A Most Unfortunate Blend

December 31, 2012

A village was planning a gala New Year’s Eve celebration. Every inhabitant of the village was asked to contribute a …

Our 2012 Top Ten

December 27, 2012

. Based on page views, the top posts from the year… Enjoy! #10: Kissing While Driving (March 5) #9: 7 …

December 24, 2012

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? …

December 20, 2012

As a manager, one of the tasks that is usually part of the job is giving feedback in the form …

December 17, 2012

Alice was sitting in the waiting room for her first appointment with a new dentist. Looking around the waiting room, …

December 13, 2012

It was twenty years ago. I was a manager of a department in a corporate office outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. …

December 10, 2012

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein Let’s talk performance management. What; no? …

December 6, 2012

I have decided to do nothing. To take no action. To go with the flow. To wait things out. To …

December 3, 2012

William H. Johnson was a barber in the mid-1800s. More specifically, William H. Johnson was a free black, prior to …