The following humor is attributed to Kurt Vonnegut: To be is to do – Socrates To do is to be – Sartre Do Be Do Be Do – Sinatra Having heard it in multiple contexts over the years, I tried to find the origin of the phrase, “I am a human being, not a human doing.†It appears to be another of those catchy quotations everyone has heard, but it seems to have been originated… Read More »What Do You Do?
Experts suggest that there are two kinds of people: Those who are Big Picture Thinkers and those who are Detail Oriented Thinkers. It doesn’t take but a few seconds of data diving to find reams of advice for BPT’s on how to relate to DOT’s and how to deal with them. There must be research data somewhere that would point to this being true, but it must be way too detailed to be interesting or… Read More »Plan To Do Small Things
This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.      From the Greatest Generation To the Degraded Generation - We live in an age when everything and everyone must fit neatly into labeled buckets. There isn’t much room to wiggle out of the label planted on groups of people and if the term does not seem to fit we arbitrarily redefine the words. For… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.10
In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary: Dec 30 – Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.9 – This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen. – more –      Dec 30 – When Customer Service Doesn’t Matter – Ah, but you say customer service always matters. Not always. The outward facing image of a company is only… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – December 30, 2012 thru January 5, 2013
The concept of a maritime pilot is said to be as old as the sea itself. In ancient Greece, local fishermen would be hired to bring foreign ships safely into port. Modern day pilots serve to facilitate a global shipping trade where local laws and navigation rules could possibly overwhelm a ship’s captain and crew. Instead of risking shipwreck or disaster, they rely on pilot ships to guide them to harbor or actually allow a… Read More »Job Seekers: You Need a Pilot for Your Ship