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Florida Style – HR At Its Best!

August 26, 2010

IT’S A RECORD BREAKER. Let me say that again: IT’S A RECORD BREAKER! I don’t know about you, but I’m getting ready to join over 1,700 people at the 2011 HR Florida State Conference & Expo in Orlando, which starts Monday, August 29th. If you want to join the fun, head over to www.hrflorida.org to register. State conference director [...]

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Going Out on a Limb, Here

July 7, 2010

Didn’t get to go to the SHRM annual conference in San Diego this year (or any year for that matter), so I took it upon myself to try to read as much as I could about all the conference doings and such. After my bazillionth blog, it hit me. A LOT of these fine folks [...]

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Aim to Misbehave

June 12, 2010

How many companies can create excitement about a new product like Apple does? Once again, with the advent of the iPad they are in the lead when it comes to creative disruption. Creative disruption is when a person creates something or solves a problem that transforms. Nintendo also did it with its Wii console. Did [...]

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Volkswagen and the Leap to Recognition

June 1, 2010

Read a great article in the February 2010 edition of FAST COMPANY magazine about Volkswagen’s “drive to succeed in America.” Author Ellen McGirt asserts that if Volkswagen wants to be the world’s number one auto maker, it must first win over America. Tough stuff. America that is. By the way, how many beans do you [...]

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Succession Planning for the Top Dog

May 24, 2010

I was watching an old Cesar Milan rerun the other day on how to train puppies and in it he introduced a new pitbull puppy named Junior. Now for anyone who watches the Dog Whisperer, you know that his all time fav and constant pit companion, Daddy, passed away in February of this year at [...]

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