A Most Unfortunate Blend
A village was planning a gala New Year’s Eve celebration. Every inhabitant of the village was asked to contribute a …
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Our 2012 Top Ten
. Based on page views, the top posts from the year… Enjoy! #10: Kissing While Driving (March 5) #9: 7 …
Merry Now. Happy Always.
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? …
There Is No Crying In Performance Reviews!
As a manager, one of the tasks that is usually part of the job is giving feedback in the form …
Crushed!
Alice was sitting in the waiting room for her first appointment with a new dentist. Looking around the waiting room, …
Keepin’ the Dream Alive
It was twenty years ago. I was a manager of a department in a corporate office outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. …
Not Simpler
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein Let’s talk performance management. What; no? …
Action Without Action
I have decided to do nothing. To take no action. To go with the flow. To wait things out. To …
The Barber Did It
William H. Johnson was a barber in the mid-1800s. More specifically, William H. Johnson was a free black, prior to …
