Blog Posts
Don’t Give Up!
Imported 1 day ago.So many of us are looking for our big shot, the chance to do what we dream about, or looking to get that job or opportunity that lies right in front of us. With the tough recessionary conditions and the struggling economy we have been hit by obstacles and roadblocks that have kept us just short o...
Badge of Honor
Imported 1 day ago.Any of you that have kept up with me over the past 10 days knows that, last week, I was in Dallas at the 2009 People Report Best Practices Conference. It just so happened to be the best conference I’ve ever attended. Hands down. I even considered writing a love letter to it. Couldn’t quite f...
Your Private Life and Your Professional Life are the Same Online
Imported 2 days ago.You’ve heard it before: Much like a work-related function versus a happy hour with friends, there are different rules of protocol with a LinkedIn interaction (professional) versus a Facebook interaction (personal). In fact, according to this recent poll, 43% of people believe personal and profe...
Location-Based Services in the Business
Imported 10 days ago.One of the areas I've been fascinated with lately has been the advent of Location-Based Services (LBS) applications on Smart Phones. There are a number a good applications that help you find friends and recommendations, based on where you are. Brightkite and Loopt are two examples of LBS services...
"Crush It": A Quick Book Review
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Inside the Executive Mind
Imported 16 days ago.I have had the privilege of poking into the minds of some great executives. One of my favorite clients had a saying that Fawcett was going to “shrink your mind”. I’d like to think I helped expand minds…not shrink them…but who cares what it is called. It is the same thing, no matter what...
How freaked out are you in this new jumbled up work world?
Imported 16 days ago.Seth Grodin: “It used to be easy to tell if someone was an entrepreneur. Either you had a full-time job or you ran a business. So we could treat employees the same (health insurance, no moonlighting) and assume that the few that didn't have jobs were full-time freelancers or entrepreneurs. It u...
Twitter Lists and Personal Branding
Imported 17 days ago.If you missed it, Twitter Lists came out last week. Quick overview: You can create a list of Twitterers ("Great Nature Photographers", "People I'd Like to Have Dinner With", "Restaurant Companies that Get Social Media" etc.). You can search and subscribe to someone else's list. That's it. Let me...
The Best Marketing Strategy Ever
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Shift Age Trend Report - Economic Trends
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Lessons Learned From Being Intentional
Imported 18 days ago.Bill: Last week Susan and I were all about being intentional. Each day we committed to sharing a devotional message with each other and conducting our business for the day focused on our most important priorities. We learned that leading an intentional life goes far beyond a to do list. While lis...
Less Needs More
Imported 22 days ago.In the shifting economy that has caused so many companies and people to “readjust” their thinking to achieve more with fewer resources, I have learned an important lesson that I should have known prior to the disappearing dollars. I think I always knew it but I didn’t fully use it until I w...
Networking Made Easy
Imported 22 days ago.I was without a job for 6 months. I did a few freelance writing jobs to help pay for the COBRA on my medical and dental insurance, but life was tough. I finally figured out the trick to finding a good job: NETWORKING. And now you can take networking to a whole new level with social media. What us...
Being Intentional - Day 3
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The New Cover Letter
Imported 22 days ago.There’s quite of bit a caution being advised these days in regard to Social Media. “Be careful what you choose to say.” “Think twice before posting that photo.” “Be mindful of your brand.” “Follow the Social Media Policy responsibly.” Good advice, all of it. However, because o...
How to Measure Social Media Marketing ROI
Imported 23 days ago.Measuring the social media ROI for a business seems to baffle everyone implementing a social media marketing campaign.. A lot of that has to do with the fact that much of effective social media engagement is a daily PR effort; it is not necessarily campaign-centric. But when you want to put toget...
Being Intentional - Day 2
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Welcome to the Future...
Imported 25 days ago.We'd like to share some compelling trends and forecasts from the Shift Age Trend Report, an interactive publication that helps CEO's, top management, and entrepreneurs stay relevant in this rapidly changing marketplace. Each week we will feature a section from the report, highlighting a specif...
We Intend To Be Intentional!
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Grassroots Leadership
Imported 29 days ago.Got a great idea? Got the solution to the biggest company problem ever? Working in the trenches and you really get what needs to happen? Does it seem so crystal clear you can almost see the solution in front of you? Thought it out, ready to present it, confident the “big dog” is gonna love it...
Coming Down
Imported about 1 month ago.As some of you know, I was out of the country last week. During that time, I was completely unplugged. No laptop, no Internet, no iPhone. However, the T.V. featured American programming. And the first time I turned it on, what did I see? Freaking “breaking news” about the now infamous “Bal...
It's All Going Mobile Anyway
Imported about 1 month ago.I was recently speaking with someone recently about social media products, and they quipped, "It doesn't matter, it's all going mobile anyway." I paused for a second. What, exactly, does that mean? Will everyone do all of their writing, development, gaming, reading, browsing, and movie watching o...
Top 10 Signs of Raising Cane's Awesomeness
Imported about 1 month ago.Typically I’m a tad bit anti-establishment. I'm THE self proclaimed "Talented Corporate Misfit" and have a strong Corporate BS meter. I hear a lot of companies deliver a lot of blah, blah, blah about what great “culture” they have. Usually I ask them to cut the culture talk short and tell...
A Dog’s Eye View
Imported about 1 month ago.Bill: We are all familiar with the expression “a bird’s eye view”, which is quite simply a view from above. I suppose the exact opposite would be “a dog’s eye view” which would be a view from below. If you think about the world from a dog’s perspective, it must be kind of dismal....
Gamechanger or Cultural foundation...
Imported about 1 month ago.In these fast paced times of generational companies and the struggle between the baby boomers, Xers, Yers, and Millenials to understand each other, which is the best vantage point from which to sit. Stay in the same job for a long time and become a cultural foundation to the organization or move ...
revolution of dining etiquette articles group/5/meeting manner
Imported about 1 month ago.meeting etiquette in hotels operation is considerable skills,thus some chain make adjustment on meeting room function within more care in meeting room operation,meeting and conferences manager become separate tittle position ,separate job description,form banquet and catering manager and both rep...
LinkedIn: You Have 48 Hours
Imported about 1 month ago.Some of you are doing this; most of you aren't. I'd like you to start right now. The next time you have a good breakfast conversation with someone at a conference, request them to join your LinkedIn network within 48 hours. The next time you meet with a client, request them to join your LinkedI...
From Menial to Meaningful
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The Leadership Mindset!
Imported about 1 month ago.Traditional leadership in business is founded on hierarchy. Boss Employee Objective The Boss tells you how to do it and when it has to be done The Boss holds the key to the knowledge to accomplish the objective and they can chose to share that or not…… Your compensation is dependant on your ...
The Dessert
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Wading Through the Twitter Add-on Stack
Imported about 1 month ago.I'm certain a good number of you are on Twitter, and some of you tweet regularly. Once you've used Twitter through a standard browser, it's not difficult to see it's immediate limitations. In your effort to facilitate saved searches or targeted groups, you've probably moved to TweetDeck (still th...
Don't Forget to Read the Signs!
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I graduated and movin on to the next!
Imported about 1 month ago.Hey everyone! I finally graduated from KD Studio Conservatory for Film and Dramatic Arts in Dallas, TX with my associates degree in acting performance! I am currently residing at my home in Atlanta, GA for the time being. I am currently in two plays, "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Carol...
Her Every Fantasy
Imported about 1 month ago.TITLE: Her Every Fantasy SERIES: The Smith Sister's Trilogy AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris AUTHOR URL: http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance URL TO THE BUYING PAGE: http://www.amirapress.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products\_id=243 H...
Business Travel
Imported about 1 month ago.Today, I’m in Vegas. Which means that I spent most of yesterday traveling. Which means that my internal clock was completely thrown off by the time I got into my hotel room at The M Resort. This wasn’t good news for me, basically because I had not officially made my weekly blog post. I’d be...
No One Notices My Job Posts!
Imported about 1 month ago.If you are posting your jobs to your company's career site, and you aren't getting the amount of traffic you'd like, here are some simple tips to help out. I’m assuming you have a career site online. If you don’t, then *shameless plug* contact me. Talent Revolution can help you. Note that t...
