Activity on The People Equation has been light recently due to my many offline projects. Here’s a quick run-down on what’s been happening and how you might benefit from knowing about them:
The HR Happy Hour Tackles Leadership
Earlier this week I was a guest on the The HR Happy Hour radio show (Episode 35: The Leadership [...]
Tomorrow, I’m going to be a guest on the HR Happy Hour radio show. The topic is Leadership Development. Of course, it’s a huge topic and time will be limited on the show, so I decided to create some resources on my blog for the Happy Hour listeners to check out after hearing the show. [...]
During my presentation to the Grand Rapids Entrepreneur’s Club today, I compared social media options for the small business owner to stepping up to an all-you-can-eat buffet. There are a slew of choices—how do you choose those that are most healthy for your business? Following that analogy, I offer you, the small business owner, a [...]
Whenever I attend a business networking event and mention Twitter, I invariably get a group of people flocking to me wanting to know more about the social media micro-blogging site. They want to know “How do I get started?” “Is it really a viable business marketing tool?” and “Twitter seems so frivolous—does anybody really care [...]
During the month of November, people often take the time to reflect on things for which they are grateful. Being new to blogging, I’ve learned so much and am truly thankful for those who have takent the time to educate me in the ways of the online writing world.
One of those people is Dan McCarthy, who has [...]
I recently gave a presentation on Networking Styles to members of the GRAPE organization (Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence.) Several of my colleagues indicated interest in attending, but could not, so here’s a summary, divided into three parts. Part I, “What Savvy Networkers Know” outlines my “nuggets” gleaned from years of building a strong [...]
I recently gave a presentation on networking to members of the GRAPE organization (Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence.) Several of my colleagues indicated interest in attending, but could not, so here’s a summary, divided into three parts. This post is Part I, “What Savvy Networkers Know”. It outlines my “nuggets” gleaned from years of building a [...]
During a recent presentation to the GRAPE organization, I outlined several networking strategies to increase the “health” of your personal network. (See summaries, Part I and Part II.) During the research for the presentation, I realized that there was way more content than the one hour could contain. So, here are additional resources, organized by [...]
On September 8th, 2009, I accepted Sandra Martini’s 30 Day Blog Challenge. Simple contest: blog 30 times in 30 days to see what will happen when a person does “one ordinary thing” consistently. I knew going into the contest that it would indeed be a “challenge”, and not because there wasn’t anything to write about. [...]
How many times have you heard someone opine, “Leaders must walk their talk”? I’m pleased to report that corporate learning & development manager and award-winning leadership blogger Dan McCarthy is doing just that. Dan, the host of the popular Leadership Carnival on his blog Great Leadership by Dan, knows first hand how time-consuming hosting a [...]
