Monthly Archives: December 2013

Originally posted on Workplace Psychology:
Photo Credit: Flickr In the past two years, I have ended the year writing about different charities. In 2011, I wrote about charity: water, and in 2012, I talked about Room to Read. This year,…

Leadership Freak The easiest, short-term leadership strategy is avoiding people. Just hide in your office doing paperwork. Connecting with people is messy. Hidden baggage bubbles just under the skin. Emotions erupt. Priorities shift. Personal lives collapse. Health declines. Financial stability … Continue reading →

Leadership Freak Your job is moving people into the future not recreating the past. Tensions emerge when leaders pull toward the future and followers cling to the past. Clinging to the past is losing your future. Clinging: People cling to … Continue reading →

Originally posted on User Friendly:
So one of my colleagues was in a bit of a flap recently.  He had to give a presentation regarding the improvements he had made in his project.  Basically all he had was the graph…

Originally posted on User Friendly:
Before there were books there was Storytelling (also called oral tradition). The history of the clan was handed down in the form of stories from father to son. Later, men were trained in how to…

Originally posted on ECRM HR Counselor's Corner:
by Renee Mielnicki, Esq. An area of growing concern for employers is the misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor.  According to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimates, millions of workers are…

Blanchard LeaderChat All together now, finish this sentence—a traditional belief so embedded in our collective psyche that I can hear your answers through the internet: We need to hold people ________. Accountable.  Cue the boos and hisses. Why Hold People … Continue reading →

Blanchard LeaderChat My previous blog challenged you to complete five common statements related to motivation. It wasn’t much of a challenge. These beliefs are so deeply embedded in our collective psyche that they roll off the tongue. What is a … Continue reading →

Blanchard LeaderChat As we have discovered with all five of the eroding beliefs in this series of posts, completing this statement falls off the tongue:  If you cannot measure it, it doesn’t matter. I was a longtime aficionado of SMART … Continue reading →

Blanchard LeaderChat Complete this sentence: In business, the only thing that really matters is _______. The answer to this entrenched belief is so obvious that at a recent speaking engagement, I had over 300 people spontaneously fill-in-the blank by yelling … Continue reading →