Managers, when it comes to your employees where does professional development rank in your list of priorities?
A. It’s vitally important and I discuss it frequently
B. It’s important but don’t talk about it much
C. It’s not important - or - there are more important things to focus on
If you answered ‘A’ above…congratulations! Keep on doing what [...]

Steve Roesler published a great post (then again, has he ever written a bad post?) titled Talent: Accurate Self-Awareness or Karaoke Feedback?. The main focus is feedback and he offers suggestions on how to give it as well as how to receive it.
For me, I find the hardest thing to remember about feedback is that [...]

As I vaguely mentioned in my last post, after a few months of hustling to get all of my application items together, I’ve finally been accepted to the business anthropology master’s degree program at the University of North Texas. Along with my background in workplace coaching, organizational management, and leadership development, I’m excited at the [...]

Steve Roesler applied the tag to me last week for a book reading meme. I’m kind of a sucker for anything book related so here she goes… 
The object of this meme’s game is to share what I’m currently reading and sentences 6-8 of page 123 of that book. I’m actually reading three books right now, [...]

Admit it. Unless you’ve found your soulful work, there are days when you come home from the job and toy with the idea of ditching it to move on to something better. But is ditching your job the best answer? It all depends on your circumstances.
A few days ago, CNN published a (somewhat surprisingly) insightful [...]