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Comment on Stop It, You Don’t Know What You’re Doing by Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:31:39 +0000

I could not agree with this post more! After a debt with a friend on an HR related topic unrealized he, and many others, are still under the illusion that HR is common sense. If HR was common sense then the following would be true; better retention rates, happier work environments, less policies more strategy, fair pay, challenging and interesting work, less employment lawsuits… I could go on.

Comment on Chasing the Seat by newresource

newresource — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:11:15 +0000

Thanks for the comment John. Yes, I agree with you and that is what prompted me to write this article.

Comment on Chasing the Seat by Nicole Och

Nicole Och — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:20:10 +0000

Chris,

I love this post and totally agree with you. We are responsible for our own fate. If we choose to keep chasing the furniture instead of taking the furniture, we only have ourselves to blame.

Keep up the awesome blog. You’re real…it’s a quality I admire in you and one rarely found.

Nicole

Comment on Chasing the Seat by John Jorgensen

John Jorgensen — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:42:44 +0000

Chris, good article. the only problem i have is best said by China Gorman…”we have to quit talking about furniture” and just do it. The “table” allegory is getting old.

Comment on No Ultimatums, Just Conversations by Mike hanlon

Mike hanlon — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:39:14 +0000

Where I think this phenomenon comes from is a culture of entitlement that pervades many post-boomers. I am contantly hearing in education and in the social work feilds more and more excuses made for under acheivement (in many cases under effort). Self-esteem has been externalized creating a oxymoron out of the term. When one ties their success and value to influences beyond their control, growth is stagnated. This is more prevalent in cultures where workers are seen as “employees” as opposed to organizational team members. Team members tie their succes to organizational growth. Employees are entitled to salary, benifits and promotions on a preordained collective agreement based paradigm.