Book Summary: "StandOut" by Marcus Buckingham
I’ve been a fan of Marcus’ work since his original breakthrough book, “First, Break All The Rules.” His core message of the importance of casting people in the proper roles has stuck with me.Where Marcus’ previous books focused on the role of managers,…
The disconnect between education and employees
A recent network world article brought up the disconnect between students, employers and colleges. Realistically education is a tri-parte agreement between students who want to generally learn something useful for their future, educators who need to stay up on top of the technology so that they can teach it to students, and employers who will hire [...]
Building Your World
People tell me I’m lucky. I’m my own boss that works whenever and from wherever I want. I don’t have to answer to anyone and I don’t have to work on things that I don’t love. If I want to take off to travel somewhere I can. I’m usually happy and upbeat and I have [...]
Should the Junior level Professional Blog?
I’ve stolen the title from Chad Pursley, who devoted a post to the subject and asked the same question on my older post, Resumes are Dead. Social Media is Your New Resume: Right but to what extent is this a good thing and to what extent can it backfire? Does it change if like me [...]