When Did I pass "what I want to be when I grow up"?
Imported about 1 month ago.Ever since I could talk, people have asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I always had some great answer. Being pageant kid, I was trained to say doctor, lawyer...anything fancy. I swore that I would be one of these great occupations someday. Then during high school, I battled with parent...
Here we go. "Did You Know 4 0 : The media Landscape"
Imported about 1 month ago.Times are changing. Fast. <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JNy1x5VTX6Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never...
Are you teaching your children to save money
Imported about 1 month ago.Just wondering how ever one teaches there children how to save money? If they have them put up some for charity, save some, spend it all. Since we have 8 children we have taught them from the time they was small to save up some of there money. They either got from there alliance or from what the...
What an awesome site
Imported about 1 month ago.I like to thank Amanda and Chris and the hole TR staff. This is one awesome site. I'm on 2 other business site like this and those site I've not done much on. These site I have a fear of. I'm getting so out of my comfort zone but I'm liking it. I feel like I belong here among ever one and not l...
HUMOR - National Punctuation Day
Imported about 1 month ago.As some of you may know, yesterday, September 24, was "National Punctuation Day". I'm prone to levity in just about any situation. And, occasionally, much to my own personal embarrassment, in situations where it is neither desired nor recommended. Having said that, a friend of mine is suffering...
Echoes
Imported about 1 month ago.I’ve been thinking. Dangerous, I know. Is the act of establishing a relationship online really that much of a departure from establishing a relationship in real life? Forget about the obvious differences for a minute. In both instances, interaction between two parties is a requirement. Right? ...
Targeting Communities and Twitter Security
Imported about 1 month ago.Once you get your company’s Twitter account and Twitter page on line, the next logical step is extending your reach. Of course, extending your reach is easy if all you want are to pad your number of followers; just follow everyone you see, or use some bulk-following tools. But targeting your re...
Share Your Funny Social Media Stories And Win A Copy Of Crush It!
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Your brain, your brain in HR
Imported 2 months ago.Image via Wikipedia Bi-polar Functionality Recently I had been thinking about the growing degree of differentiation I see in the way HR generalists and recruiters approach their work. I developed this typology on 7 types of HR Practitioner as part of that thought process. Seven types of Human...
Personal Brand Training
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Gourmet Pizza Social Media Disaster
Imported 2 months ago.Hi All, Now that I'm started you will never shut me up....but I'm dying to know how all of you feel about the disaster a certain Gourmet Pizza Place is going through right now. I have a personal interest in them and to be honest it hurts me to know that one they are going through this, and two th...
Browsing with Flock: 2 weeks later.
Imported 2 months ago.Two weeks ago I tried using Flock exclusively for all my web browsing, to see if there was a need to maintain the division between traditional web browsing and social media browsing. Here's what I found: Pros: The biggest pro was that I found my overall Social Media experience was enriched, and ...
My First Blog
Imported 2 months ago.Hi All, This is my first blog on TR...ok, let's be honest, it's my first blog anywhere other than Yahoo 360 way back in its glory days 3 years ago and I only used that for my personal war on Headlines for that particular week or being wronged in some way and felt the need to share with my friends...
Video Blog: If You Don't Create Your Life Someone Else Will For You.
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Don't Get Caught Holding a Carrot and Stick!
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Big Thinking
Imported 2 months ago.So, when we began this journey to help discover how to make an Ultimate Career Lifestyle come true I started out writing about: -Defining a UCL -Overcoming the fear of achieving your UCL -Being the real and unapologetic you -Eliminating the barriers that get in the way And then I got to thinkin...
Crush It Book Winners
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Different Takes
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Video Blog: "Crush It. Why Now Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion." Book Give Away.
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Inspired by a Sand Artist!
Imported 2 months ago.We asked you for questions and you responded with some great ones. Read this question from Jon, then watch the Youtube video below. OK, here's a tough one...What do you tell a person whose passion is not something that they can monetize? I know a lot of runners and triathletes that are nowhere n...
Staking His Claim
Imported 2 months ago.TITLE: Staking His Claim AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris AUTHOR URL: http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance URL TO THE BUYING PAGE: http://www.sugarandspicepress.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=45&zenid=5ko5arm5st8r1r4etrv...
IF ONLY THERE WAS A PILL FOR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!
Imported 2 months ago.I was reading a report today in Restaurant News by Paul Frumkin entitled “Industry criticizes report’s suggestion that fast-food bans will curb obesity” It seems the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council has come out with a report recommending quick service food chains sho...
Eliminating Barriers to your Dream
Imported 2 months ago.In every Ultimate Career Lifestyle there are going to be struggles, fears, doubts, and barriers that you will have to push through. We discussed fear in last week’s blog and that you just have to overcome it….well, easier said than done. I mean, let’s face it, fear is not always rational. I...
Unboxable
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Locked at the Hip with Flock
Imported 2 months ago.When we speak with businesses about listening to the conversations going on in Social Media, one common question is: “How do I monitor what’s going on out there without spending all my time jumping from site to site?”. A fair question. One simple free solution is the Flock Browser. Flock ...
Gary Vaynerchuk Gives A Video Shout Out to Talent Revolution
Imported 2 months ago.Gary Vaynerchuk, entrepreneur, author, wine enthusiast, business guru, and social media maven has recorded a shout out for TR! We love the passion and enthusiasm Gary V. brings to everything he does. <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="288" id="vid...
Finding A Job: Advice From A 7 Year Old With First Hand Experience.
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Relocation Update
Imported 2 months ago.UPDATE: My pending career relocation has been delayed by at least a month. I've gotta ask,"doesn't anyone out there need an Architect?" This is where Faith must kick in. I'd had high hopes - even though I was going to have to move and be away from my wife and friends - that this relocation was a...
Service Will Not Thrive Without a Solid Foundation
Imported 2 months ago.I just thought I’d take a moment to share with you my passion for customer service. When you ask most people what they think of customer service today they will tell you its pretty average. This seems to be the prevailing attitude, at least amongst the people I hang with. I believe most organi...
Are You Working Too Hard?
Imported 2 months ago.I had a fascinating discussion with a group of employees yesterday morning that I just had to share with you. During a pre-shift meeting I asked my team why they work. To a person everyone said money. After inquiring further I discovered that really it was about taking care of their bills and pro...
Nuts About Service
Imported 2 months ago.I’m nuts about service. Some people think I’m obsessed. I can only speculate on where this obsession came from. It’s probably because it seems so easy to me and for some reason the state of service as I see it is mediocre at best. It’s not that I get mistreated a lot as a customer because...
What To Do With Entitled Team Members
Imported 2 months ago.Webster defines entitlement as “a belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges”. Based on this definition entitlement doesn’t seem like such a bad thing. I’ve always had a negative view on the concept of entitlement. In a team environment if a team member has a sense ...
Ask Bill & Susan!
Imported 2 months ago.SUSAN: Next week, our format for our Monday blogs will be somewhat different as we will be writing in response to the questions you submit for us. Not only will you be getting the male and female perspective, but you will be hearing from Bill, AKA Shallow Hal and Susan, AKA Debbie Deep. Between u...
What is the value of intelligence?
Imported 2 months ago.The smartest person I have ever known was a child psychology professor I had in graduate school, Boyd R. McCandless. Dr. McCandless grew up in rural Kansas, translated the holy Koran at age 10, and began questioning the tenets of the rural church his family attended by age 12. Rural Kansas was no...
Be Real or…”the authentic and unapologetic you”
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My Twitter Model
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Karma, Sleep, $250,000,000, and Missed Opportunities
Imported 2 months ago.So, my wife and I have this running joke/line of conversation. It goes a little like the following: She says, "I wish you'd either start earning a million dollars or win the lottery. I'm so sick of working, I can't stand it!" I reply, "Tell you what, you're more talented than I ever dreamed of ...
Go and Make Something Beautiful
Imported 2 months ago.This week, I’d like to talk about a deceptively simple product that I am very excited about, because they can bring professional-looking content to websites for a fraction of the cost. First, let’s go way back in time to 6 months ago. You want to create a presentation on your website’s hom...
The People I remember...
