With all the great posts hitting the Blogosphere this past week on the topics of leadership, talent management, and human resource management, I would like to point you to five posts that we consider to be the best of the best for the week of December 29th 2008 to January 4th, 2009. Raj Setty, Tom Peters Blog: Status Check for 2009: Is Your Job Safe? - In these times of economic and financial uncertainty it is easy to wonder if your job is safe and secure. Raj offers nine hard hitting questions you can ask yourself to determine how safe…
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Every Friday we like to feature an online resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today we have an excellent online resource from the recruiting industry that I am confident you will enjoy. The Resource: The Cheezhead Recruiting Blog What it Covers: Joel Cheesman’s Cheezhead blog covers all things related to the online recruiting and employment search industry. Joel’s blog acts very much like a news aggregator in that it continually reports the latest industry news and then offers up professional insight and commentary on the data. In his own words…
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2008 has been an exciting year for me and the Maximize Possibility Blog. I have formed some great relationships with fellow bloggers, seen a steady increase in readership and comments, and most importantly I have acquired a wealth of new knowledge to share with my readers and use in my quest to help my Clients Maximize Possibility in their organizations. The end of the year offers an excellent opportunity to reflect on highlights of the last past twelve months and look forward to the excitement that 2009 promises to bring us. As I looked back through my blog archives for…
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With 2008 coming to an end, there has been an abundance of excellent posts reflecting on the year that was 2008 and looking ahead to what 2009 will bring us. In this rendition of my Rainmaker ‘Fab Five’ blog picks of the week I’d like to feature my five favorite posts from bloggers reflecting on 2008 and looking ahead to 2009. Enjoy! Lance Huan, Your HR Guy: Predictions for 2009 - Lance has posted an excellent and provocative three part series with predictions for HR in 2009. Click the following links to read Part I, Part II, and my favorite,…
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While most of us were enjoying time away from work sharing the holidays with loved ones, Peggy Andrews was hard at work putting together the latest Carnival of Human Resources. Head over to her blog to check out an excellent collection of 18 posts on human resources, talent management, leadership, and much, much more!
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Every Friday I like to feature an online resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today I would like to feature an online newsletter that I have found to be very valuable and am confident you will enjoy too. The Resource: Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Caffeine Newsletter What it Covers: Jeffrey writes insightful articles on timely and relevant sales topics including product branding, personal branding, prospecting, public speaking and sales presentations, closing the sale, and just about anything else you can think of when it comes to sales and selling. Why You…
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With all the great posts hitting the Blogosphere this past week on the topics of leadership, talent management, and human resource management, we’d like to point you to five posts (and a bonus pick!) that we consider to be the best of the best for the week of December 15th to December 21st, 2008. Wally Bock, Three Star Leadership: Layoff Survivors: The Few, The Fatigued, The Forgotten - Understandably, victims of corporate layoffs receive a lot of attention in the media. What we don’t hear much about are the layoff survivors who keep their jobs. Wally takes a look at…
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Every Friday we like to feature an online resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today we have an excellent online resource that I am confident you will enjoy. The Resource: Ann Bares’ Compensation Force Blog What it Covers: As her blog name would indicate, Ann writes primarily on compensation issues in the workplace. Whether its pay for performance, severance packages, changes in minimum wage regulations, or salary creep, Ann covers it all. On top of her expertise in the compensation field, Ann also comments quite thoughtfully on a wide array…
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If you are an executive or senior level manager in a publicly held organization, you should already know this, but just in case you forgot: Succession planning is a fiduciary responsibility to your Shareholders. Remember your Shareholders? That is right… the people who actually own your company and vote for the board of directors that decides if you get to keep your job or not. While succession planning does not make a lot of financial headlines, it can have a considerable impact on the value of your organization’s stock. Remember Management 101? Your job as an executive is to increase…
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Any time you get together with family, it can be quite stressful… In the Young household, Christmas Eve is when we celebrate. We also enjoy our own family tradition of having a feast that my wife, son, and daughter look forward to in the weeks ahead. Oh yeah…. And we open up presents! Christmas Day is a rich tradition as well. Our Christmas tradition means going to the in-laws for the entire day. It’s an incredible day for our family as we celebrate together. There’s a rich feast as my mother-in-law is an amazing cook and the rest of the…
