In my first-grader’s backpack last night was a completed assignment: “Five Things I’m Thankful For”. Along with her stuffed animals, bedroom and house, she’s thankful for her Mom and her Dad. It’s nice to know we made the list. Counting one’s blessings is a very grounding thing to do. For years, I’ve kept a Gratitude…
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Know When to Get Off The Bus
And Other Life Lessons Learned in Guadalajara Trish McFarlane over at the HR Ringleader has asked us to dig deep and share a personal story of an event in our lives that helped us chart a new path. She’s going to publish these stories for the Carnival of HR “Game Changing Moments” edition….
Rock Opera and Trust
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,…
Leadership and Influence Summit
If you are interested in the topic of leadership, here’s a great free resource that my colleague Donna Bova alerted me to this morning: The Leadership and Influence Summit. It’s a free online learning event that’s on-demand— sign up and you’ll have immediate access to over 30 thought-leaders on the topics of leadership and influence. …
Open Up Your Leadership
Don’t Wait For Your Company to Embrace Social Technologies American business leaders have long grappled with societal changes that influence their business practices. The advent of organized labor in the late 1800’s and the entry of women into non-traditional factory jobs during World War II are but two examples of large societal shifts that…