Author Archives: John Whitaker
5 Things to Remember When You Work for “The Man”
One of the seminal rock songs ever recorded is The Faces 1973 version of “Ooh La La” (vocals by Ronnie Wood, NOT Rod Stewart, fyi!). …
HR In The News…Translated!
Human Resources has been called many things, but “sexy” is definitely not a descriptor normally associated with our craft. One of the challenges of being …
The Care and Feeding of High-Potential Talent
It certainly seems like a simple enough equation; hire and/or develop the best talent to produce the best business results. In theory and in practice, …
Come on in, the water’s fine …
Having kids later in life does have some advantages … one of which is, while many of my friends have kids in college, I still …
(Karma) Police Blotter
Life’s not fair. We learn this early in life, then find it a painful but necessary lesson to pass on to our progeny – “I …
Linsanity™- 5 nuggets from 15 minutes
Yup, that’s a ™ symbol. The perfect cherry on this sundae is that Jeremy Lin has filed to trademark his very own catch-phrase. This guy …