Category Archives: Leadership

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  Work Sucks! Five Critical Learnings about Going ROWE

  Posted on February 15, 2013 by Pam in Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership

  How many times have you heard: Work sucks lately? How many times have you said it? It may be because I recently read “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It” by Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler, and just received my copy of “Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It“, but I’ve been hearing [...]

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  Tech Tool Tuesday: Online Leadership and Team Development Tools from Actionable Books

  Posted on January 8, 2013 by Pam in Leadership, Technology, Training and Development
  This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Tech Tool Tuesday

  Today’s Tech Tool Tuesday post is about a tool for leaders who want to build stronger teams, called Actionable Books. Full disclosure – I liked this tool so much that I became an “Actionable Coach”, which means that I have been trained in the philosophy, tools, and how to use them successfully, and that I [...]

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  Transforming HR – My 2013 Wishlist – #1: Policy Police to Culture Creator

  Posted on December 31, 2012 by Pam in Human Resources, Leadership
  This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Transforming HR in 2013

  In 2005, Fast Company magazine’s article “Why We Hate HR“, described HR: The human-resources trade long ago proved itself, at best, a necessary evil — and at worst, a dark bureaucratic force that blindly enforces nonsensical rules, resists creativity, and impedes constructive change. Since that article was written, we have seen 7 years of dramatic [...]

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  Guest Post: What’s Wrong With Generation Y? A Millennial’s Perspective

  Posted on November 6, 2012 by Pam in Career and Business Building, Gen Y, Leadership

  What’s Wrong with Generation Y? Answer: Nothing. Generation Y, also known as Millennials, are the group born roughly in the 1980’s and 1990’s. In the last few years they have gotten a lot of press. Most of it negative, some of it explanatory and lately, a small group are finally speaking out against the bad [...]

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• What makes a social workplace?

  Posted on October 21, 2012 by Pam in Leadership, Social Business, Social Media

  Last week, I had a fabulous opportunity to chat with Donna Messer of ConnectUs Canada on her BlogTalk Radio show. We discussed Impact99 Social Workplace Summit and the 8 Guiding Principles of a Social Workplace that Christine McLeod and I have developed after hundreds of hours of interviews, research and learning from thought leaders in [...]

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