By Jason
Previously published on TLNT.com
Work-life balance is one of those concepts I love to hate. Here’s why:
The notion of work-life balance is artificial at best, and at worst, it’s a false way of describing a very serious problem that exists in our workplaces.
Work is part of life — no work, no money, and no money, no food or roof to live under or (insert other necessity of survival here).…
By Jason
Published previously on TLNT.com.
Once upon a time, I was charged with implementing talent management for the company where I worked.
I eagerly took on the task and, with the help of a crafty consultant; we built an elegant competency-driven program.
As with any good talent management program, this one required managers to engage in a competency assessment for each of their people. And, as you probably know, talent assessment requires…
By Cy
This post originally published on Cy's Fast Company expert blog.
There are two distinct camps in the business world today--leaders whose teams have failed to measure up and instead do nothing more than deliver excuses, and leaders whose teams have delivered results in spite of the same difficult circumstances. The difference between the two? The path that the leaders chose to take.
The first path usually begins when a leader…
By Jason
Originally published on the Swith and Shift blog by invitation of our friend, Shawn Murphy.
My four year old daughter recently took up playing her first team sport, soccer. As any parent who has had a young child in soccer knows, it’s quite a spectacle to behold when you turn loose six youngsters on a soccer field. They play three on three games, no score kept. It’s all about teaching…
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