Imported 2 months ago.When I was a sophomore in college, I had a child psychology professor by the name of Esther Mae Ashley. One day in class, Mrs. Ashley was talking to us about intelligence tests. To illustrate the content of the best known individual tests, she asked for a volunteer to do an exercise. I raised my ...
Sexy Thinker Talent Tuesday Video Blog: Attract My Attention.
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Practice to be Present
Imported 2 months ago.BILL: Susan why is it that so many of us go through life thinking about the past or worrying about the future? I have to catch myself sometimes when I say something like “I can’t wait until next week” or “I can’t wait to go on vacation”. While this seems like relatively innocent self ...
THE NEW GM’S AND NATIONAL RESTAURANTS WINNING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
Imported 3 months ago.More and more casual dining restaurant companies are realizing the importance of general managers who know how to market their restaurants to the local areas. This is new for some and old for others. GM’s have always needed to understand operations, finacials, employee and management staff moti...
Get out of your own way….the UCL hunt continues!
Imported 3 months ago.In last week’s post we talked about what a UCL, “Ultimate Career Lifestyle” is and what it means. I defined it as your professional “soulmate”. Now, soulmates can’t be judged by others they can only be judged by you. Some people ask me, well Andy, you have been in the restaurant busin...
This ain't a scene. It's a full time job.
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Water Cooler Wednesdays: You Gotta Crawl Before You Can Walk
Imported 3 months ago.Here are some of questions that you need to ask prior to leveraging any Social Media technology or platform in your company: 1. What value does this add to the business? 2. Who will use this product and how will it make them more efficient, cheaper, or more effective? 3. Can I measure the impact ...
The multiple personality in all of us.
Imported 3 months ago.The multiple personality in all of us is not a reference to Dissociative Identity Disorder (or, as it used to be called, Multiple Personality Disorder), a psychiatric malady first brought to attention in the book, Sybil, in 1973, and revisited in a docudrama of the same name in 2007, the second f...
Talent Tuesday: Yes, Talent Revolution will be adding new Talent. Yes, we will be discriminating.
Imported 3 months ago.When I was a kid, I must have let some other kid get beat up without doing anything to help or without doing anything to stop it. My guess is some event such as that is where this conscience of mine comes from. It causes me to always feel compelled to help the underdog, to be the savior, or let...
Cutting To The Chase has received an Awesome Review!
Imported 3 months ago.Cutting to the Chase has received a rave review! Come check out the review and if you haven't picked your copy, it isn't too late! Blurb: Ashley Bennett is a physical therapist burnt out from the job because of all of the rich, spoiled patients she has had to put up with. She moves back to San ...
Stop, Visualize, Set Your Intentions!
Imported 3 months ago.BILL: I mentioned in our last blog that I was going to spearhead the efforts to change the American people’s perception of Mondays. I want to lead the fight against the impression that Mondays are what Sunday threw up! Have you ever heard someone say, “They should just banish Mondays”. Thi...
Who got you here?
Imported 3 months ago.Each and every one of us, no matter what phase of our careers that we are in, can look back at one (or, I hope, many more than one) individual who helped us get where we are today. Think about it. I can distinctly remember Ted Andersen, AGM at Bennigan's in Evanston, Illinois...he took a chance o...
Ahhh...Perchance to Train
Imported 3 months ago.I actually wrote and used the passages mentioned here in a "Trainers With Talent" competition in Dallas years ago. I won first place, by the way. Just imagine the worst training you've ever been through. Did others find it equally ineffective? Were there some that seemed to actually enjoy it? N...
It doesn’t have to be work!
Imported 3 months ago.We all have to have a career…how we define our career is what sets us apart and makes us either happy or, well, not so happy. A career is needed to provide an income A career is needed and frankly it is healthy, provides direction and organization A career is one of the places where we meet oth...
The Attraction Serenade
Imported 3 months ago.Attraction is a strange thing. Let me begin by saying that I’m not an expert, and I have no scientific research to support any of my ideas. In fact, you should probably know that I’m an outlier. I’m an outlier in more ways than I care to admit. But, what I do know is this: Attraction can...
Decisions, Decisions...
Imported 3 months ago.I did it. I made a decision. Making decisions is part of our daily lives, so why is it such a big deal for me then? Its a big deal for me because it never happens. I have often referred to myself as the most indecisive person I know, and it was true. I've never liked making decisions and have alw...
Water Cooler Wednesdays: Wrapping Your Arms and Your Business Around Social Technology
Imported 3 months ago.Before we start, let’s take a quick glance at the landscape of social media. Hop onto Google Images, type in “Social Media Landscape”, and take a look. Good Lord, have you seen these things? Some look like wiggly starfish, others attempt to compartmentalize everything in squares, others lo...
Optimizing Relocation Options
Imported 3 months ago.Image by The Library of Congress via Flickr After five months of fruitless searching, there simply are no architectural jobs in my adopted home city of 24 years. Now I have a shot at a position in a new state. Once I come to this part of the career decision tree however - to relocate everything ...
Life-changing events
Imported 3 months ago.On April 23, 2008, my wife, Lynn, had a seizure. This followed a couple of week period when Lynn was noticing that her right leg didn't seem to be responding to her commands all of the time. Two days before the seizure, Lynn was on the treadmill at the Y and stopped shortly after she started. I s...
Never Flash the Bouncer. Standing Out in this Job Market and Secrets from my Clubbing Days.
Imported 3 months ago.A few weeks ago, Laurie Ruettimann wrote a blog on Punk Rock HR asking the community to provide tips for job seekers on how to get the job. My advice was to approach getting the gig in the same way you would attempt to get into an exclusive club. Here's an example from my "clubbin days". I re...
Are Mondays What Sunday Threw Up?
Imported 3 months ago.THE FIRST OF A WEEKLY BLOG SERIES WRITTEN BY SUSAN FAWCETT & BILL CAMPION - Co-Founders Career & Culture Catalysts, Talent Revolution BILL: “I hate Mondays” “My weekends are too short- they are always too short” “I DREAD Mondays” “I have the hardest time waking up on M...
when your best friend is your dog...
Imported 3 months ago.Unconditional Positive Regard or Intrinsic Valuation are wonderful gifts to receive from another living being. Not being judged as Ok or Not OK, being loved for being alive, greeted when you walk in the door with a smile and a kiss, treated as the most important person in the world at that moment...
A Letter To Myself in 1988
Imported 3 months ago.Dear Me: Hey dude. It's me... you... but twenty-one years older and much wiser. You're probably in a state of shock reading a letter from yourself written twenty-one years in the future but calm down, take a breath, it's all OK. You're doing a good job. It's 2009 and I'm still alive so all those ...
Arie Ball & Sodexo Careers: Leading the Way in Social Recruiting
Imported 3 months ago.If you had to list the hottest topics in Talent Acquisition during 2009, Social Recruiting and Social Media would have to be near the top of the list. One of the leaders on this front is Arie Ball, Vice President of Sourcing & Talent Acquisition for Sodexo. Sodexo is a global leader in integ...
Playing For Keeps has received a Rave Review!
Imported 3 months ago.Playing For Keeps has received "5 Nymphs" from Literary Nymphs! Come check out the review and if you haven't picked your copy, it isn't too late! Blurb: Keirra Smith has never met a man more self-confident, overbearing and irritating and she wants him. Only she isn't willing to admit that she d...
Dream Bigness
Imported 3 months ago.You know how easy it is for me to find good things to say about our Dream Big poster-child, CEO & Founder of Talent Revolution, Amanda Hite. So when was my turn in our Looking Glass Lane clubhouse to spin a yarn about someone who inspires me (and a bajillion others,) naturally she jumped to t...
Join The War Against Weak Words!
Imported 3 months ago.Have you ever invited someone to a party and their response is, “I’ll try to make it”? When a person responds to your invitation in this manner, how often does he or she actually show up? If your experience is like mine I’d say their chances of being at your party are slim and none. Why d...
Three Bestselling Novels!!
Imported 3 months ago.I'm excited to announce that Better Late Than Never, Playing For Keeps and Cutting to the Chase are all bestsellers! Thank you to everyone for your support! I can't express how much it is appreciated. I hope you have enjoyed these books and the one's to come. In Better Late Than Never, Kristen S...
Become a Talent Agent for TR and Change Your World.
