It’s Wednesday, and I’m on my way to conduct the opening and closing keynote speech at the Compensation and Benefits Conference in Mexico City
I’m speaking with some excellent folks representing some of the best consulting companies in the world.  Even better, I’ll be presenting to some of the biggest and most progressive companies in Mexico.  […]

Happy Hump-Day!
I’ll be leaving for Mexico City in a week for a couple of speeches to the Compensation and Benefits Congress.  I’ve given up on trying to learn Spanish for this trip, I think languages are meant to be learned by kids who don’t know how freakin’ hard it is.  And this from a guy […]

Two months of the year already gone… Time flies when you’re having gum.  Whoops, that doesn’t sound quite right.
Anyways…  time for some snarkiness.  I’m having that kind of week.
An Oracle at Delphi
Yesterday, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York state was scheduled to hear Michigan-based Delphi Corp.’s motion to eliminate health care and insurance […]

So, our new employee has been on the job for nine days.  How do you think he is doing?  How did we do in our selection process?
Anyways…
Listening to an Employee
One of the fun things about my Wednesday blog is the research I do to find fun, interesting and pithy topics that allow me to […]

OK, two weeks in a row, and I’m a day late… again.
However, I am making sales calls, setting up relationships with partners and colleagues, so it’s all OK.
Anyways…
Time Flies
First and foremost, happy birthday to my older son Josh.  He is 22 today, so it’s his “royal birthday”… he is 22 on the 22nd. However, a […]

Only 7 days until my older son turns 22.  I wonder if he’ll acknowledge me today as he eats more of my food and takes up more of my space…  OK, I really do like when he is around.
Only 5 days until the inauguration of a new president.  We’re in for an interesting ride.
Anyways…
Surgeon Shortage […]

Excellent, a new year, a new opportunity to provide some more “Can You Believe That?”
And away we go….
The Quest for the Best
A recent article in Forbes asked So how do you attract people who will succeed, and how do you keep them on your side? The author provided eight strategies for success:

Be Ready to Pay […]

Halloween…  According to History.com:
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often […]

A Nourished Ditty
That’s an anagram for “Thursday Edition”.  It’s a sickness.  Sorry.
Anyways…
Get Rid of the Performance Review!
yes, the grabber from Monday’s WSJ.  I’m writing a formal response, but you know I hate being “real formal” in the way I say stuff. I still am finding things that make me laugh out loud when I read […]

Ah, Rambling Wednesdays.
Get Rid of the Performance Review!
… It destroys morale, kills teamwork and hurts the bottom line.  And that’s just for starters.
Wow.  Now that’s a headline.  And in the WSJ no less.  Dr. Culbert, consultant, author, and professor of management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles knows how to write […]