From the monthly archives:

April 2009

The Phase before Burnout: Bargaining

April 23, 2009

*I would like to thank my friend Lonny Smith for contributing the term “Bargaining” to this blog post.* I have felt Burnout before. That’s usually the phase where nightmares about spreadsheets and powerpoints keep you awake at night. It’s when you dread going to work, but it’s as if autopilot compels you to hit morning […]

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Is it Bad to be like Elle Woods in the Office?

April 14, 2009

When I lived in DC, there was another woman in the office similar in age who had also been a sorority girl. We were in two different chapters, from two different schools, and yet we were like-minded in our fashion choices, social habits, and work styles. Some might have called each of us a ‘mini […]

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Develop Talent Like Quentin Tarantino

April 10, 2009

Because I gave a buildup of this to HR Renegade Chris Ferdinandi, I hope this fits the movement… I’m sure you’re saying, “What!? How could I possibly apply talent development suggestions from Quentin Tarantino to my own people?” Well, you actually can. I’ll even do the leg work for you to tell you what I’m […]

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I Didn’t Do Vacation Right

April 8, 2009

Last week, I was “supposedly” on vacation. It was so supposedly, that after six hours of flying home, I came straight into the office to put in eight more hours of work. Since then, I have been working nonstop, and my poor Google Reader hates me. But is this really a bad thing? I’ve talked […]

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