Imported 3 months ago.Talent Revolution is looking for dynamic people eager to join THE relevant talent acquisition company and ready to change the world of recruiting. Here’s what you can expect at TR: * Be part of a 21st Century WorkplaceLive your Ultimate Career Lifestyle from your Virtual Office * Explore the P...
Linkedin Tip: Leverage Social Technology For Your Career Search.
Imported 3 months ago.Let's face it: if you want to stand out in today's crowded job market, you’re not going to do it by writing a better cover letter. You’re going to do it by knowing someone who knows someone. Job seekers are spending too much time polishing their resume and searching job boards, and not enoug...
the antithesis of the gestalt prayer...
Imported 3 months ago.Yesterday in church, a visiting priest was talking about using your gifts to make a difference in life. One of his comments reflected the ability of each individual to make a difference, sometimes with as little as acknowledging that you know and are concerned for someone who is struggling with h...
Human Potential - the brain
Imported 3 months ago.There is an old adage that we only use about 10% of our brain's potential. Now, I have no idea whether the figure is 10%, 20% or another percentage, but it is clear that we all can grow and develop out abilities throughout the course of our life. So, where is this hidden potential? Carl Jung was...
EASY TO LOOK AT THE BLEAK SIDE OR THANKS JILL AND KEVIN.
Imported 3 months ago.Given the world and economic situation it's easy for us all to look at life from a dark perspective. The cliché is we see the glass as half empty, but is it? You know it can just as easily be half full. When I look at the suffering of what our parents and grandparents endured through a depressio...
My personal experience with the Human Potential Movement
Imported 3 months ago.Many years ago, I lived on the beach in Monterey, California and had a private practice in Pacific Grove (also on the Monterey Peninsula). This was not too many miles north of Big Sur, the home of the Esalen Institute. The Esalen Institute at that time was a hotbed of activity for many forms of p...
Playing For Keeps is Now Available!!
Imported 3 months ago.TITLE: Playing for Keeps SERIES: The Smith Sister's Trilogy: Book 2 AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris AUTHOR URL: http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com GENRE/THEME: Interracial Romance PUBLISHER: Amira Press ISBN: 978-1-935348-51-1 RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2009 URL TO THE BUYING PAGE: http://www.ami...
Giving.....the Secret to Sucess
Imported 3 months ago.I originally wrote this post in September 08 as the 1st of a 5 part series, however, I never made it to posts 2-5. Well, here I am in July 09 ready to give it another shot. This is a message that is very close to my heart and is extremely relevant in this radical time of change we're in the midst...
Meet Talent Revolution's CTO Jon Gillespie
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A better model for human resource management
Imported 4 months ago.Best Buy? Yup. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H_jhLGxH-m4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never">&...
Entrepreneurs Can Change The World.
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LEMMINGS AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN 2010.
Imported 4 months ago.Here we are in the summer of 09 and job loss is not as “God awful” as it was just four months ago. Don’t get me wrong it’s “awful,” just not “God awful!” Now what about employee retention? Well in Hospitality it’s never been better! People are staying with their companies and al...
Be Specific to be Terrific!
Imported 4 months ago.Have you talked to anyone who doesn’t want to take their customer service to the next level? I know I haven’t. They all talk about going above and beyond, exceeding expectations and providing wow experiences for their customers. Some have even crafted thoughtful vision statements that clearly...
Cutting To The Chase Is Now Available!!
Imported 4 months ago.TITLE: Cutting To The Chase AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris AUTHOR URL: http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance PUBLISHER: Sugar and Spice Press RELEASE DATE: July 18, 2009 URL TO THE BUYING PAGE: http://www.sugarandspicepress.net/index.php?main_page=product_...
So this is Me.... Do I really make a difference?
Imported 4 months ago.This is me, this is who I am, and I want to help others. I have been in the restaurant industry since I was 14; I started out as a bus boy at a little Italian restaurant in Paducah, KY "Pasta Vino". I will never forget how much fun it was just busing tables and sweeping the floor or as the owner ...
Notable Brand Social Media Marketing Examples
Imported 4 months ago.Looking for examples of companies leveraging Social Media for Marketing? Here you go! The list that Mashable's Peter Kim put together with over 20 Social Media tools to consider with notable brand examples: 1. Blogs (Johnson & Johnson, Delta Air Lines) 2. Bookmarking/Tagging (Adobe, Kodak) ...
Don't Be a Doctor TO a Rock Star! Be a Doctor WHO'S a Rock Star!
Imported 4 months ago.After Michael Jackson's death, there was much finger pointing as to who was to blame. One of the individuals under the most scrutiny was his "personal physician"; whom (it was rumored) provided illegal prescription drugs to the pop star which may have contributed to his ultimate demise. Many repo...
Nudge me when I fall asleep
Imported 4 months ago.My best friend and I have a pact. No matter what….she and I have promised to nudge each other when one of us falls asleep. As little girls, Julie and I would take turns spending the night at one another’s house. She was more of an early bird and I a night owl. That meant she would usually get...
Okay...they are recruited..now what Dr Phil???
Imported 4 months ago.For the past 3 months...I have been on a course of self discovery and on the quest for my ucl. What did I know when I started..... Passions - training and development, sales and success. Not in any particular order. Dreams - spend more quality time with family. own my own business and duh..make ...
New Publishing Contract for Cutting to the Chase!
Imported 4 months ago.I'm excited to announce that a publishing contract has been offered for Cutting To The Chase! The book is coming your way soon! Stop by my website to check it out! Happy Reading! Stephanie Morris
Thanks for Inquiring...I do Still Exist!
Imported 4 months ago.I have to thank both Chris and Keith....over the last few months, lets be honest pretty much all of 2009, I have been pretty absent on here. I am not proud to admit this because this is definitely the BEST networking site out there! I have to explain why I have been absent. With the declining ec...
Video Blog: The "I Want To Be An Entrepreneur Trend"
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Shout Out to.......US
Imported 4 months ago.That's right it is time for a few minutes of blatant, glowing, self-acknowledgement. Apple Sauce, Inc/ AppleIllinois is diving into the discussion. In what, for an old school, down to earth, very successful, restaurant company, has been a very short amount of time our Executive Team has committed...
Better Late Than Never has received another glowing review!
Imported 4 months ago.With all of the other novels I'm currently working on and the one's soon to be released, I'm thrilled to see that Better Late Than Never is still a number one Best-seller and is still getting rave reviews! It is definitely a motivator to keep writing! Happy Reading! Stephanie Morris Come Check O...
Reneging on my HYPOCRITE-ic oath!
Imported 5 months ago.Just so you don't hear it from someone else first (my co-workers, family, etc), I'm going to announce it here, in the public forum, on the internet, in front of God and everyone first! Ok, are you ready? Is everyone paying attention? Here goes......... I am a HYPOCRITE!! Wow. That wasn't as har...
Better Late Than Never is still on Top!
Imported 5 months ago.I'm excited to announce that Better Late Than Never is still a number one bestseller and receiving rave reviews! Better Late Than Never is an emotional read about the one who got away and what happens when you receive a second chance. If you haven't picked up your copy, you don't know what you ar...
Resume Looking Sexier: A Social Media Adventure
Imported 5 months ago."Resume looking sexier." That’s right. I said it. I said it. I said it. I said it. I, the so-called “writer” on the Talent Revolution team, said those very words. To the entire team. Don’t believe me? Check it out: Granted, it didn’t happen on Facebook or Twitter. Thankfully, my wo...
Proud To Be Part of the Revolution
Imported 5 months ago.I’m still basking in the glory of our trip to Dallas and our attendance at The People Report QSR Symposium. Everything was fantastic from the speakers to the food to the cocktails to the contacts. I had an absolute blast. There were some of the industry’s biggest hitters there including our ...
Video Blog: Talent Buyers Market
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Marie Antoinette
Imported 5 months ago.I’ve always been fascinated with Marie Antoinette story! At the age of fourteen, on the day of her marriage to Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, she became Dauphine de France. At the death of King Louis XV, in May 1774, her husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette a...
I am participating in the Yart Sale on Etsy sponsored by Team ESST!
