I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets and resolutions. Today’s post is about failure. My biggest failure in 2014 was forgetting about Lance Haun‘s birthday. You say — that doesn’t sound too bad. I say — Are you joking? Lance is one of my dearest friends. He is beyond loyal…
I always end the year by writing about my accomplishments, failure, regrets and resolutions. Today’s post is about accomplishments. I don’t have a huge list of things that I tackled, this year. Oh, wait, that’s a lie. I keep a list in my head. But, good grief, I’m a human resources consultant and a blogger.…
I don’t have the perfect Christmas holiday in my head because I’m not Christian. I am nothing. Christmas is like any other Thursday except for the fact that many people in my life have an emotional and spiritual connection to the holiday. Christmas is a holy day of making other people feel obligated. Christmas used…
When you close your eyes and make a wish, you probably wish for love and money. I wish for a broader vocabulary and better writing skills. I want to express myself more effectively and go beyond my comfort zone. I want to leave the ghetto of human resources and expand my expertise into pop culture,…
Lots of friends are burned out by Twitter, Facebook and all the assorted social media sites on the web. I get it. It’s the holidays. And even on a normal day, it’s weird. I’m on the social web for a living, and I get scared off by people who come at me like a heart…
I just told a reporter that I might still have a job in human resources if I had friends at work. That feels true, on the surface, because I always had more enemies than buddies. Work was a hassle, and nobody liked me. I came back from getting married, and only one person congratulated me.…
I remember being a punk-ass 22-year-old kid and laughing at people who included “volunteering for my homeowner’s association” on their resumes. That’s so lame. Who puts that on a resume, right? Well, since that time, I’ve bought and sold a few houses. While some homeowner’s associations are full of fundamentalist weirdos, my neighbors are okay.…
I just leafed through a report on “HR Technology Trends for 2015” that made me laugh so hard. Apparently, everything is going So+Lo+Mo … because we live in an episode of Silicon Valley. I can’t wait to tell the teacher in Indianapolis or the oil worker in Billings that 2015 will be the year when…
There are some days when I think leadership is about character. Then there are some days when I think leadership is all about developing unique skills and exercising adept, creative thinking. But after having spent time around leaders in 2014 — and appointing myself as leader of a merry band of miscreants in the HR…
I am the proud owner of a Nike Fuel band that I never wear because it’s too big on my wrist and looks like a Lindsay Lohan tracker device. Also, I don’t need a device to tell me that I don’t get enough sleep or sitting is the new smoking. That’s what blogging is for!…