How do bloggers make a difference? How are bloggers different/better than typical journalist and their outlets? Why should I spend time reading blogs? These are often asked questions. A big answer to all of these questions is Mike VanDervort and the other bloggers who will participate in his Carnival of HR and Charitable Giving. read more »

Second in a series

While mentoring another entrepreneur a while back, he asked questions that really  made me focus on why things had worked for Aquire as we grew the business, and what the big challenges had been in decision making. Forced to concentrate on the why and how of big, tough, and pivotal decisions, I analyzed some of  the best and worst stuff I/we have ever done. read more »

You can’t always get exactly what you want. Although, sometimes you get something far more valuable. I attended the HRevolution event last weekend in Louisville, KY. It was billed as an “unconference.” I’m not very enamored with this term, but I guess it means you just shouldn’t expect a lot of slide presentations and randomness will reign there. I think HRevolution can be tagged as a round table. Next year, I hope it is dubbed as a “think tank,” and that the great minds brimming with ideas this Nov. 6th and 7th come to make it boiling hot. read more »

First in a series

While mentoring a college student (I have several outlets for my mentoring passion), we discussed people’s different communication styles. Some people like to get text messages and others might be confused or offended by the straight forward “throwing” of information the way an Instant Message delivers it. I pulled out a tool, Communication Builder by Strategic Coach, that our company uses to help people understand how their team members like to give and get varying types of information. It dawned on me that we hadn’t discussed the results of this tool for quite awhile, and we all needed to bring out our communication worksheets to share departmentally again. read more »