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Boys in the Hoodie…Why Should What You Wear Matter?
Maybe you’ve heard the news…Facebook is going public. It is expected to set records. It could possibly be the biggest IPO Evah! Facebook has become huge. It’s rapidly approaching 1… Get the Rest
Go Home! If the Facebook COO Can Leave at 5:30, So Can You.
There was an article floating around the tech world, recently. Maybe you saw it. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg stated in an interview that she *GASP!* "walk[s]
The HR Hunger Games
I have two teenagers who live in my house - which means I've paid for admission to the movie The Hunger Games roughly 37 times to date. If
Here’s To the Crazy Ones: And Why You Don’t Deserve Them
Been doing a lot of performance work for some client companies lately. As you might expect, I'm trying to push the companies to get out of the mindset
GenY’s Succession Plan – Fire the Old Farts
For those who read my stuff regularly, you know I'm not a real fan of all the generational talk that goes on in our space - "GenY's are
Culture – Your Secret, Most Unused (or Ill-Used), Strategic Weapon
As both an internal Organization Development practitioner and as an external consultant to HR, one of the most frequent conundrums with which I am presented is (wait for
Screw Employee Satisfaction – Gimme The Bad Boys and Girls
Mad Men Season 5 started this past week. Full disclosure, before this past week’s episode, I’ve watched a total of 6 minutes of Mad Men. But the hype was
80 Hours Per Week vs. ROWE
A while back I wrote a post called “What Would It Take To Get You To Work 80 Hrs Per Week?” over at The Project. The post was
“Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home” Said Greg Smith
About 15 minutes after Greg Smith, Executive Director (VP level in the U.S.) at the Goldman Sachs London office resigned, his op ed piece entitled, "Why I Am
What HR People Hate About CEOs (and Other C-Suite Occupants)
One of the best blog posts I’ve recently read was written by my fellow FOT’er, Meredith Soleau. “What CEOs Hate About HR People” was so perfectly on point.




























