Well, FINE - I didn't want your stupid presidency ANYWAY

Reporting from the Department of Sore Losers in snowy Washington D.C., Bill Murchison has good news for all you conservatives out there ... to keep from killing each other." Specifically, holding an executive leadership role in government ... and spread of shared norms, the cultivation of the spirit, and the training of the heart," he continues [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:37:00

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THE EXECUTION DIFFERENCE (14)

People selection got intense attention. Brown removed scores of underperforming executives. Under new leadership, the HR department ( ... their assessments of their people. Also added were extensive training courses for leaders at all levels ... coaching or were removed. Brown himself ordered an analysis of the sales staff’s performance and found [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 11:52:12

Why Should You Donate?

For everyone who comments on sites like this and others, it is often said it’s all talk and not enough action ... , leadership training, speakers, literature, and web hosting. Dr. Mynga Futrell, Director of The Brights ... they need your support. This is what they told me: August Brunsman, Executive Director of the Secular [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 19:00:13

Broke + Penniless but Now Successful = 95% Failure Rates

by Building Financial Freedom The Home Business Industry is seeing a large influx of Corporate Executives and we are now seeing the rules of the game changing. With their entry they are bringing leadership in developing sales teams, training ... competencies should assist in much higher success rates within the industry. Just do a Google search [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 15:11:37

CanDoGo.com Access to Top Sales Training, Executive Coaching and More is Now Free!

I have great news to share with you. It could very well be the most valuable holiday gift you get all season. As you may know, I am one of the exclusive authors/coaches for a company called CanDoGo that delivers concise advice for sales, personal development, leadership and motivation online via print [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:54:05

Small-Business Executives Learn Leadership Under Fire from Navy SEALs

Four days with no sleep. Almost round-the-clock physical challenges. Mandatory push-ups (at least 10) ... to pay about $5,500 and to train for the fitness challenge. Mr. Wrocherinsky prepared by visiting San Diego, Calif., hired a personal trainer and worked out for months to get ready. “They emphasized [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 13:44:47

The ACT Approach to Diversifying Talent

Many of us in human resources are measuring our diverse hiring results and are not reaching our goals at all levels. We are also seeing senior staff exiting, as retirements become an increased reason for openings, leaving a wide gap in knowledge. To battle these issues, employers are exploring options such as: retaining retirees, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 10:47:00

Blogging certainly has its benefits and this morning I was one of 6 bloggers invited to participate in an interactive conference call with Admiral ... of this leadership group’s employment at FEMA, and the purpose seemed quite clearly to help communicate the many ... as to what it was all about. But, it was a great opportunity and I very much appreciate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:17:37

Three Things You (Probably) Won't Learn in Business School

I learned a hell of a lot in business school, but it wasn't until after I graduated that I fully realized how much I still didn't know.  I'm not blaming Stanford in the least--they did the best they could with me--but one of the reasons I find my current work with MBA students so gratifying is that I'm helping them explore topics that will allow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 10:04:20

Some Reading

January 5, 2009, Matthew Good A few articles of note today…- Rationalizing Gaza - Justin Raimondo - Bringing The Arab-Israeli War Home - Michael Scheuer - Israel’s ‘Fait Accompli’ in Gaza - Eric Margolis - Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells - Times Online - Keeping out the cameras and reporters simply doesn’t work - Robert Fisk - [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:25:34

Will Public Education Be Militarized?

In two days, we enter a new Bush and Cheney-less era, though we’ll be living with their nightmarish legacy forever and a day. In response to change, all of us have to adapt — TomDispatch included. This site certainly won’t lose its focus on the world out there, the ongoing militarization of our country, the way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:34:22

hal draper’s “independent socialism: a perspective for the left”

The following pamphlet was published in 1964 as an outline of the ideas of the Independent Socialist Committees in the USA, which involved such figures as Hal Draper who represented the left trend which emerged from the old Workers’ Party.  Along with a group in Chicago led by Kim Moody and comrades in New York they formed a national organisation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:25:10

Terrorism Cases Hinge on Paid Informants

A gate to Fort Dix. (Flickr: eflot) The trouble started for Mohamad Shnewer and his old high school buddies from Cherry Hill, NJ in a Circuit City store in Mount Laurel in January 2006. When a store clerk saw the videotape that a customer wanted transferred to DVD –- showing men shooting assault weapons into [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 19:05:12

