The month’s Leadership Development Carnival is hosted by the always-clever Sharlyn Lauby, writer of the award-winning blog HR Bartender. She’s put together a fantastic line up of leadership-themed blog posts and as a bonus – the contributors have added a suggested book title for your reading enjoyment. So, if you’ve got a vacation planned…
Escape from the Suburbs
It’s early one Sunday morning. While the rest of my suburbanite family members sleep, I quietly tippy-toe out of the house just as the sun is rising. It’s time for my daily walk. My footsteps tap out a rhythmic beat as I pass one house, then the next . . . dodging the unexpected spurts of…
Noisy at Work? Reduce Stress with Silence.
Back in the day, when I lived in Chicago, loud noises were all around me. The elevated train rumbled by my brownstone apartment, rattling the windows. Sirens were a never-ending presence. It was the cacophony of a big city. To “get away from it all” I would return to my small hometown in Michigan for the weekend….
HR Carnival on HRE Online’s Leader Board Blog
While I was off enjoying a family vacation at amusement/water park Michigan’s Adventure, another sort of carnival was unfolding. The HR Carnival pulled into town yesterday over at Human Resource Executive’s Leader Board blog. Hosted by Michael O’Brien, you’ll find over 25 wide-ranging HR-related themes. From topical posts on the London Olympics, to compensation theory,…
Why Do We Hate Meetings?
Over at the HR Schoolhouse blog fellow HR Blogger Network pal Robin Schooling is talking about why we hate meetings so much. (Bonus points to Robin for using the word “kvetch“.) She says that not all meetings are bad; some meetings, if done right can improve employee engagement. I agree. But still, a lot of meetings…