It All Depends …
Regular followers of this blog know whenever I say “it all depends,” that I am compelled to credit industry legend Ray Drago for stealing his […]
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Closing the Gap
We left the gear tribe arguing over how to solve the problems that were cropping up with the new-fangled double helical or herringbone designs. Faster […]
Playing the Angles
When we cannot even agree how to pronounce “helical” it should not be a surprise that there is so much confusion about “proper” limits on […]
Job Change Tales
Writers are often advised to “write about what you know.” My recent postings on recruitment, employee development, and fitting in was informed by almost fifty […]
Team Chemistry
Recent posts have covered finding new employees and how the supervisors and new hires can make the “adoption” work smoothly. Now we get to the […]
Assimilation
One of the reasons I strongly advocate for “promoting from within” is that many recruitments fail. Real life is not Star Trek, your company is not […]
Finding Good Candidates
Once you commit to developing the talented team members your business needs, how do you decide who to invest in? The “washout rate” at professional […]
Ladder Shopping
You will be relieved to hear that I am temporarily out of youth soccer analogies. I could switch to “American” football analogies but am mourning […]
Stay in Your Lane?
It was a major moment in my youth soccer coaching career when the kids finally understood the concept of “staying in your lane.” Mob ball […]
Basic Training
So how do you go about becoming the confident and versatile professional these trying times require? I remember getting all the standard “work hard, study […]