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I have a job starting in a few weeks. The position seems challenging and I feel comfortable about the work culture. The more I learn, the more I realize how important a good cultural fit is. A misfit is just too costly a mistake — expensive for both me and the company, tho I admit […]

I keep reading about the “impending talent shortage” and the “coming labor crisis” when all the Boomers retire. The Generation X group is so much smaller and less talented than the Boomer group that businesses — at least HR-related businesses — are calling for succession management NOW.
But for every article I read suggesting that my […]

A friend clued me into the Thirty-Day Challenge, a challenge to get a working business plan off the ground in thirty days. This year’s theme was “$10 in 30 Days,” which does seem doable.
Summaries of the podcasts are available at Mike Mindel’s site.

What is bullying?
What is a serial bully?
Am I being bullied?
Complex PTSD resulting from workplace bullying
Vulnerabilites bullies exploit
The Rewind Technique for recovery from PTSD
PTSD Forum

My local NOW sent a newsletter covering a recent Supreme Court decision that will affect anyone in the States who has a complaint about pay.
Although the plaintiff in the case had won and been awarded monetary damages, the Supreme Court overthrew the lower courts’ decisions because the plaintiff had not filed a complaint within 180 […]

Today I learned that no matter how hard you try to:

Communicate clearly and effectively, someone will not understand
Include all the people affected by something, you will leave someone out (and you will be beaten for it)
Answer someone’s question, you will be second-guessed
Be honest, someone will assume you are lying or trying to “pull one over”
Be […]

Information security has become more of a buzz-phrase lately. It seems I keep running into technicians who are eager to make the leap into what appears to be a more lucrative field, but who lack a firm grasp of what info sec is really about. At first glance, info sec seems to be simply the […]

I’ve been thinking about innovative cultures. I’ve been in a few–marketing departments, magazines, art school–so I do have a vague idea what an innovative culture looks and feels like. I also can recognize one that isn’t.
For starters, productivity is not the same as creativity. I can work all day at manufacturing things, but if […]