HR pros, recruiters, managers, consultants: On November 4th, 2009, in Chicago, there is an event you need to experience: the Fail Spectacularly! event. Whether you live here or are attending the onrec expo, on Nov 4, come the end of the day, all you want is… the same thing you want every day: a chance [...]
From the monthly archives:
September 2009
Based on what I’ve seen as an graduate school instructor, what I’ve witnessed as a coach, what I’ve heard as a member of some expert societies, and what I’ve been shown by others, I have calculated that there is a 94.8% chance that you can’t write. At all. (I used the rectal database to calculate [...]
I had lunch the other day with a friend of mine who is in charge of managing a very famous, very iconic brand. The brand needs some shaking up, and he got the call. He’s very good at what he does, and so far, so good with the changes. Great. But then, as he was [...]
Manager #1: “I want my managers to think more like owners. And frankly, I know a number of them won’t like the message, but they need to hear it.” Manager #2; “Yes, I agree 100%. Plus I’d also like the day to be a morale booster… how can we deliver that message and then ensure [...]
Carol Roth, an advisor to entrepreneurs who, as it turns out, is not only a seriously sharp cookie when it comes to launching businesses but also a classmate of mine from Wharton and also—get this—nursery school, stopped by my fancy-schmancy podcast studio this afternoon to talk entrepreneurship. Listen to the podcast in the widget in [...]
Tonight, I had a little chat with my daughter about the fuchsia shoes she just bought and plans to wear to school. The upshot goes like this: There is zero risk in being yourself. You only take risks when you try to hide who you are or pretend to be something you’re not. Interested in [...]
The question must be asked: if the idea of living your story is so inspiring, and the guidelines for doing so are so simple, then why don’t more people do it? Why do so many fail to even consider themselves for the lead of their own story? Pitfalls, baby. Pitfalls. Indecision, Ignorance, & Inflexibility Many [...]
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