Imported 5 months ago.I am participating in the Yart Sale on Etsy sponsored by Team ESST! Welcome to my Magical Laboratory of Fashion! See my YART SALE section for lots of product that has been marked down! <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.etsy.com/flash/spots/etsy_mini.swf?user_id=718...
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Imported 5 months ago.I’ve always adored with Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There”! So I was inspired for creation of this necklace by that book! I used pieces of vintage mirror, finest pure merino wool 18 mic, faux pearls, cotton & viscose thread, beautiful vintage butto...
Smart Zombie's Greatest Twitter Follow Friday Shoutouts
Imported 5 months ago.Hey hey! I was going through some old posts on Twitter and thought it'd be fun to compile my top 50 Follow Friday Twitter shoutouts. You'll either find this funny or wanna gouge your eyes out with a fork. Hopefully it's the former. If it's the latter, send pictures!! 1) Follow the following: @...
Free Copy of Playing for Keeps
Imported 5 months ago.I am thrilled about how well Better Late Than Never has received by readers! I am also excited about the response I have received for Playing for Keeps, the second book in The Smith Sister’s Trilogy. I have decided to do a contest for the upcoming release of Playing for Keeps. Check HERE for co...
Stop Looking for Your Brand, Feel It
Imported 5 months ago.As our company starts to move into the social media arena, there have been many deep discussions about how we communicate "our brand", and I have not been really able to wrap my head around that. Today brought some clarity. I spent the day doing a Human Resource Audit at one of our restaurants. ...
How did you get so Damn Smart?
Imported 5 months ago.One of those leadership road hazards that most of us hit head-on at times is thinking that we have it all figured out and know all the answers. We spring to conclusions, discount ideas, and generally don’t listen either intentionally or not. Now, I don’t know about you but I can’t remember...
Your Inner Einstein, Part 3: It's not that I'm so smart. It's just that I stay with problems longer.
Imported 5 months ago.(This blog entry is the 3rd of a four-part series that uses four quotes from Albert Einstein to help you become a better you. I playfully call it my Inner Einstein. I believe you have an Inner Einstein, too.) Albert Einstein was one of the great minds of the 20th century. His ideas changed the w...
Better Late Than Never has reached another milestone!
Imported 5 months ago.I have always been a big fan of good news! I mean who really wants to hear bad news? It is even better when good news keeps coming. When Better Late Than Never was first released I knew it was going to be a life changing moment. Well it has been! Upon the release of Better Late Than Never it inst...
Don't shoot me, General Patton!
Imported 5 months ago.All this comes courtesy of a Tweet this morning by another TR member! Very seldom do I read quotes from people I truly respect and end up mentally battling over their validity. Here is a simple-sounding and brilliantly profound statement by General George S. Patton: Don't tell people how to do ...
Holy Bloggers Batman! KAPOW!
Imported 5 months ago.I guess this is really a kudos to everyone associated with this site! For your respect of self and others and professionalism along the way to our dreams! I am not sure how many of you have read my journey but I am a now a work from home mother (of almost 4!) in search of my UCL and multiple str...
Your Inner Einstein, Part 2: Everything should be made as simple as possible.
Imported 5 months ago.(This blog entry is the 2nd of a four-part series that uses four quotes from Albert Einstein to help you become a better you. I playfully call it my Inner Einstein. I believe you have an Inner Einstein, too.) Life is complex. Indeed, M. Scott Peck observed at the beginning of The Road Less Trav...
Values Based Leadership
Imported 5 months ago.I got the chance a couple of weeks ago to attend the CHART Regional meeting in Louisville, KY at the enormous and expansive Papa John’s Corporate Campus. What a great opportunity to network and I got to meet some “internet” faces. It is always so cool to come face to face with people you bl...
What's Next....You Need to Decide!
Imported 5 months ago.So, we’ve traveled the road of the break up together from the feelings of being inadequate and let down when she says it’s time to just be friends, all the way through the roller coaster of single life and have found that perfect mate…now what? In the last blog I talked about how to “sta...
Change.
Imported 5 months ago.You'd have to be living on another planet to not notice that we’re going through big changes in our lives. Some of the changes like the economy and employment situation are really hard to swallo. Other changes, like the ones happening on the technology front, make me feel like I just won the ...
Better Late Than Never has received 3 Great Reviews!
Imported 5 months ago.Writing is my biggest passion and I love it when people enjoy my work. Better Late Than Never has received 3 Great Book Reviews! Check out the Reviews! Happy Reading! Stephanie Morris
The Silver Bullet Found!
Imported 5 months ago.We have all heard it, "there is no silver bullet" when it comes to dealing with people. Over the last couple of weeks in coaching some of our newer GMs, I have found the bullet. Or more correctly, helped them to find the silver bullet. The challenge is not that there is not a silver bullet, but r...
9 Bold Steps to your Ultimate Career Lifestyle
Imported 5 months ago.Attending Talent Revolution's thinkfest seminar Ultimate Career Lifestyle (UCL) was catalytic in the way it made me look at my past, present & future. I am an individual who has landed my UCL, who is living my UCL and who wants you to achieve your UCL. Caution: THIS BLOG IS NOT FOR SISSIES! ...
Your Inner Einstein, Part 1: Imagination is more important than knowledge
Imported 5 months ago.(This blog entry is the first of a four-part series built around observations from Albert Einstein to help you become a better you. I playfully call it my Inner Einstein. I believe you have an Inner Einstein, too.) Last month, a Twitter message was typed by scientists using only brain waves thro...
Linear Thinker
Imported 5 months ago.Alright, so by natural path I am an: Operational Business Strategy Trainer In Needed Areas To Excel …or OBSTINATE if you are looking for an acronym. If I had a nickel for every time someone said Andy, don’t be so damn obstinate this is a lot bigger issue than you think! Yeah, whatever….. I...
And so it begins...The Layoff and First Day on the Hunt
Imported 5 months ago.The Layoff The phone call seemed a little weird. Why would he want to talk to me in the conference room? But, positive chick I am, I thought good thoughts. As soon as I opened the door, I knew. Sitting there with him were the HR Manager and the CFO (for some reason they thought they needed two w...
Swine Flu Scare Delays Job Hunt: Day 6 Since Layoff
Imported 5 months ago.Between business cards: 6 days since lay off Tuesday didn’t go exactly as planned - and you have to know that sometimes, that’s the way it goes. You have to just move on. Being “between business cards,” a phrase I picked up at Thursday night’s tweetup is tough - though looking for a j...
First Tweet Up: Day 8 Since Layoff
Imported 5 months ago.I worked on both hedge fund stuff and the book proposal. I reviewed the sample treatments I got from my friends in publishing, and starting to work it out in my head. I also submitted my resume to an online hedge fund recruiting site, www.glocap.com. They are typically looking for things I’m n...
First, I'm a Mom: Day 13 Since Layoff
Imported 5 months ago.I’ve always maintained that looking for a job is a full-time job. And that is still a truism for me. But having a toddler at home throws a wrench in things sometimes. Last week, it was the swine flu scare. Today, it was hysterics at nap time upon toddler’s return from pre-school when he saw m...
Frustrated!...and Amused: Day 19 Since Layoff
Imported 5 months ago.So I knew this day would come. Of course it would. The day when I’m not getting anything crossed off my list. The day when no one is calling me back. The day when I want to throw something at my computer! Yep, kids, that day is today. (I expect many more of these days…I just haven’t had one...
Job Seekers Using Social Media To Stand Out.
Imported 5 months ago.Recently the New York Times wrote the article “Tweeting Your Way To A Job” The article is about Murphy-Goode Winery applicant No. 505 Amanda Casgar chasing her dream job as MGW’s “Lifestyle Correspondent” where she would be in charge of promoting the vineyard’s malbec and chardonnay...
Propositioned
Imported 6 months ago.I would like to invite everyone to come check out my Free short story Propositioned. You will love Kristina and Robert's story. Blurb: Kristina Ward is looking for a fresh start. She has just gotten out of a relationship with a married man who also had children. She would have never guess a woma...
Social Media or Social Maniac!
Imported 6 months ago.If it’s not Facebook, LinkedIn, RSS feeds, MySpace, Google Reader, Twitter or some other all obsessive time consuming captive you are spending your time networking with, it’s just running a business, right…. Here are my top ten red flags you may be spending too much time in Social Media! ...