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With all the great posts hitting the Blogosphere this past week on the topics of leadership, talent management, and human resource management, we’d like to point you to five posts (and a bonus pick!) that we consider to be the best of the best for the week of December 8th to December 14th, 2008. Carmine Coyote, Slow Leadership Blog: What is Quality Leadership - Carmine looks past the Hollywood portrayal of business leaders and examines what quality leaders are really made of. Wally Bock, Three Star Leadership: Leaders Eat Last - Wally reflects on the leadership lessons he took away…
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Every Friday we like to feature an online resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today we have an excellent online resource that I am confident will enjoy. The Resource: HRResource.com — Training and Education for Human Resource Professionals What it Covers: HRResource is a collaborative online community of HR professionals who contribute to the site via blog posts, articles, and white papers on a wide range of human resource topics including leadership, compliance, strategy, talent management, recruitment, selection, and much more. The website has an excellent collection of podcasts, audio…
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Important Question: What is your Personal Brand? A powerful brand is Ferrari. When you think of the word and image, “Ferrari”, what comes to mind? Fast Red (perhaps Yellow…) Exotic Expensive Perhaps you want one… perhaps not. Well… Guess what? YOU HAVE A PERSONAL BRAND. Thinking of your Personal Brand… What do people think of when your name comes to mind? Hard-working? Caring? Personal Accountability? Team Player? Positive Energy? Or: Does only enough to get by? Cares only for themselves? No Personal Accountability — blames everyone / everything else for their short-comings? Not a team player? Negative energy? Perhaps your…
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Lisa is hosting the latest Carnival of Human Resources at her blog, HR Thoughts. Head on over and check it out for a great collection of blog posts from some of the best bloggers in the industry!
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I opened up today’s Wall Street Journal to find more bad economic news of corporate layoffs and job cuts abound. It is really bad folks. These are the worst economic times my generation (X Generation) has ever seen. This quarter (Q4 ‘08) is likely to be the worst economically, and the after-effects will be felt for the coming 12-24 months. One key sign of the “after-effect” will be the continued business layoffs. Everything economically happens after the original impact. That is why it is called the “lag effect”. Here is my worry. Companies are making speedy job cuts – Especially…
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The latest Carnival of Leadership Development is up and live at Dan McCarthy’s blog - Great Leadership by Dan. Head on over and check it out for a great collection of 46 posts on leadership, coaching, succession planning, change management, and much, much more!
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With all the great posts hitting the Blogosphere this past week on the topics of leadership, talent management, and human resource management, we’d like to point you to five posts that we consider to be the best of the best for the week of December 1st to December 7th, 2008. Tim Sanders, Sanders Says: Recession Strategy: Make Yourself Emotionally Attractive - Tim shares a great suggestion for thriving in a recession — make yourself emotionally attractive to your customers — and offers four tips for being more emotionally attractive. Steve Roesler, All Things Workplace: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Genuine Growth -…
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Every Friday we like to feature an online resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today we have an excellent online resource that I am confident will enjoy. The Resource: Jon Ingham’s Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) Blog What it Covers: As its name would suggest, Jon’s blog covers strategic human capital management. But that’s not all… Jon also provides great insight into the global HR industry, the use of social media and networking in the human resources function, and the transition of HR to HR 2.0 Why You Should Check…
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The power of the human mind is incredible. Rarely, do we harness our mindset properly. Instead, many people are committed to a life of “stories” or perspective that could have a better ending. An example… Take the coldest part of the year for you. Perhaps you are about to enjoy the coldest part of your year it like I am! In North Dakota right now, it is around 10 degrees at night and 25-35 degrees in the day. Perspective… People here are bundled up BIG TIME… Gloves, scarves, heavy coats, remote car starters… Fashion goes out the window. Who cares…
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Ever been to a circus and noticed how an elephant can be safely secured with nothing more than a thin rope and a short wooden stake? Without a doubt the 5-ton elephant could easily pull the stake from the ground and go charging towards its freedom, but it does not. How can this be? The answer is self-limiting beliefs.Consider this… When a captive elephant is a baby it is chained to a heavy metal stake that is driven deep into the ground. The intent is to limit movement and to condition the baby elephant for adulthood.Adult elephants, which are obviously…
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