From the monthly archives:

January 2010

What the hell is a posterous BizStream anyway?

January 16, 2010

Image by apozzodiborgo via Flickr Information Consumption can be difficult As some of you may know, I read a lot of stuff every week.  Most of my news and information consumption comes from the Internet, although I read a lot of magazines and other media as well.   While no one has measured it, I think [...]

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Terminate Your Fear

January 13, 2010

George Clooney via last.fm This isn’t a termination. This is a reality check. It seems as if lately I am seeing an increasing number of articles, webinars, and people standing on street corners selling seminars on terminating someone from their job. George Clooney is even playing a guy who fires people for a living at a [...]

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Do Amazing Things – lead by making bold decisions

January 12, 2010

Image by Will Lion via Flickr What one thing can you do to be a better human resources professional in 2010? Here is my contribution to Do Amazing Things, which contains ideas from a dozen thought leaders seeking to answer that same question.   The book was created by Chris Fer­di­nandi of Rene­gade HR.   [...]

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An Amazing Assemblage of Ideas for Human Resources

January 11, 2010

Asking great questions leads to great results Chris Ferdinandi of Renegade HR asked me a pair of great questions a couple of weeks ago. The first question was:  “Would you like to be part of an e-Book I am putting together?”    My answer was affirmative. The second question was: “What one thing can you can [...]

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Sunday shoutout: HR Florida State Conference and Expo

January 10, 2010

Image via Wikipedia 2010 Event Planning season is now open Give me an H!  Give me an R!  what does it spell?  Ummm -  HR! Okay, maybe that doesn’t work, but it is time to start supporting your state HR conference planning teams around the country as they get ready to launch their various events. [...]

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Florida is a frozen wasteland

January 9, 2010

Cold weather in Florida affects the entire United States I wrote a couple of days ago about global warming, the cold snap in Florida, and how miserable it is making me in the mornings when I have to scrape ice off the windshield of my Saab.   While the tone of that post, which is a [...]

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Global Warming is a lie!

January 8, 2010

Image by orvaratli via Flickr Florida is a frozen hell! It is positively freaking cold in Florida this week. That is difficult for yankees like me who moved from the Great White North to escape the frozen tundra.  I mean, I don’t even own an ice scraper.  What the hell am I supposed to do [...]

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Leaderpalooza 2010 with Mike Henry Sr. – Fort Lauderdale

January 6, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Leaderpalooza Unconference Lead Change is a group I belong to on LinkedIn Groups.  The founder of that group is Mike Henry.   They are planning a leadership uncoference for February in Fort Lauderdale.  It is called Leaderpalooza. It looks like it might be worth checking out. Here are some details from the webiste: [...]

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The Slow, Silent War for Talent

January 5, 2010

Image by dbking via Flickr A lot of people don’t like their job Shocking news from the Conference Board and MSNBC today folks!    Americans are unhappy at work! We can’t get no job satisfaction. Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to [...]

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New VLOG series on HRH

January 4, 2010

Image by kenjonbro via Flickr HR Saab Story Welcome to my new recurring Vlog series which I am calling “HR Saab Stories”.   The premise is simple, and stupid.   I am going to record one minute (more or less) video blogs in my Saab when the urge strikes.  These will be topics related to things I [...]

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