We’ve all been embarrassed at work. In fact, just this morning, a woman stopped by to tell my cubemate that a picture of her and her friends was in the printer by her office, in case she was looking for it. At first my associate was confused, but then she realized that the woman was referring to a picture that my co-worker printed (clearly to the wrong printer) to… Read the rest

Recently I ran the following twitter : “I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there's a fucked-up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin.” Why the uproar over this twitter? Not only have bloggers written whole posts about the disgustingness of it, but 70 people unfollowed me, and people actually came to my blog and wrote complaints about the twitter on random, unrelated posts.… Read the rest

The apparent killing of a census worker has got me sick to my stomach this morning. We don’t know all the circumstances of his death, but the few facts given out by the police are disturbing. From Associated Press: A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word “fed” scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI… Read the rest

I felt that familiar feeling of writer’s block this morning — not only for the many articles I have to write, but also for my morning blog. While perusing my TweetDeck for inspiration, an interesting link caught my eye: “Smart or sleazy to fake job references?” Immediately, I thought “sleazy” but I was intrigued to click through to see what it was about. I expected to see an article… Read the rest

One of my Saturday morning rituals is catching up on my reality TV filled DVR and this Saturday was no different. I was especially excited because the new season of Bravo’s Flipping Out — about obsessive-compulsive, junk-food eating house flipper Jeff Lewis and the people who work for him — debuted this week. This season, Jeff has taken hired Trace the intern and I can’t wait to see more of him.… Read the rest

Engage 5 is a weekly feature of Employee Engagement Zingers . Engage-5 asks leading thinkers, writers, consultants, practitioners, and others involved in employee engagement to complete 5 sentences. Read Frode Heimen 5 sentences on engagement: I define employee engagement as energy, empowerment and will. Our biggest challenge in employee engagement is to create highly motivated employees. A powerful way to create greater employee engagement is to teach the benefits… Read the rest