Unorthodox Ways to make more money
Imported 6 months ago.Image by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr HR Manager Pay Do you work in HR and feel underpaid? Has your employer announced a wage freeze for this year? Probably so! Even if they haven't, if you are like most people, you are making less this year than you were in 2000. From About.com ...
Dance With the One That Brought Ya
Imported 6 months ago.Now you’ve gone through the process of being single and have hunted down that next, great relationship. You make the commitment to sign on as a steady employee and say you won’t date anyone else. Of course, there is always a temptation to stay on the prowl. Now that you know the secrets to f...
Hello World...
Imported 6 months ago.Ah, the birth of a computer programmer. "Hello World" is the staple program in any language to show you the super basics of how it works, but that's not what I'm going to blog about. HELLO WORLD. That's me, saying hello (to the world), right now. I am here and I am going to make my mark. I, the...
Porn and Pancakes. The Gap Between Personal and Business Innovations.
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Does HR have a Cutting Edge?
Imported 6 months ago.On the Cutting Edge of HR? Not so much! In April I attended a conference here in Florida called "On the Cutting Edge". OTCE is the annual 1 day conference put on by the Suncoast Human Resource Management Association (SHRMA) of Pinellas County Florida. The conference was great! I had not been t...
Why MORNING is very IMPORTANT?
Imported 6 months ago."I woke up late on one bad day. Work starts at 8.00am. I woke up at 7.30am. Usually I woke up at 6.45am seems the distance from my house to office is just 20 minutes where I just use motorcycle to bypass traffic jams. By right, waking up at 7.30am is still can safe me from getting late to work....
Musings on Life in the Funeral Business
Imported 6 months ago.I grew up in a family business. It just happens to be a funeral business. Whenever I share this about myself with others, I’ve noticed about half begin look at me a little differently. Literally, the looks in their eyes change. Sometimes it’s the instant recall of pain and loss. Sometimes it...
Dreams can come true? Prove it!
Imported 6 months ago.Have you ever felt that something is not right with your feelings and all of sudden you receive a message that your loved one in pain? How does this happen? My friend is in thousand kilometers away, but how I can sense he is in danger? Sixth sense? Here is another question to answer that. How yo...
Stay at Home Mom Seeks Multiple Income Streams???
Imported 6 months ago.If anyone has not read my prior blogs I have been on a small journey. Still a little unclear as to where I will end up but excited about the ride! I am now a stay at home mom attempting to build multiple inome streams, if that doesn't exist....I will show them it can be done. I started working w...
Better Late Than Never is a Bestseller!
Imported 6 months ago.When I first began my journey I wasn't sure where I would end up. Well . . . my book Better Late Than Never was released April 10, 2009 and has been the number one best-selling novel with my publisher since. This is very exciting news to me! I look forward to the rest of The Smith Sister Trilogy ...
So You Want To Get To Know Me, eh?
Imported 6 months ago.I find Egyptian history fascinating. I have a very strong interest in my family roots. I'm interested in astronomy, science fiction, the supernatural, religion, other cultures, art and music. I had a membership with the National Geographic Society for several years. I know that a sextant is not ...
Tiramisu!
Imported 6 months ago.I interviewed with the company I am working for almost 12 years ago, because I was (and still am) in love with the Tiramisu. Had the Crunch Wrap Supreme been around back then I may have considered Taco Bell but that’s another story. Anyway, if you haven’t tried our tiramisu you should. It’s...
Better Late Than Never has received a glowing review!
Imported 6 months ago.Better Late Than Never has received a glowing review! Check it out! Better Late Than Never Book Review
Power of Mentors!?!
Imported 6 months ago.In the past sixteen years I have learn various subjects through a wide variety of techniques, each slightly different from the next. I have come to the conclusion that the use of mentors is without doubt the best way to learn the ropes a new subject or field. It’s like a download of information...
I Think I Know What I Want...Or Do I?
Imported 6 months ago.One of the benefits of being single is checking out all kinds of opportunities. Dating allows a person to figure out what you want or maybe don’t want in a relationship. You should definitely do the same in the job market. Figuring out what you want and don’t want does take some time and car...
Please Help!
Imported 6 months ago.Dear Mentor….. I know I am a good leader. I spend the largest percentage of my time developing the knowledge and strengths of my team. I help. I open myself up to learning and improving. My self-awareness feels stronger than ever. I engage my team at all levels, listen to their concerns, calm ...
Follower Appreciation Day. Random Acts of Awesomeness. Round 2. POST VIDEO'S AND COMMENTS HERE! #FADRAA
Imported 6 months ago.Chris give's intro to Round 2. <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HLmbdT5SsY0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never">...
Prejudice
Imported 6 months ago.Let’s face it we are surrounded by prejudice every day in our business and those around us. Sometimes it is bold, blatant, and in your face. Other times it is quiet, unaware, and unintentional. Social Media and the power of the internet such as this network bring us a different way of thinking...
Get Off the fence!!!
Imported 6 months ago.As I sit here day after day reading all these great inspirations and blogs. I start to see that all these messages are starting to sink in. Am I going to take action or sit here another day. I don’t know what is happening and is it only me or is all this connected to a greater cause. It seems t...
Sleeping with an Ex....
Imported 6 months ago.I know that our sex lives are usually kept well out of the public eye, but even though I feel like the H.S. gym teacher assigned to talk about it, we need to broach the subject when talking about break ups. Don’t worry, we’re not talking about what happens if your office romance goes array,...
Is it already working?
Imported 6 months ago.As I was signing up for Talent Revolution, there were several questions asked that most networking sites don't even think about. Just these little white boxes on the page inspired me to think more creatively about what I should fill them with. Having said that, I will now assume the risk of bori...
"Get Busy"
Imported 6 months ago.(Note: Originally published April 26, 2009 at SandInMySwimsuit, hence all the linkage and talkage about Talent Revolution, as though it's a whole other place!) This is me last year. There's no dialogue bubble, so lemme subtitle the expression on my face. "Where the HELL am I, HOW did I get h...
Please read and pass this on.
Imported 7 months ago.This is not a normal blog post for me, but I saw a segment on the Today Show this morning that really affected me. There are kids out there playing a deadly game for a little rush, and it is killing a lot of them. I watched Mr. Tork talking about recently losing his 15 year old son Kevin to this ...
Single and Ready to Mingle...The Break Up Blog Continues!
Imported 7 months ago.You have to remember the "out of gas" trick! After the grieving is done, it’s time to jump back on the market! Although I haven’t been without a job since I was fourteen and haven’t been dating for the last six years, after the shock of being dumped wore off, there was a certain thrill in...
Keeping Right
Imported 7 months ago.You’ve seen it. You’re driving down the interstate, paying attention to everything but the road just so you can stay awake. Then, there it is. Another inanimate object giving you an unsolicited piece of advice. “Keep Right Except To Pass.” It’s a message that has been ingrained. Trust...
Who Told You that You Were Naked?
Imported 7 months ago.Two contributors recently posted ideas that tie in to another. Andy Swingley wrote about the importance of enthusiasm and single-minded focus in “R.O.C.D.” Bill Campion wrote, “Everything Communicates” as it relates to service and branding. Both of these ideas are related and can be appli...
Training 101
Imported 7 months ago.You've decided to improve operations in your restaurant by either training new behaviors or retraining old ones. Before you can begin to introduce or modify any behavior, however, you need to understand the perspective of the person you are training. What do they see? What's their understanding o...
How Does Your Company Sleep At Night?
Imported 7 months ago.The #1 complaint I hear from job seekers is that they never hear back from the company who they either a) sent a resume/application to OR b) had an interview with. There is no doubt that it’s a Talent Buyer’s Market and that Recruiters are getting inundated with resumes. But, this is no excu...
Good Karma for Cancer! Countdown til the Run for Reggie
Imported 7 months ago.With less than a week until race day, we need your help! Remember any amount is good karma even if it is the form of that one dollar you found in the wash. Plus, darling hubby, Paul doubts the good karma of social networking. I have seen the power of it. Help me make it work for Reggie. Help me...
Everything Communicates!
