I’ve accepted an exciting short-term project for a global company based here in South Florida. I’ll be helping them design new training courses and job aids based on existing business requirement documents, and then deliver those courses to staff (virtually and/or in person.)
Because the short-term project involves an aggressive deadline, I won’t be blogging or [...]

Daniel Lakstins wrote a book called 30 Careers before 30: Finding Your Dream Job Faster than I Did. In the book, he lists all 30 jobs where he worked before he turned 30, ranging from a Coke shelf stocker at Coca-Cola, to a radio personality at WZPL, to an X-ray technician at a chiropractic office, [...]

A classic textbook on Organizational Communication identifies a top theory of decision-making as the “garbage can model” because people at meetings are simply throwing out ideas and tossing them around, until a decision finally emerges. There’s rarely any kind of systematic process involved before a decision is finally made.

So kudos to Cisco for recently eliminating several layers [...]

Years ago, voters in South Florida approved the idea of constructing a high-speed rail but construction did not begin. Then the voters were asked to vote on the idea again, and they approved it again, but no action was taken. Then Rick Scott became governor and rejected the proposed $2 billion-plus project, because if it failed, then [...]

I want to share with all of you the following opportunity for anyone with an IT or healthcare background:

“Health information technology professionals are in demand. As the nation moves toward a more technologically advanced health care system, providers are going to need highly skilled health IT experts to support them in the adoption and meaningful [...]

On January 28, 2011, Women’s Executive Leadership (WEL) will be hosting a 2011 Corporate Salute during which they will award the first WEL Breakthrough Awards to companies who for the first time have selected female board directors. The event will also feature a discussion between journalist Cindy Krischer Goodman and the following executives:

Judy Schmeling, EVP & [...]

As this challenging year draws to a close, many business leaders are optimistic about where the New Year will take them. However, not everyone is ready to confidently lead their team forward in 2011 because they’re still mired in disappointments and anxieties from 2010. If you’re having trouble starting the New Year with a clean [...]

Spencer Johnson’s bestselling Who Moved My Cheese is a small book about change that has consistently received mixed reviews. If you look at the Amazon reviews, you’ll see almost as many people giving the book one star as the people giving it five stars. Personally, I would give the book five stars because of the positive [...]

As we enter a new week in a new month of a new year in a new decade, we can be assured of new changes on the horizon. And as a general rule, we won’t welcome them. Researchers have shown that people tend to greet change with skepticism, denial, rebellion, anger, fear, and other negative [...]

Some of the most profound changes in our lives only take a moment. There is a moment when two people are pronounced married. There is a moment when someone is fired. There is a moment when a baby is born. There is a moment when someone dies. It only takes a moment for a radical [...]