What is the Autumnal Equinox? The September Equinox, also known as the Autumnal or Autumn Equinox, is set to take place on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 7:29 PM PDT. On this day summer officially turns [ … ] Read More
My two-bits worth on Job Titles vs. Work Environment ….. PLEASE – we have heard enough – no one wants to work with Rock Stars, Ninjas, Gurus, Aces or Warriors! Workforce.com agreed to my reposting their [ … ] Read More
The Middle Makes it Happen In just about everything – life, work, and politics — the middle is extremely complex. Being in the middle of the business can be a difficult place. “Middleness” is particularly challenging when [ … ] Read More
Goodby August, Hello September! This long weekend represents a number of things to a variety of people. It is the kickoff to the month of September and will have you thinking about things that have [ … ] Read More
The third Friday of each August is “Hug Your Boss Day.” This year Friday, August 22nd will highlight workplace relationships, build awareness of the employee/boss relationship and value the importance that managerial style affects employee job satisfaction and wellbeing. [ … ] Read More
Years ago, when most organizations were based on the hierarchical business model of the Industrial Age, a great leader was one who was unemotional, rational, even mechanistic. Those days are gone. Today’s leader, especially one who is [ … ] Read More
BC Day Civic Holiday: Monday August 4th, 2014 The first Monday of August is a Canadian public holiday commonly referred to as Civic Day or the August long weekend. The name “civic” holiday came about because [ … ] Read More
Alexandra Samuel explores employees as online celebrities in a recent Wall Street Journal article: Co-branded employees can raise tough questions about how to contain their online activities—and how to compensate them. It also isn’t easy [ … ] Read More
Summer 2014 officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, June 21st, 2014 at 3:51 am Pacific Standard time. This Saturday the sun will be at its most northern point in the sky so this day [ … ] Read More
We can never escape a year without a Friday the 13th. This year we will have Friday the 13th in June and next year we will have the maximum – three days of mystery – February, [ … ] Read More