Employee Engagement: Putting Strengths on a Weekly Calendar The pyramid of employee engagement offers a model of the 10 blocks of employee engagement. Here is a link to a 50 page booklet on the [...]

You probably haven’t missed the news of former general and head of the CIA David Petraeus and his sudden resignation and ensuing inquiry stemming from an admitted extramarital affair. But you [...]

 
Subscribe to the Three Star Leadership Blog Working Supervisor's Support Kit A collection of tools and information that will help you do a [...]

 
Subscribe to the Three Star Leadership Blog Working Supervisor's Support Kit A collection of tools and information that will help you do a [...]

Bad news travels fast. What ONE tip would you give an entrepreneur who just spotted some bad brand publicity? The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an [...]

     The one paragraph that did resonate for me in the Engage for Success ‘Nailing the Evidence’ report was the one instance when the report strayed away from presenting its [...]

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For more than 40% of American college faculty members--those who have part-time adjunct positions--obtaining medical insurance and paying for medical care can present serious challenges.  [...]

I finally had to turn my heat on. I made it through October, but November got me. I like being comfortable, so I don’t worry about keeping the thermostat at 62 or buying energy efficient [...]

1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two [...]

Laura Bennett, CEO of Embrace Pet Insurance: In America, 65 percent of households have dogs or cats, yet only 1 percent of those pets have pet insurance. Across the ocean, 25 percent of cats and [...]

Hydrophobic means that something repels water. Oil, for instance, is commons substance that is hydrophobic. Well, Ross Nanotechnology has developed a super hydrophobic coating that completely [...]

This video of a machine drilling square holes has making the rounds on the interwebs today. I thought it was pretty fascinating, and wanted to share a couple other videos of drills drilling square [...]

Springwise: Marriage in the Sky is hosted on a platform, where 20 guests are strapped into aircraft-like seats and suspended at a height of 50 meters. As befits an exclusive venue, Marriage [...]

In 1948 Bernard Silver, a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA overheard the president of the local food chain, Food Fair, asking one of the deans to [...]

Fast Company: The founders of the website Significantobjects.com, a site devoted to quantifying the bottom-line power of story at a product level, say, “Stories are such a powerful [...]

Agro Co-op was facing a serious problem. Before having their molasses tank filled, there were no apparent leaks. After it was filled, it wouldn’t stop leaking. Worried about how they were [...]

Whether it is to safe money on gas or a need for exercise, cyclists are popping up everywhere. It was when Jack O’Neal was stuck behind a cyclist signaling with his left hand that he was [...]

Will we one day be living in houses made of mushrooms? Techcrunch profiled a company that thinks we might: Construction material manufacturing often produces hazardous byproducts that are either [...]

Composting may be the right thing to do for the environment, but it can be hard to get around the smell and the mess—particularly for urbanites without expansive yards. Trendspotter Springwise [...]

YourLocalGuardian.co.uk: A sixth-form student from Sutton Grammar School has been chosen to represent the UK in a European-wide young scientist competition. Andrew Cowan, 17, from South Park Road [...]

Fast Company: As Memorial Day, the unofficial beginning of the summer grill season, looms, the industry remains red hot. Here’s a tasting platter of stats. More than 74 million American [...]

Buy a log for $5, call it a chair and sell it for $185. Repeat!

Dear Evil HR Lady,
I am writing to ask if my position was wrongly eliminated. I am currently going through the last few weeks of employment and soon to start a severance package. I am 46 years [...]

John Denver and Tom Jones: "Carolina in My Mind."
From HMS Pinafore: "I'm Called Little Buttercup."
Bobby Darin: "Dream Lover."

Elite military organizations, such as the United States Marine Corps and the French Foreign Legion, have known this secret for years. They tell their new recruits about the history of the [...]

Josh Briggs on how to tell if someone's stealing your WiFi.

Some time ago…..twenty years or so, I answered the funeral home phone and it was a woman calling us to request our services for her mother who had died. I started to say “I am sorry for [...]

Art Contrarian looks at the work of William John Leech.

FutureLawyer is on the case. An excerpt:

Has the USPTO taken leave of its senses? Who is working there? When did common sense leave the building? A message to She Who Someday Must Be [...]

When in college, you’re used to competition. Right from scholarships to internships, you compete at every step with other students. Although you may think that applying for internships and [...]

Remember the Golden Rule, “Treat others as you would like to be treated”? It’s a great rule for how to interact with others but when it comes to your job search, you want to follow another [...]

Over the past 30 years, the planet has seen a steady rise in weather-related and geological natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and last [...]

So, here’s a crazy question: When would you try to negotiate salary from an employer? Everyone wants to make as much money as they can at a job, but are there situations that you would shy away [...]

Recently, I was speaking with a sales manager on the last day of the month and he said, "My team needs to make up $80,000 today in order to make the month."  My immediate response was, "What [...]

Praise is one of the most misunderstood, powerful, and underutilized management skills. The following is a reenactment of an actual coaching conversation I had with a manager. 1. What is [...]

Smart people try to look for hacks that automate work.  For example, if you’re trying to create a relevant social content stream as a candidate, manager or recruiter, it make sense to answer [...]

Three or four years ago I was leading a coaching session with a Software Developer turned Manager who had just received his Manager Effectiveness Score from our annual employee survey. He was upset [...]

After years of writing this website and covering just about every imaginable topic in HR - okay, so I'm still missing a few - certain articles stand out for their ...Read Full Post

I got an email yesterday from a power user in Pennsylvania.  He asked how to avoid posting an entire email thread (which can get very long) into a Log Entry. To put this into context, my favorite [...]

With states and municipalities passing laws designating gender identity as a protected class and the number of employees self-identifying with gender identity issues increasing, many employers are [...]

Yesterday’s Advisor covered many of the issues around bathrooms and transgender employees. Today, some guidelines and tips, plus an introduction to the all-HR-solution-in-one website, HR.BLR.com.

The “N word” was in common use at Utah construction company Holmes & Holmes, and management—and unfortunately HR—not only permitted it, but participated. The judge called at least four [...]

Joining the workforce after several years college can be an intimidating thing. After four or five years of supposedly learning about a future career, suddenly you're thrown into the mix and must [...]

In an attempt to retain high-value employees, many employers are getting creative with their benefits packages. From in-office daycares to free event tickets, the perks of an extended benefits [...]

 
Subscribe to the Three Star Leadership Blog Working Supervisor's Support Kit A collection of tools and information that will help you do a [...]

Last month, Lance Armstrong took the beat down of the year after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency published a 1,000-page report alleging Armstrong organized an elaborate doping scheme. From a branding and [...]

1. Sell honestly Honesty comes in all forms including honesty to self. Do you in fact believe 100% in what you have to offer as an entrepreneur or as a sales representative will it benefit your [...]

     So I said I’d come back to you on the new report produced for Engage for Success, titled ‘The Evidence’.  And, errm, well, I sort of wish I hadn’t.  I’m proud [...]

There’s about a 70% chance that you found us through Google. That’s by design. I’ve learned that search is by far the best way to reach job seekers, so I’ve invested a ton of [...]