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In the course of writing this blog, I’ve come across some (admittedly designed as clickbait) headlines about management and leadership that really depress me. For example: “82 Percent Of Managerial Hires Are The Wrong One.” Ditto: “95 Percent Of Managers Don’t… Continue Reading
Per here, the four types of work productivity styles are: Prioritizer: Logical, analytical, fact-based thinking is preferred. Planner: Organized, sequential, planned, detailed thinking is preferential. Arranger: Focus is on supportive, expressive, and emotional thinking. Visualizer: Holistic, intuitive, and integrated thinking… Continue Reading
Just read this article on Forbes about LinkedIn publishing and how it’s poised to become the next great media company. Not sure I 100 percent agree, but my opinions are neither here nor there; I’m one person, and I’m not… Continue Reading
From here, there’s this: This data comes from a mortgage research website (HSH.com) and is pretty much what you’d expect: the Northeast Corridor demands a relatively large salary (minus Philly, maybe); Florida is comparatively inexpensive (I thought Miami would be… Continue Reading
New report from WalletHub, in turn summarized on Forbes. WalletHub tends to do some interesting stuff with their data, even if it’s pretty easy to quibble with some of the findings. The methodology here involved: Average workweek hours Commute time… Continue Reading
2015 saw a 7 percent drop in those who believe HR plays an important role in their organizations. Just over half of HR professionals (55 percent) are happy with the way their HR team is perceived by the rest of… Continue Reading
TED Talks, as a general concept, are fairly inspirational (or at least informative). I have the TED Roku channel for this exact reason: sometimes I just want to watch 2-3 in a row to help me contextualize an issue better.… Continue Reading
Here are two interesting concepts related to this discussion: A lot of times, people will say things such as “The beauty of a city is subjective!” To a certain extent, that’s true; it’s also true that how someone perceives a… Continue Reading