One of the entities I follow on Twitter is @TalentCulture, a source of helpful information across topics such as leadership, talent management, human resources, the social workplace, and HR technology. Between their tweets, tweet chats, radio show, and other web resources, you can find a lot of quality information and interaction with others who share …
Monthly Update to Top 10 All-Time Posts
Each month I update the list of the top 10 most visited posts since this blog began in 2011. During the past month, we saw a little reshuffling among the 8-10 slots on the list, but no new additions to the top 10. Rising on the list this past month was What I Appreciate Most in …
Sweet Lorraine and Our Need for Positive News
Many of you saw in the news or spreading through social media this past week the touching story of 96-year-old Fred Stobaugh and the song lyrics he wrote for a contest in memory of Lorraine, his recently deceased wife of 72 years. The inspiring story came as a result of a song contest held by …
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Christian Songs and Inadequate Lyrics
I'm going to gripe for a few minutes, so bear with me... Normally, I prefer listening to Christian radio stations when I drive. I find it generally uplifting and better food for the soul than the alternative on other stations. Most of the pre-sets on my radio point to Christian stations and if one of …
A Hammer, Bad Service, and a Nail
I'm currently reading the 10th anniversary edition of The Cluetrain Manifesto. The first edition came out in 2000, so even this edition is a few years old. For those unfamiliar, it is a classic book that had its genesis in 95 theses posted in 1999 at http://www.cluetrain.com - a site largely kept as it was then …