For the next two weeks, the Women of HR site is featuring Women of HR- Unwrapped – “unwrapping” some great content by an eclectic group of women in the HR, coaching, training, leadership and business management fields. It’s a “best of 2012” series and I’m honored that today my post Bully Boss or Tough Boss? How to…
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New Leadership Role? Start Strong with These 6 Key Actions
Any time you take on a new leadership role, there’s a learning curve. Most experts agree that the first 100 days of a new leader’s job is vital to setting the stage for future successes. Now is not the time to jump in and make wholesale changes. That time comes in the second 100 days…
When There Are No Words
I’m a blogger. That means I put my writing out into the world for others to see. But sometimes, there are no words. That’s how I feel today. What could I possibly say that would help? It seems frivolous to write about workplace dynamics when our nation deals with the horrifying story of mass shootings…
Career Success and Paying Attention
Have you ever noticed that when you pay attention to something specific, more of that thing starts to show up? That happens with cars – buy a new car in trend-setting Kodiak Brown and as you drive home, you see three more cars on the road in that same exact color. It works that way…
Optimism – We Made It to Another Day
If you’re reading this, then clearly the doomsday predictions based on the Mayan calendar haven’t come true. Whew! Although the pessimists say that in actuality, we have until December 21st to find out. We’ll see about that. Ever the optimist, I wrote this post yesterday and scheduled it for today. We lived to see…