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A while back I wrote a few posts drawing business lessons from some of my favorite movies, The Godfather and Butch Cassidy are at the top of the list. Here is another from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: After traveling to Bolivia to escape the relentless pursuit of their nemesis La Forge Butch and [...]
As a practicing HR professional I always felt it was important to be involved in the interview process. After all Human Resources is the owner of the hiring process and somebody needs to make sure we are in compliance. I remember learning behavioral interviewing techniques and even became a certified instructor. The key to success [...]
It was a great holiday weekend, lot’s of good food and drink, visits from relatives, and the traditional Turkey Bowl football game. Our closest friends have five kids, we have four, add a few relatives and it’s a pretty big game. This year it was nine against nine. As an adult in these games you [...]
Today another post over at InsideTMT. Over the last several years as the social media firestorm has raged on, LinkedIn was quietly maintaining the status quo of being the “Professional Network.” LinkedIn is like the Facebook for adults. I used to think they would corner the market on the professional profiles and become the de-facto [...]
I published a blog post over at InsideTMT regarding the acquisition of The Right Thing by ADP. While most analysts have lauded this as a great move and puts ADP in a leading position in the RPO market, it will be no walk in the park. Click through to read more.
This morning I published my blog post over at InsideTMT. If you are just thinking about building a Talent Community, you are way behind the times. Everyone is already doing it. In our fast paced ever changing socialized industry, we all have the tendency to jump on any bandwagon that looks like it is moving [...]
When I was the manager of recruiting operations for a large government contractor, my role included maintaining the relationship with our ATS vendor. At first it was an ugly relationship. We had so many technical problems the system was randomly crashing in the middle of the day. If I wasn’t on the phone yelling at [...]
In the last five years or so the concept of employee engagement has taken center stage as the holy grail metric for Human Capital Management (HCM). There are quite a few studies that demonstrate the bottom line impact of increasing employee engagement, and if you google it you can find plenty. This article (click here) [...]
Even though I am no longer a practicing HR professional, I always like to read up on what HR Executives are trying to accomplish, how they are taking strides to move the industry forward. I recently found a great article that covers a panel discussion among five HR Leaders from major companies. The topic: The [...]
Have you ever work for a company with poor internal mobility? Where good performers sometimes leave after only 1-2 years? The exit interviews tell you the primary cause of voluntary turnover is Lack of Advancement, or Inadequate Development opportunities? Sounds a little like most companies, and yet we seem to get by in spite of [...]
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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
The Art of War: With Commentaries by James Clavell by Sun Tzu, Sun Zi, James Clavell(Editor), James Clavell(Editor), James Clavell(Commentaries by)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss, Ray Porter(Read by)
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H. W. Brands