Imported 7 months ago.Back before electricity of was the Director of Marketing for a well known national restaurant company. Actually it wasn’t really before electricity - it just seems like it. Even though our restaurants were struggling at the time we were still selling mass quantities of Coca-Cola. Since the Coke...
Baby #4 and I just left my job! Day ????? DARN SMOOTHIES!
Imported 7 months ago.Its official. I have now lost count since leaving my job. I think that Monday will be three weeks. I have been continuing my quest to find my UCL. In that quest, I am learning to define what that truly is. I remember that I miss a lot about my past life in the restaurant so, what is an out of wor...
You know your significant other is a restaurant manager when.....
Imported 7 months ago.My wife Janie (frankly the smartest person I know) and I were debating the usual struggles of the restaurant significant other. Though the restaurant business has taken good care of us it has certainly presented itself with a few struggles along the way. It has also created its own traditions ba...
RIF Riffs...What's Your Favorite Break Up Song: Break Up Series Part III
Imported 7 months ago.I don’t know if this is a divine intervention, happenstance or a just a common occurrence, but in my experience with break-ups, there is always some kind of song associated with the experience. It may be your song as a couple, the one you cry yourself to sleep with or just what happens to be on...
If Shakespeare Had a Twitter Account
Imported 7 months ago.To Tweet or not to Tweet: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to send the links And replies of outrageous boredom, or to take arms Against a sea of updates and by opposing delete Them? To follow: to be followed: no more; and by auto-DM To say we end the annoyance and the thous...
Talent Revolution's next Social Media Marathon. #FADRAA May 6th.
Imported 7 months ago.Hey friends, I wanted to thank each of you that participated in our Friend Appreciation Day last week. The day was about building deeper online line connection's through Random Acts of Awesomeness. There were some really rad and genuine Video Shout Outs recorded. For many of the video stars it ...
Change Comes. Change Goes. Change Delivers. Change Grows.
Imported 7 months ago.Guess what? Change is the priceless gift you didn’t ask for. I by no means deem myself authorized to write on this topic, so I humbly lay my words at your feet. All around me, I see change. I’ve become accustomed to smelling it a mile away. It has or is affecting my friends, my family, my pe...
Teatering on the Edge
Imported 7 months ago.The set is quiet, the camera is rolling, the lighting is adjusted one last time. The director whispers "Action" and an actor delivers a powerfully emotional line with expert precision and timing. "Cut!" Lights come up and Samuel L. Jackson climbs out of a sedan parked in the middle of the room an...
April Challenge - You Can Do It !
Imported 7 months ago.April is and has always been my favorite month. It begins the season of planting and ushers in the springtime, the season of new life and new possibilities. After a cold winter, I'm always excited about starting new projects and planning new adventures in the impending warmer weather. Shake off...
"Shifting Into Baby Mode" or "From One To Sixty in 48 Hours"
Imported 7 months ago.A few days ago I was sitting in this very spot, at the dining room table typing away on the laptop staring over at my wife sitting on the couch watching TV. Pretty typical scene at our household only now she has a 5 day old baby in her arms. It's so surreal I almost can't put it into words; but ...
To be a Father
Imported 7 months ago.It's a rainy Sunday. My wife and 10-day old daughter fell asleep on the couch half way through "Kung Fu Panda". I've since shut the TV off and now as I type this I watch them in quiet awe. If I understand the concept of pathetic irony correctly, it's usually reserved for those moments of sadness ...
Building your brand for real
Imported 7 months ago.Gosh I look terrible in that video. Should have shaved and showered at least. Lighting would have helped. And I shouldn't have mumbled. Also, never do a video in the middle of the night. Big mistake... Except that it might not be. Let's get real. There's that whistful, tragic feeling when you o...
R.O.C.D.
Imported 7 months ago.You are going to ask yourself quickly, what the hell does Andy mean by that catchy title and I want you to know it has become my personal model for doing business, well, frankly, doing anything! R estaurant O bsessive C ompulsive D isorder Yep, I got the disease and you can’t treat it, you ca...
Incognito Team Member Lesson 3 All You Have To Do Is Ask
Imported 7 months ago.Today I am learning the salad line, a bit of expo and some baking and in doing so I see the rest of the kitchen; closest to the FOH view. I can see the cashiers full on and am positioned by the door where the Managers come in and out to get a few things as needed from the BOH team. I revel in my ...
My call to the UK
Imported 7 months ago.As my random act of awesomeness I called my work colleague from32 years ago, he was an appentice in my kitchen in 77 he is now a celeb chef in the uk, so after him finding me on the the web(which was awesome), I thought I would return the favor and actually call and speak to him. BOY WAS HE SHOCK...
What did I learn
Imported 7 months ago.Friday night was a night full of adventure! My daddy daughter date with Bella was to go to the marina and get the boat, then take it over to the house. The boat has been in the shop for 6 months. They fired the guy working on it, and he failed to tell em who owned it. Worked out for me though, sa...
Baby #4 and I just left my job????Day 10
Imported 7 months ago.Well. It's official, I have just passed Day 10 of my search for my dream career and lifestyle. Over the last few days, I have been examining myself, what makes me tick and for lack of better words, what turns me on? What have I learned so far???? 1. I LOVE MARKETING! I really don't care what it ...
Kick 'er To the Curb Gracefully...Break Up Part II
Imported 7 months ago.There are many ways you can kick “er” to the curb when it’s time to end a relationship. I know I’ve used the “ignore it and it will go away” method, a nicely crafted letter or e-mail, having a friend call and do the dirty work, and even an ugly conversation in front of a lot of peop...
FAD. We'll be COLLECTING stories and video's of Random Acts of Awesomeness HERE!
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Incognito Team Member Lesson 2 I am Smarter Than a Sandwich
Imported 7 months ago.After my day of prepping meats and cheeses, I graduated to sandwiches. Finally, I thought to myself, I've made sandwiches before - today I am going to impress the team with my superior skills and knowledge (don't start laughing just yet). I spent the morning preparing the line to the schematic, i...
One of the FEW cool things about aging
Imported 7 months ago.In my ongoing battle against getting "old" and trying to stay current I put my profile on another social networking site. Very soon after I was contacted by a person apparently knew me from 1977, and they were as excited to find me as, I am now that they did. Back in the dim distant 70's I was a ...
Confessions of an Serial Networker. Join Us Tomorrow for the FAD Challenge.
Imported 7 months ago.Hanging out in online communities, meeting new people, learning and sharing ideas turns me on. I’m a serial networker. Recently a friend and member of TR referred to me as the Kevin Bacon of our industry when it comes to 6 Degrees of Separation. I’m always saying something like “BUILD your ...
The Incognito Team Member Lesson 1 Having the Right Tools
Imported 7 months ago.So to make a long story short, I found myself searching for my dream job earlier this year. The universe helped me with this decision, one might say. Totally cool with this as it was all for the best. I made my list, checked it twice and networked on all the right sites (LinkedIn & Twitter). ...
Breaking up is hard to do....
Imported 7 months ago.I am not a blogger, but if anyone read Matt Smith’s, The Break Up Series…An Introduction, then you know how powerful blogs can be, and in this case enough to inspire me to put something down. When I read Matt’s blog, I had to reflect because I too have recently gone through a breakup…abou...
Baby #4 and I just left my job??? Seeking the ultimate career lifestyle!
Imported 7 months ago.Yep, the title is true. I am expecting baby number 4 and I did just leave my job. Very quickly, you have formed an opinion of me and I totally understand that...I am crazy! In all fairness, I have to give some background about myself and how my children have changed my career path. I have left my...
The Gap
Imported 7 months ago.Over the last month I have been experiencing what I term, “one legged man in a butt kicking contest” syndrome. If you don’t recognize the syndrome from the pictured visual suffice it to say, more work than time but no reduction in results required by the powers that be…… As I continue ...
Times like these call for friends like Dave
Imported 7 months ago.After several days of playing voice mail tag across three time zones, I finally reach my old Army buddy. “APPENZELLER!!!”he answers, nearly bursting my right eardrum. The wince causes me to swerve a little toward the shoulder. “Dude!” I shout back. “What’s up?” If our kids could s...
