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…
The Phoneless Business Person
Today I attended a networking luncheon for the newly formed Grand Rapids Entrepreneur’s Club. This fledgling organization was started by my colleague Cyndi Sullivan. Years ago, Cyndi and I were on the founding committee for a different networking group; I’ve come to admire her work ethic and positive, pay-it-forward approach to networking. The Grand Rapids chapter is…
Networking Inside the Company Walls
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…
Employees Can’t Get No Satisfaction
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…
RocketHR
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…