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7 steps to survive your micro-managing boss
August 26th, 2011
We have all had one at sometime during our career; the micro-managing boss. Information is like crack to him. He wants to know everything that is happening and even expects people to check in and out when they leave the office. Micro-managers think they are saving the world, but actually
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Are you pro-company or pro-employee?
August 25th, 2011
Leaders have asked me this question, “Are you pro-company or pro-employee?” This is not a very good question to ask a Chief People Officer. The question reveals management’s love/hate relationship with employees. My mindset is different - If you are pro-employee, you are also pro-company. I am for both. A leader may ask, “But shouldn’t
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Your brain needs a vacation
August 24th, 2011
Are you approaching the end of summer without taking a vacation? Research shows that vacations are very good for your physical and mental health, despite the fact you might be inundated with work when you return. American workers like to brag about all their unused vacation thinking they are extraordinarily
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Earthquakes reset the humanitarian clock
August 23rd, 2011
Earthquakes provide a momentary jolt of what is important in life. Coworkers begin making sure others are okay and help them to safety. Work stops. Employees leave their offices, buildings, warehouses and factories to go outside and account for everyone. People immediately start connecting with family members to ensure their
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A delayed decision without communication is a downer
August 23rd, 2011
Delayed decisions can be detrimental to the trust you develop with your people. One time I was on a plane in Atlanta headed to Tulsa. The Atlanta airport, one of the crazy busy airports you should avoid, can stack up a long line of planes simply trying to taxi to
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Terrible things that naturally occur in organizations
August 22nd, 2011
Scott Blanchard, executive vice president and motivational speaker with Ken Blanchard Companies, talks about an important dynamic of organizational culture. Blanchard brings to light a very interesting quote from the late Peter Drucker, famous business thinker and management consultant, concerning the natural progression of an organization’s culture if leaders are
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Five types of speakers
August 19th, 2011
After a fairly long career in human resources attending local training sessions, regional continuing education seminars and national convention keynotes speeches, I have determined there are five types of speakers: Hurling Harry: He merely spews memorized information from a training or seminar manual into the audience and hopes someone catches
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An employee who could read minds
August 18th, 2011
One time we had a new employee (I will call “Samantha”) who was in training for a call center position. Samantha came to human resources to complain that people in her training class were saying terrible, hurtful and harassing things about her. Concerned the training class was becoming a hostile
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How you make the Fortune 100 Best Places to Work in America list
August 17th, 2011
According to Ragan.com, “Honest and open internal communication is vital, reports Erin Liberman Moran of the Great Place to Work (r) Institute, the group that selects the companies that Fortune publishes.”
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All jobs are temporary
August 16th, 2011
We all are temporaries in this job market. All of us. If you have an executive position in a corner office with great benefits and a pension plan that would make a trophy wife squeal, your job is temporary. If you have a full-time position with 20 years service at
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Kevin Kennemer, the founder of The People Group, is a great workplace advocate, consultant, speaker and writer who blogs daily on relevant workplace issues regarding company culture, leadership, worklife trends, and how companies can exceed their financial performance expectations by treating employees with dignity, trust and respect.
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