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How About HR Gets Back To Basics And Focus’ On People Instead.
I read a great article by Crystal Spriggins about a current trend in HR titled Why Do We Seem to Hate All the Things That Make HR Great?, and I have to admit, Crystal hit it on the nail with... Read...
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Managing Others Isn’t For Wimps
The worst thing I have ever seen manager’s do is attempt to use the threat of documentation to try to elicit improved performance or behavior from an employee. When I worked as a Sales Manager for a...
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Managing Others Isn’t For Wimps Part 2
In my previous post “Managing Others Isn’t For Wimps” I finished off with the recommendation to other managers on the importance of fostering open and honest communication with their subordinates....
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Suicide Awareness in the Workplace
Last week on Thursday as I was working with a customer of mine, we got to talking, and the gentleman said to me, “What else have you done with your life young man?” To which I responded by letting...
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Building Trust In Your Organization
I had the opportunity to attend a monthly session of the Northern Virginia SHRM chapter this week and it was great, I met several great ladies doing wonderful things in HR and the highlight of the...
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What Makes A Leader Tick?
Over the weekend I was writing a paper on leadership and I remembered coming across a quote from Tom Landry, and as I was looking for a definition on leadership I couldn’t think of a better definition...
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Set Yourself Apart
A few weeks ago, I and another member of my military unit were coaching some newly enlisted soldiers (they were right out of high school) on promotion regulations. During the discourse, we gave the new...
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A Leader’s Call To Serve
On October 15, 2013, President Obama presented the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest military award for valor, to retired Army Captain William Swenson for his actions during the battle of Ganjal Gar...
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What My Time at Fort Dix Taught Me About Leadership
So its been about a month and a half since my last post (I have to admit the hiatus from the blog was much needed), for those of you who have been following me on Instagram and Facebook, you’re...
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7 Signs That You Suck at Being a Manager
There are a lot of supervisors and managers in various fields and industries who were at some point or another, great individual contributors, and then were promoted into a supervisory or managerial...
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