April 29th, 2009
On the road again! On the way to South Dakota to give a keynote for the 2009 South Dakota SHRM Conference. Generation X: Magic (or Mayhem) in the Middle See you on the flip side. Be good to each other.
April 28th, 2009
I got to have breakfast with Maren Hogan, a friend and occassional collaborator yesterday morning and in the course of our rambling conversation, the topic of conferences came up. We had some similar perspectives on the state of conferences and had some very similar conversations with other folks that we know. She went on to [Read More…]
April 27th, 2009
Innovation is one of those things. One of those things that everyone is talking about. Everyone is talking about it because it is cool and exciting, but truth be told it also represents tremendous opportunity for competitive advantage (for organizations, industries, communities and regions). Just because everyone is talking about it does not mean everyone [Read More…]
April 24th, 2009
Malcolm X is the largest historical figure to be born in the state of Nebraska. Malcolm X was born in Omaha in 1925. He was driven from Nebraska as a small child after racist violence against his family. But nothing can change the fact that he was born in Nebraska. This seems to give Nebraska [Read More…]
April 23rd, 2009
Cool post from Jamie Notter who dug some of my thoughts on organizational culture and added some of his own. I love his last line; “this is the courage we call leadership.” A bit of the Talent Anarchy message up at Cheezhead today, check it out and let us know what you think.
April 21st, 2009
Do You Work With Humans? “This Rocks.” -workshop attendee March 2009 (Des Moines, IA) “Amazing stuff. Amazing research. This changes everything.” -workshop attendee March 2009 (Richmond, VA) Working with Humans has been, over the past three years, my most popular workshop and I have now delivered some version of it in about 25 different [Read More…]
April 19th, 2009
April 15th, 2009
Still reflecting on the topic of organizational culture, and its importance, and it is probably worth taking a look at employee engagement. If you have been paying any attention to anything in the world of human resources, talent management, organizational behavior and organizational development during the past decade, you know that engagement matters. It matters [Read More…]
April 13th, 2009
We all know that an organization has a culture. We know that it would feel differently to work at Google than it would to work at the Federal Reserve…even in the exact same type of job. We all have some appreciation for this idea of culture and that it makes a difference…but how much of [Read More…]