Tag-Team Workplace Coaching

November 3, 2011

Sometimes, a person’s boss just isn’t the right person to do the coaching. Consider this story, as told to me by my client Pete: Pete was part of a new product ideation team tasked with creating a proposal for the company president. On the day of Big Presentation to the president Liz, the team gathered [...]

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Are You a Workplace Curator?

November 1, 2011

I recently attended a local art competition called ArtPrize.  The free event is billed as “radically open”, meaning any artist, venue and citizen can participate. The openness creates a pretty random experience: grab a map, walk around downtown and check out the art. One of my favorite venues featured 25 artists in the Women’s City [...]

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Carnival of HR- It’s a Scary One

October 26, 2011

The latest Carnival of HR has come to town and it’s a scary one. Jessica Miller-Merrell, author of Tweet This! and creator of the Blogging 4 Jobs site has assembled a Halloween-themed list of HR blog posts that’s some trick, some treat and even a bit of “smell-my-feet”.     Head on over to the [...]

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I’ve Never Had a Bad Boss

October 25, 2011

I’ve never had a bad boss. Seriously. During my two decades in corporate America, I have had 14 direct supervisors. Add to that the dozens of project leaders and various quasi-leaders I had during my tenures on several non-profit boards and it adds up to nearly 30 people to whom I have had to account [...]

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Creativity is a Vital Skill for Leaders

October 20, 2011

The following post is written by Erin Palmer, a recent college graduate. When she contacted me to ask if she could write a guest post on creativity and leadership, I was thrilled because of her point of view: that of the follower, not the formal leader. Please read on to find out what this young, [...]

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Three new HR and Leadership Resources for You

October 12, 2011

Hello, readers of The People Equation! Today I have three fantastic resources to share with you. First of all, please check out the Recognition at Work blog hosted by the recognition experts at Baudville. As you may recall, Cori Curtis wrote a wonderful three-part series for The People Equation on workplace recognition practices.  Now, I’ve [...]

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Planting Seeds, Growing Your Network

October 6, 2011

As a novice vegetable gardener, I often see parallels between gardening and networking. Below are some of the more common questions I get asked about networking, along with my answers, some of which use the gardening theme.     Q: How important a role do you think social networking sites (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.) play in [...]

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October Leadership Development Carnival 2011

October 3, 2011

This month’s Leadership Development Carnival is hosted by Lynn Dessert, author of the cleverly named Elephants at Work blog.  As in “elephant in the room.”  There are twenty leadership bloggers featured this month. Check it out here.   Next month’s carnival will be hosted by Dan McCarthy at Great Leadership. If you have a leadership [...]

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5 Reasons Leaders Fear Embarrassment

September 30, 2011

And Three Ways to Deal with It “The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.” Douglas Engelbart, American Inventor   I was in a strategic planning meeting being led by a Regional VP named “Henry”. His boss was there, as were all 55 of his team [...]

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Tag Teaming Recognition

September 28, 2011

Peer-to-Peer Recognition Spreads Responsibility across the Organization This is the final installment in a three-part series on employee recognition. I want to thank guest columnist Cori Curtis of Baudville for sharing great these insights with the readers of The People Equation.     Guest Post by Cori Curtis, Certified Recognition Professional One of the most [...]

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