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Jekyll and Hyde Decision Making – Valuing Perspective

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True multiple personalities within one person are an unfortunate clinical condition that most of us, thankfully, will never experience or even encounter. We consider this to be the stuff of movies with plots that give us a glimpse into a strange world of twisted motivations and confused spirits. While multiple personality disorder (MPD) is rare and difficult to diagnose, our oversimplified lay definition for this is a condition characterized to be at least two distinct… Read More »Jekyll and Hyde Decision Making – Valuing Perspective

Off Topic? Maybe Not – The Culture of Violence

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The sports world is still reeling today over the tragedy of a murder/suicide involving a member of the Kansas City Chiefs football team. For the most part, the on-air broadcasters handled themselves with dignity and respect in covering this as a major news story unfolding in the same space as the national obsession with NFL football competition. With the exception of Bob Costas who chose to interrupt NBC’s Sunday Night Football with the non-sequitur of… Read More »Off Topic? Maybe Not – The Culture of Violence

From the Archives – Oldies but Goodies from Make HR Happen v.5

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  This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.                 When the Experts Disagree – My father and his brother had a disagreement which began from my earliest recollection as a child and continued throughout their lives. They were as close as brothers living in two different cities could be, but when they got together this topic always came up: Which is better, a Ford… Read More »From the Archives – Oldies but Goodies from Make HR Happen v.5

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 25 thru December 1, 2012

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In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary:               The Best of Make HR Happen  – This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.             When is Enough Enough? – In college I was extremely fortunate to have friends… brothers in both a spiritual and fraternal meaning of the word… who had a unique way of educating… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 25 thru December 1, 2012

Job Seekers: How Is a Job Search like Space Travel?

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The subject of comparing the quest to find employment to a space voyage is rich with visual images of blasting off into the unknown, overcoming difficult situations, and encountering mission ending dangers. This moves the journey through uncharted waters or hacking through a forest to a new dimension. Maybe that could be the topic for another time, but for now the focus is on a simpler aspect of the trip. Of all the unknowns that… Read More »Job Seekers: How Is a Job Search like Space Travel?