Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Travel”
I’ve had the really good fortune of traveling internationally for a good chunk of my career. It’s been a career filled with humbling and tremendous learning, derived from surviving the potent mix of immigration/border security lines, horrific plane meals, and profound cases of jet lag. In fact, I would go so far as to say that traveling internationally has played a …
It’s the end of 2017, and there’s one trend I’ve picked up on. A lot of people in my life are generally negative about work. A little mad, a little disenchanted about where they find themselves in life–and work is always a part of it. Is that you? Are you having a Christmas break pity party for yourself? Welcome to …
My wife and I, like many of you, have traditions. One of those traditions was that we ate at the same Mexican restaurant repeatedly. So often, if fact, we assigned a specific night to it. That night was Friday night. The place we frequented was a dive. You had to drive through an alley and park in the back of …
It’s August. Europe is on holiday. I’m just back from a week+ vacation myself. While away, I came across this article explaining why Europeans are better at taking vacations than Americans. This should not be news to anyone. In fact, I’d say most everyone is better at taking time off than those of us in the states. The article talks …
I will be leading a crew of Scouts to Northern Tier in July for a week of paddling and portaging canoes over the lakes of the North Woods in Canada. We will be in the back country for six days and the only means of communication will be a satellite phone for emergencies. Due to the remoteness and lengthy evacuation …
I’m typically the type that gets on a plane armed with my laptop, a novel (or a trash mag), and have my earbuds in and tunes blaring as soon as the flight attendant gives the word. My vibe is don’t touch me and surely don’t talk to me! Lately I’ve been taking shorter flights so lugging out the laptop to …
Have you guys ever seen a top level athlete in high school get recruited to play college sports? I'm not talking about your best friend Mary's son, Billy, who hit .338 his senior at Northern High and is getting a partial scholarship to St. Mary's Western Community College. I'm talking top 100 kids who have offers from USC, Notre Dame, …
I traveled to Canada last week to speak at the Achievers user conference – so, basically, I now have International HR experience and I wanted to share it with the FOT nation! (BTW – side note – HR vendor user conferences might be the best kept secret in HR conference action! You get some great Trench HR pros speaking, folks …
We take a break from our normally scheduled programming here at Fistful of Talent to make a public service announcement of sorts. You see, the fine city of Bozeman, Montana needs a new Director of Human Resources. And we think they need some help filling the position. Full details of the position can be found here. Why take a break …
Unless you live in a remote corner of Yosemite National Park and spend your days oggling double rainbows, you probably heard a newsy little tidbit about a fedup JetBlue employee and his beer swilling, f bomb dropping, emergency chute pulling, and in-all-ways dramatic exit from a JetBlue aircraft. After an encounter that he describes as the straw that broke the …
