Career Mapping
These days, I frequently meet people with very interesting job titles, most recently a “Chief People Connector” for an executive recruiting firm. I think she may also have been the founder and CEO but she did not use those titles. …
These days, I frequently meet people with very interesting job titles, most recently a “Chief People Connector” for an executive recruiting firm. I think she may also have been the founder and CEO but she did not use those titles. …
I’ve been reading Steve Pavlina for several years now. While he sometimes traipses down paths that are not of interest to me, e.g. polyphasic sleep or raw vegan diet experiments, every once in a while I find EXACTLY what I …
Last week I was invited to learn more about Managing by Strengths. With a short series (truly short – less than 10 minutes) of questions, it creates a profile that is similar to both the Insights discovery profile (I’m a “reforming observer”) and …
Some of you asked me in person whether there was a part 2 to this post. Um, yes. Forms notarized this weekend. Filing jointly tomorrow. In case you were curious, in Colorado it takes more paperwork to buy a home …
I love my job. Tomorrow I get to meet Gregg Vanourek, one of the authors of Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives. I’m hoping that Gregg will be able to inspire our students in the Fall. What is Life …
I’ve been wanting a new car for the last year or so. Whenever I would sit in traffic, I would promise myself that my next car would be an automatic. I have only ever had cars with standard transmission. I …
One of my favorite things about Amazon is that books are recommended based on your browsing history or prior purchases. I read a lot of business books – generally themed toward entrepreneurship & innovation or management. Recently I’ve been reading more …
I moved from a private university to a public one on January 1. In the private world, compensation was sometimes whispered about but few really knew how their peers, subordinates or supervisors were compensated. Oh speculation abounded, but having been …
Back in about 2000, my not yet husband gave me my first computer game, Asheron’s Call. It’s one of those massively multiplayer on-line role playing games (MMORPGs). I’ve been playing essentially continuously since the fall of 2000. It’s one of …
If you have been reading here awhile, you know I love these silly quizzes that can be found around the web. I found this one on Irene’s blog. Your Aura is Violet Idealistic and thoughtful, you have the mind and …