Daniel Boorstin It was almost six weeks since … Read more
Career Portfolio? It’s How Everyone Shows Their Organizational Value
“Can we speak later? I have a big interview next week and I have some thoughts that I want to run by you.” My response was that I would be more than glad … Read more