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In the age of engagement, you can’t thwart ambition

ambition by tja88 There are more articles, books and posting out there on engagement, creating engagement, the benefits of creating engagement, and so on than I can count.  So, of course, I’m going to...

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So what if it’s important?

office work by linni fight I wish I had a nickel for every time some new initiative was rolled out, sometimes with mandatory attendance at grandiose presentations proclaiming the utter importance of...

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From The Onion: Intern disrespects self

Office job stressful job by FriXedAirwave A great post on the Onion depicts the plight of interns at Fischer Marketing.  According to the article, “Supervisor Encourages Interns To Take On More...

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Leadership, Culture and the Situation of Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, sent a shock wave across the internet and the blogosphere last weekend when she announced that Yahoo’s policy of allowing people to work remotely would be ended, and that...

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If passionate, failure firms resolve

There’s a lot said about the need to invoke people’s passions in the workplace.  I don’t think it happens nearly as often as it should, since for the vast majority, employment is not about passion –...

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Things I hate: “Too Busy to be Bored”

I hate when people say, “i am too busy to be bored.”  Just because I have something to do doesn’t mean that it is the cure for boredom.  In fact, many of the things I have to do are the cause of...

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Career advice? Listen to yourself and believe in what you believe in.

I was approached by someone recently who was seeking some career advice.  Worn out by the politics of his current environment, he felt under appreciated and at serious risk of being put out to pasture,...

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Delegating by capacity

Why do so many bosses manage according to the principal of “ I do most of the work.  You ‘re just here to catch the overflow?” Delegating is supposed to be about understanding the work flowing through...

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If the student has not learned, the teacher has not taught

As both of the regular readers of this blog know, my wife is an elementary school teacher.  One of the things she struggles with, as do all teacher, is developing a lesson to suit multiple learning...

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Training and Education – What is the correct value for you?

As Continuous Improvement practitioners, it is natural (even a passion) to always seek ways to improve ourselves and the value we drive to our colleagues and the companies for which we work.  During...

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