When my husband was leaving a long-time job, the exit interviewer asked if a different role would make him stay. He had envisioned one, but he didn’t mention it. He imagined himself outfitted with a piece of deadwood. When he found someone who no longer added value to their teammates or another part of the … Read more
Get Smarter Than Smart
A CEO just asked me how to get his people under control. He believes he’s doing everything right so it must be his people who are all wrong. He reminds me of the teacher who prepares all summer and then come fall the wrong students arrive. Even those smart enough to rise to positions of … Read more
Social Media for Training
Sometimes people read The New Social Learning in the hope it will be written expressly for trainers in corporate training departments. They learn quickly that it was written for leaders in every sort of department determined to help themselves and their people learn more from everything, not only training… from work and the interactions that … Read more
Make the case for social business
[Updated last February 21, 2012] Recently I’ve been speaking with many organizations about the benefits of social business in the workplace. My talks are sprinkled with statistics about our changing world. There are for more interesting numbers and resources than I could ever reference so I’m creating this post (which will get revised over time) … Read more