The Break Up Series...An Introduction
Imported 7 months ago.Like millions of other Americans, I recently had the pleasure of breaking up with my employer. Some call it being laid off, a reduction in force, trimming the fat, whatever you choose, it feels like the time my first girlfriend broke up with me after a whopping 3 weeks of dating. I made a commit...
The Most Powerful Weapon in the Marketing Arsenal
Imported 7 months ago.Now’s the time to hunker down! I’m not exactly sure what that means but I think it’s military terminology for hold on to your BVD’s or something like that. When I think of “hunker down” in the marketing world I think it’s about focusing on what you can control and not being preoccup...
Now I Know What Robert Redford Felt Like...
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The Service Gene
Imported 8 months ago.Some have it some don’t! It took me a while to come to this conclusion but I’m convinced this is fact. Back in the day I believed that everyone could learn how to provide great service and that’s probably true – but only to a certain extent. If you truly want to differentiate your service...
Your Twitter Thumbprint
Imported 8 months ago.The Twitter experience is nothing if not unique. How each of us tweet, how we share and what we draw from the experience creates our own Twitter Thumbprint. Nary a one the same. When I was asked the other day, “How can I get a bunch of followers in a short time span” I drew silent. (Unchar...
Hite Video Blog 12 for 12k Shout out to Scott Stratten and Danny Brown
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You Almighty
Imported 8 months ago.Okay, so it wasn’t a blockbuster. But one of my favorite films is Bruce Almighty because it reinforces one of life’s core lessons. The frustrated Bruce is obsessed with climbing the corporate ladder. He blames his lack of progress on the world around him. He challenges God by claiming he can ...
Got Goals? Get SMART!
Imported 8 months ago.Having trouble reaching your goals? Don’t beat yourself up. Maybe it’s not you. Maybe it’s your goals, or more specifically, the way you set goals. One of the most useful things I’ve ever learned is how to get SMART in goal-setting. Individuals and companies who follow SMART principles t...
Elevating Women Leaders in the Foodservice Industry
Imported 8 months ago.I’m here in Dallas at the Women’s Foodservice Forum Convention and learning a lot. Last year was the first time I had attended the event...check out my Top 10 Blog Recap from 2008. I’m becoming a huge advocate of the organization and I love their mantra, “Elevating Women Leaders.” It...
Have You Hugged Your Wal-Mart Greeter Lately?
Imported 8 months ago.Long before the economic downturn the Wal-Mart Greeter was the brunt of more than one joke. These days I’ve been hearing people say more often - “Well I can always be a Wal-Mart Greeter”! This in some odd way leads to my question – “Have you hugged your Wal-mart Greeter Lately? General...
For every Reaction, there is another Reaction
Imported 8 months ago.I once had a hard-working employee who consistently performed a task inefficiently. No written protocol existed for the task, so I recommended she experiment with different ways to perform it. “I don’t want to mess up,” she said sheepishly. I shook my head at first. “So, basically what ...
A Lesson in Every Gray Hair
Imported 8 months ago.First things first. If you haven't read Amanda's post on the 12 for 12K Challenge, please do so... We are living in an extraordinary time in our nation’s history, perhaps even the post-modern world. “It’s tough out there right now,” is an understatement in many areas. The rural county wh...
The Inspired Rebel
Posted 8 months ago by Chris ReedOne of my many flaws is that I have a tendency to react negatively to so-called authority…especially when that authority treads on my beliefs. Perhaps I should point out that, for me, authority doesn’t always manifest itself in the form of an actual person. In my mind, authority represents anyth…
No Child Should Feel Hunger. Changing the World Through Social Media.
Imported 8 months ago.I'm asking each of you to support this important cause. Through Twitter I was introduced to Press Release PR owner Danny Brown . Danny is on a mission to change the world through social media. His brain child: The 12 for 12k Challenge. The 12 for 12,000 Challenge is a combination of social me...
Opportunity is Nowhere... or Opportunity is Now Here
Imported 8 months ago.I used to work as an Operations Supervisor in an air freight hub. We processed more than four million pounds of inbound and outbound shipments in a 3.5 hour time window. In such a frenetic environment, one minute could mean the difference between a shipment getting loaded on an outbound flight or...
"It's not what you say it's how you say it".
Imported 8 months ago.I learned a lot from my parents, but for some reason this one seems to be front and center for me right now. I have been working on communication skills in leadership roles. It is fair to say that while you can't always change how you are perceived you can change how you are presented. One of th...
Bringing Fun Back to the Dining Experience!
Imported 8 months ago.Remember back in the 80’s when the hot trend in restaurants was “Eatertainment”? Places like Rainforest Café and Dave & Busters seemed to be popping up all over the place. While Eatertainment ended up being more of a fad than a trend there is one place in Lexington that has brought fun...
Do You Know Who You Are?
Imported 8 months ago.Seems like a silly question, doesn’t it? Of course I know who I am! When I hear that response my come back is “No, do you really know who you are?” I just had sort of a milestone birthday. I’ll give you a hint it used to be the national speed limit! It’s kinda cool when someone asks me...
Go ahead, I dare you !
Imported 8 months ago.I thought about sharing how I write my articles, my thought processes, or possibly even how to become a Writer, but maybe that's not "your cup of tea." Thus, the picture of my book cover,............ maybe for a future post? As I was about to say, usually something happens during the week that...
The Inspired Rebel
Imported 8 months ago.One of my many flaws is that I have a tendency to react negatively to so-called authority…especially when that authority treads on my beliefs. Perhaps I should point out that, for me, authority doesn’t always manifest itself in the form of an actual person. In my mind, authority represents an...
Gifts from the Recession
Imported 8 months ago.I know we’re in a recession when I went to the ATM this morning and it said “insufficient funds” and I wonder if it’s them or me. Last year this time I had just purchased a nice pair of Prada’s, I was planning a sexy trip to Cozumel and enjoying the benefits of non-commercial air trave...
Good Food, Good Fun, Great Career's.
Imported 9 months ago.I just wanted to take a minute to brag on a company that I spent 9 years of my life with, and I am talking about Logan’s Roadhouse, so I just wanted to take a moment of your time, and tell you a little bit about them. Logan’s is an awesome company, and I have never enjoyed a job as much as w...
Old School Ways
Imported 9 months ago.Today on FOHBOH I read Jerry Heilpern’s post, To Survive We Must Think Differently, and the reason behind my blog is not to agree or disagree with Jerry. I respect Jerry’s opinion and his professional background and accomplishments. His isn’t the first blog post I have read to tell me tha...
The Recruiting Game is Changing. Are You Keeping Up?
Imported 9 months ago.The recruiting game is changing fast are you keeping up? Here are some tips from your friends at Talent Revolution (tips we got from our friends and experts leading the game). Nothing is Hotter than Employment Branding. Paradigm Buster: Recruiting is not a sales function it’s a marketing fu...
Its MY PLeasure
Imported 9 months ago.In todays economic mess it is important that we realize what we do. We are in the business of serving people. We don't have "customers"......Wal Mart does. We have Guests. We need to realize that it is a privelage that our guest chooses us over any of our competitors. We need not take that for gr...
How are Your Career Advancement Strategies?
Imported 9 months ago."There is a phrase I want to share with you, that I think will help you." These are the words my friend and mentor, Mike Litman, recently shared with me, and now I want to pass on to you. First, allow me to say this. 'All of you have had "moments of brilliance" in your life'. You have. You m...
People Don't Change That Much!
Imported 9 months ago.Marcus Buckingham is the man! He’s developed a management philosophy based on research and it’s difficult to argue with his point of view. I’m certain most of you are familiar with “First Break All the Rules”, MB’s first book. I am in the process of re-reading it and the fundamentals ...
Slash Careers. The new work/life model.
Posted 9 months ago by Amanda Hite
I'm reading the book "One person/ multiple careers. A new model for work/life success."
I’m fascinated by the concept. It appeals to me personally and I'm convinced it can redefine how we leverage talent in the 21st century.
Many of the people working with our start up Talent Revolution Inc.
The Pink Slip Epidemic. Are you ready for yours?
Posted 9 months ago by Amanda Hite
This past Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics that the nation's employers cut 533,000 jobs in November.
It appears that trend will continue.
I have been talking with companies that are planning for big layoff’s at the beginning of the year. Some of these soon to be displaced folks haven’t had to lo…
