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Worklife Balance - 2 - Saturday, February 7th 2009 12:00 PM
Joe, i am awakening from my long winter's nap to finally reply to your post.  At least this time, I don't think you are too far into left field.  I agree that...
Work Life Balance - Monday, January 12th 2009 1:33 PM
Jason-Maybe this is one of my semantic hang-ups, but much of the conversation around the issue of work-life balance is becoming a bit of a pet peeve for me.  I am in...
The Change-Up - Friday, January 9th 2009 10:52 AM
The time has come for the Talent Anarchy team to mix things up a bit here in our "blog space."  This is what we have in mind... we are going to (hopefully on something...
Uninformed Opinions - Thursday, December 18th 2008 6:38 AM
I had one of those reflective moments of clarity recently.  You know, one of those times when you see or hear something from someone else that you find offensive but then...
Opportunity - Tuesday, November 4th 2008 4:09 AM
When times are uncertain and chaotic like they are today, our tendency is to become tentative and even fearful of risk.  If you were looking for a new job yesterday, today...
Don't be Chicken Little - Monday, November 3rd 2008 3:52 AM
Our country is in a recession.  That's what everyone is saying.  And with my limited economic expertise, I am in no position to argue.  Do you know how it's...
Election Year - Thursday, October 30th 2008 3:36 AM
I'm thankful that this election  is nearly over.  I actually look forward to the nasty political ads being replaced by beer and car commercials.  At least the car...
Iowa Rocks! - Sunday, October 12th 2008 11:50 AM
We had the privilege to present at the YP Iowa Conference last week.  As an Iowa native, I was blown away by and incredibly proud of what’s going on with young...
How'd you get here? - Wednesday, September 24th 2008 4:11 AM
I was recently asked by someone for some advice.  The question sounded something like this, "Since we are both the same age but you have gotten farther ahead in your...
Are you a part of the revolution, or is it leaving you behind? - Saturday, September 6th 2008 11:53 AM
I am sure you use e-mail.  Congratulations.  You probably get some news on-line, maybe you do some shopping and you probably "do the google" from time to time. ...
No more best friends - Thursday, September 4th 2008 8:04 AM
In a recent seminar, one of the boomer attendees brough up an excellent point regarding how the different generations view the concept of "friends" differently.  We were...
What are you doing? - Tuesday, September 2nd 2008 6:30 AM
Do you Twitter?Great find, thanks to Laurie, over at HRM Today:Carmen Hudson (aka Peopleshark) wrote an excellent blog series called, "Five Days to Twitter Literacy...
The Edge... - Thursday, August 28th 2008 6:21 AM
From Gaping Void:
Good, good stuff... - Wednesday, August 20th 2008 6:04 AM
Talent Anarchy has been busy lately!  We had an open enrollment workshop (Bridging the Gap) last week in Omaha, and it was a big hit!  We had a great group of folks...
Management...the reason change does not happen. - Thursday, August 14th 2008 9:29 AM
From PriceWaterhouseCoopers:
Come check us out! - Tuesday, July 29th 2008 9:08 AM
We have several Bridging the Gap workshops coming up in August and September and these workshops are a great way to get a flavor the work that we do and how we do it. ...
Dictatorships - Monday, July 28th 2008 9:56 AM
"Traditionally-managed companies, by inadvertently draining the motivation levels of their employees, are stifling productivity, innovation, and creativity. Companies cannot...
Training's Impact - Monday, July 28th 2008 4:07 AM
I've been pondering lately on why we have such a tough time in business putting any real numbers to the value of training.  In fact, it seems that some leaders have...
Power of Expectations - Wednesday, July 23rd 2008 5:38 PM
I recently attended a workshop where I was a participant in an exercise.  It was an exercise where we were each labeled with a tag that we couldn't see, but that the other...
Congruence - Sunday, July 6th 2008 9:26 AM
In their book, Boom! , Kevin and Jackie Freiberg outline a concept they call Congruence.  Here's how they define it, "Congruence is that place where your gifts and talents...
Halo Effect - Sunday, July 6th 2008 9:15 AM
Once in a while, I come across a book that literally changes the trajectory of my thinking.  As Joe has noted in his post, he thought highly of the book, The Halo Effect,...
Diversity: Fueling Innovation - Wednesday, June 25th 2008 7:38 AM
Great article from Business Week from some folks that actually understand diversity and innovation: Diversity: Don't Innovate Without It If your employees represent a...
Book recommendations - Monday, June 9th 2008 8:15 AM
A couple more books that I strongly recommend;1.) The Wisdom of Crowds James SurowieckiLove this book.  Does a wonderful job of proving that as I have said, management as...
On Competitive Advantage - Wednesday, April 16th 2008 7:28 AM
We very much live in a time of great change.  Maybe all "times" seem like times of great change to those that live in them, but I think there are many indicators that this...
The HALO Effect - Wednesday, March 19th 2008 6:40 AM
I just finished reading The HALO Effect last weekend, written by Phil Rosenweig.  It is a relatively quick read and very much worth the time.  The vast majority of...