Sometimes you hear a presentation and it stays with you. That happened to me when I heard Bruce Kirkby (that is KirKby, with two K’s) talk about “When Magic Happens” during the early bird session on the last day of the HRPA conference (January 25, 2013). Bruce started by telling us he graduated years ago…more

I created this vlog in May 2012 and never posted it. I guess I was still too “scared” to post it then, but I’m posting now. It’s almost 7 minutes long, so just over 1 minute per tip. Here it is … Today, I’m doing something that scares me. I’m posting my first vlog on…more

This post is inspired by a Tweet from @Achievers. “Cash awards end up as groceries. No one works late for an extra banana.” It made me laugh, but it is so true. It made me think about my pickle bowl. If you are curious about what a pickle bowl has to do with recognition, read…more

I am taking a course called Grow to Greatness through Coursera, an online platform for open-access, non-credit classes, available at no cost to audiences around the world. Along with 67,000 students from the across the globe, I am learning from Edward D. Hess, Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia Darden School of…more

In the article “Is the Internet bad for us?” (The Star, Fri Dec 28 2012) Josh Tapper, the author, notes that: The average Canadian spends more than 45 hours online each month. (ComScore, a global internet use tracker) More the one-third of wired Canadians use internet-ready digital devices before getting out of bed in the morning, and…more