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Whipping the golden goose

Originally posted November 25, 2017. I still remember that one scary line in an email from my supervisor early in my management career. “That can’t happen again.” It was a short email with three sentences, and a couple other managers were copied on that message. I was informed that one of my employees had confronted […]

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Suicide, work, and self-worth

Originally posted November 25, 2017. Shortly after I had started my staffing company, someone came up to me at a networking event and told me there was someone I had to meet. I was soon introduced to a thin, retired gentleman who was often nicknamed the “Job Doc.” His name is George Hoyt, a retired […]

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Just five minutes … and 30 years

Originally posted November 20, 2017. A story is often told of a woman who came up to Pablo Picasso and asked him to draw a sketch. He sketched it and gave it back to her saying, “That will cost you $10,000.” “But you took just five minutes to do the sketch,” she said. “The sketch […]

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What parenting can teach about organizational change

Originally posted November 15, 2017. Today I attended a seminar about being a tranformational leader. A transformational leader enacts change and inspires and influences those around him or her. A transactional leader is more of a status quo leader who measures based on sales quotas and purely on numbers. That’s kind of the presentation in […]

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Tax plan is pro-growth, pro middle-class, and pro jobs

Originally posted September 30, 2017. A few thoughts on the tax plan that has been presented: 1. Overall this is a very good tax plan, one of the best proposed in a very long time. It prioritizes American citizens ahead of the federal government. People of all political positions for a long time have been […]