From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Stepping Into the Abyss

January 26, 2010

It’s great when a fellow blogger inspires me to get revved up on a topic. And so it is with Mary Jo Asmus’ series on the role that employees should play in helping their leaders improve. Last week, in response to her post “Bad Manager or Flawed Human?” the discussion on her blog was lively. [...]

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Leadership’s Ring of Fire

January 26, 2010

As part of an ongoing series on Positive Office Politics, Mike Henry from the Lead Change Group writes a thought-provoking essay on the ties that sincerity and authenticity have to building trust. Need to get caught up on the series? Start at the beginning with Jane Perdue’s blog Life, Love and Leadership. From there, check out my [...]

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Thank Your Mentor Today

January 21, 2010

Today is Thank Your Mentor Day, which is part of National Mentoring Month. Who knew? Over the years I’ve had LOTS of fantastic mentors, and this is a perfect time to give them a well-deserved shout-out. The list below represents my former work team leaders, company executives, peers and fellow entrepreneurs. Interestingly, none of them [...]

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HR Carnival Winter In Minnesota

January 20, 2010

One of the many gifts I received in 2009 was my association with Lisa Rosendahl. We met on Twitter, talked on the phone, and collaborated on a blog post about mentoring. Our connection has blossomed to the point where we now share information about our kids’ lives, DMing each other about birthday parties, big “firsts” [...]

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HR’s Helping Hand

January 19, 2010

Many blog experts counsel to “keep your main thing your main thing” meaning: if I say I’m blogging about workplace dynamics, then stay true to that theme. And for the most part I do. Once in awhile, though, I get inspired by someone looking to use their blogs for the greater good. Today that someone [...]

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Networking Inside the Company Walls

January 19, 2010

This post is part of a series on positive office politics, or what we’re calling The P Quotient. It’s a collaborative effort with fellow bloggers Jane Perdue, Mike Henry and Susan Mazza. Jane kicked off the series with a look at the competencies cited as key to being politically astute. She also takes a [...]

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Employees Can’t Get No Satisfaction

January 14, 2010

With a clumsy nod to the Rolling Stones’ classic tune, it appears to be true: since 1987, workers have become steadily less satisfied with their work. This is according to research results released last week by The Conference Board. What’s more, it’s not a generational thing: satisfaction is decreasing amongst all ages groups. While the [...]

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RocketHR

January 9, 2010

Are you as amazed as I am by the incredible online presence of the HR community? Another fantastic example of a regional online presence of a national HR organization is NASHRM, the North Alabama Society for Human Resource Management. I was fortunate enough to have a blog post submission accepted by NASHRM for their RocketHR [...]

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Best of Leadership Carnival 2009

January 4, 2010

The end a decade provides a great opportunity for reflection and that’s just what Dan McCarthy’s Great Leadership blog offers this month. The January Leadership Carnival showcases fifty top leadership bloggers in a “Best of 2009” round up. This post includes access to incredibly diverse leadership thinking. Topics include great coaching questions, building employee engagement, [...]

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