From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Learning leadership from the Wizard of Oz

August 8, 2010

Leadership Secrets as taught by the Wizard of Oz on Prezi Cover via Amazon Most Leaders aren’t magical I am convinced that an archetype for almost any life situation can be found reflected in the film “The Wizard of Oz”.    I know, that sounds  weird, but go with me on this for a moment. For [...]

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The Zombie Employee Free Choice Act is back!

August 8, 2010

Never waste a good piece of legislation! From Drop Box Just when you thought it was safe to think about other issues, and move forward to being scared by some new threatening piece of legislation looming on the horizon, the Employee Free Choice Act is back.   Much like the zombies made famous by George Romero, [...]

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The organizational perils of live blogging

August 3, 2010

Image by LincolnStein via Flickr Illinois SHRM leaders pushing the envelope I am getting ready to start day two of the Illinois SHRM State Conference and Exposition.   The organization was kind enough to invite me to attend as part of their initial blogging team.  You can check out some of the presentation slide decks here [...]

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