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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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64 Ways to Show Employee Love

January 28, 2010

I was listening to the radio the other day on my way home from the ever-present swim team car pool drive (an hour and a half round trip, ugh) and heard the radio jockeys talking about Valentine’s Day and an article on they found on the Internet related to “64 Ways to Say I Love [...]

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Employee Snow Storms

January 2, 2010

With the new year beginning, I started thinking about what the year might hold for the workplace and employees. Well, I’ll be honest; I was really thinking about snow and skiing. Those two are at least fun — I know, I know. Unless you have to get on the roof with the hairdryer to de-ice the gutters before the second storm [...]

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First Annual We’re Not Turkeys List

November 25, 2009

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I’ve decided to share my top ten reasons why any organization should be thankful for HR. Here goes: 10 – We figure out where to find people to get the job done, even if there are no niche employees to be found who are experts in Java, HTML, Sequel Pro, [...]

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Exercise, Discipline and Affection

October 1, 2009

It kills me, just kills me, when I read about HR-related issues in BusinessWeek magazine. I know it is a business-related sheet and all, but they don’t always make me feel all warm and fuzzy when they start talking about the human side of things. It’s not often that an article will catch my eye, [...]

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