The HR Stuff Worth Knowing Before You Need It.

Continuing on with Life Lessons from the Playground, this week, we are talking about: Look forward if you’re walking forward I always laughed at this one. We’d be walking down the hall and Isaac would inevitably have his head turned behind him with his body moving forward and bump into the other kids. Enter the…

One of my favorite quotes from Alice in Wonderland (aside from “We’re all mad here”) is a conversation between Alice and the Cheshire Cat: Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?” The cat asked, “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat, “it really doesn’t matter, does it?” In a world and society that has so many options, many paths, and many “new and improved” innovations, it’s easy to…

In Saving Mr. Banks, Walt Disney had been wooing P.L. Travers for the rights to Mary Poppins with huge gestures and plans, to which she remained impassive and unimpressed. There’s a scene when Walt Disney finds out her real name is Helen Geoff, and he realizes who she is and says, “I’ve been talking to the wrong person.” Who are you talking to? Who is your audience? Is your audience going to be wooed by the latest and greatest, drawn in by the experience of others, or persuaded by well researched statistics? Knowing your target audience…

In this driving society where multi-tasking can be king, do you find yourself being a Jack or Jill of all trades? A better question is – Should you be a Jack or Jill of all trades? There’s a 1930’s quote that says, “The man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is not…