Blog Carnival

Rock Opera and Trust

November 9, 2010

Kevin Grossman at Glowan Consulting Group is hosting this week’s Carnival of HR and has declared it a “rock and roll” carnival. This theme opened the door for me to write this post, which admittedly, I was having a hard time reconciling with The People Equation’s theme of workplace dynamics. Now it fits perfectly. Thanks, [...]

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Leadership Carnival: Autumn Fun Edition

October 3, 2010

Every so often Dan McCarthy takes a well-deserved break as curator for his monthly Leadership Carnival at Great Leadership.  This month, he’s handed over the reigns to the very able Mary Jo Asmus, who’s put together an autumn-themed October Leadership Carnival here. Mary Jo is one of the few leadership bloggers featured in this month’s [...]

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Carnival of HR at ReThink HR

September 29, 2010

The Carnival of HR is back in town and this time it’s being hosted by Benjamin McCall, a fellow learning and development professional. Benjamin has been busy lately, ramping up with a new role as Leadership Performance Consultant for Standard Register, blogging at Rethink HR and acting as editor for a soon-to-be released anthology e-book [...]

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Leadership NOW

September 16, 2010

About six months ago, I met Anne Perschel and Marion Chapsal the way in which I meet many business colleagues these days—through social media.  Over the past six months we’ve shared stories via email, conducted phone call conversations and commented on each other’s blogs.  Several weeks ago, Anne began posting tweets on a “secret project” [...]

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Find a New Flock

July 5, 2010

Have you noticed that when people attend meetings, go to networking events or participate in training classes that they tend to sit with people they already know?  In academic circles this is known as homophily – the tendency to associate with people of “similarity” or familiarity. This is sometimes called the “birds of a feather” [...]

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HR Carnival, Freaks, and Serendipity

June 9, 2010

One of the greatest things about playing in the social media arena is the wonderful serendipity that unfolds.  For example, a few months back, I was comparing resources with fellow leadership development colleagues Dave Brand, Dan McCarthy and Susan Zelinski . At that time, they recommended the site Institute for Corporate Productivity as having great [...]

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Leadership Carnival Anniversary Edition

April 4, 2010

One of the best things about the blog carnival format is seeing how bloggers employ creativity when summarizing the blog posts.  Each month, I delight in seeing the host’s unique angle. One blogger who always has a unique take is Sharlyn Lauby at The HR Bartender. Sharlyn’s observations about HR, Training and Leadership are always [...]

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Leadership Carnival: Academy Awards Edition

March 8, 2010

Have you ever received a nomination for an award that was totally unexpected?  You know, you’re just sitting in some meeting and all of a sudden, they’re announcing your name and you’re thinking “did they just say my name?” I had that experience this morning when reading Dan McCarthy’s blog Great Leadership .  This month, [...]

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Leadership, Writing & Office Politics

March 6, 2010

Activity on The People Equation has been light recently due to my many offline projects. Here’s a quick run-down on what’s been happening and how you might benefit from knowing about them: The HR Happy Hour Tackles Leadership Earlier this week I was a guest on the The HR Happy Hour radio show (Episode 35: [...]

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Leaderhip Carnival: Venetian Style

February 8, 2010

  If your job didn’t require it, would you want to write a blog with your co-workers? Fortunately, the team at Talented Apps answer is “yes!” This month’s Leadership Carnival is hosted by a “face” that’s new to me . . .or make that several faces: the folks at the Talented Apps blog. The Talented [...]

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