IAS Public Administration PRELIM - 1997 Question Paper

Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 300 1 . Which one of the following statements is incorrect in respect of Simon’s decisions making theory? (a) Deciding is as Important as doing (b) Decisions are, in the final analysis, composite (c) Administrative man maximizes (d) There is always a means-ends relationship 2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:58:03

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/4/2009

The overwhelming evidence of global warming continues to accumulate — as does the level of ice and snow in Greenland’s central ice cap, which increases at a rate of about two inches a year.Shhh! Don’t tell Al Gore…Thanks to Abu Elvis, Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, heroyalwhyness, JD, Lexington, LN, RRW, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:27:00

Going Broke? Norman Rockwell.

The more our new President seeks to implement change the more he comes back to what GW already did? You decide. (See 1 below.)If government spending is so effective then why stop at, say, a trillion. Go for broke and perhaps we are. (See 2 below.)Russia uses an effective approach towards silencing opposition - shoot 'em in the head in a back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:56:00

Celebrating CDR Elmer Stone - Guest Post by VADM Vivien Crea

Today, as the Ancient Albatross, a title I wear most proudly as the longest serving Coast Guard aviator on active duty, ... on the first ever successful trans-Atlantic flight, he was also centrally involved in the development ... the well-rounded, Renaissance Coastie exhibiting leadership, innovation, devotion to duty and sheer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 03:59:10

Emotional, financial and legal advice on surviving redundancy

Keep calm Remember you're not alone Redundancy can be a devastating, sometimes brutal, experience but it's not your fault. "You aren't responsible for the vagaries of the western economic cycle. You didn't start the credit crunch in your own backyard," says Phillip Hodson, a fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:45:20

Worse, Yet to Come? Reagan Being Undone?

Once again the U.S. carries the burden for the European/world solution imposed on Israel, whose military wanted to finish the job. (See 1 below.)A conservative analyszes Obama's Inaugural Address and concludes it was drawn from Orwell. (See 2 below.)Olmert post Gaza addresses his nation. Jonathan Mark has a different view. (See 3 and 3a below.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 12:57:00

OPINION: Letter to the New Education Secretary

Worldwatch is pleased to publish this open letter from prominent education and environment leaders urging the newly nominated U.S ... , and job training by declaring that the transition to a green economy is his "top priority." The missing ... with qualified candidates is quite another thing. This transition will require a massive job training [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 18:13:08

A Killing in Vienna and the Chechen Connection

From: www.stratfor.com January 22, 2009 By Fred Burton and Ben West As Umar Israilov, a 27-year-old Chechen political refugee living in Vienna, Austria, returned home on foot after grocery shopping Jan. 13, he spotted two men standing outside his apartment building — one of whom had a gun [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:25:55

Military leadership translates to workplace

Mission success is the same, whether on battlefield or in front officeBy Tess van Straaten, for Business EdgeFrom the front lines to the front office, ... combat veteran with tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan, Tower's leadership skills have been put ... leadership is all about getting things done. And military leadership strategies are undoubtedly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 01:51:00

Conflict Study: Warring Egos, Toxic Individuals, Feeble Leadership

Recent research about workplace conflict in the US and UK made Psychometrics Canada curious about the Canadian experience of conflict at work ... report, along with tips for managing conflict HERE. Quote from the Executive Summary Workplace Note ... (86%), poor leadership (73%), lack of honesty (67%), stress (64%), and clashing values (59%). However [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 13:15:03

Stratfor: Chechen murdered in Vienna, a city of political intrigue

This article was co written by Fred Burton of Stratfor, former DSS agent who authored the most entertaining and informative book ‘Ghost.’ I strongly recommend getting Fred’s book detailing the events of Islamic groups from before the first WTC attack right up to 911 for a really good insight of the people and events involved [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 19:07:35

The Gaza Bombshell

The Gaza BombshellAfter failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 16:37:29

Former ISI chief linked to banned al Qaeda WMD advisory group

A former leader of Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency has been implicated as serving on the board of a proscribed non-governmental ... 2001 after blocking the group's finances under Executive Order 13224. Three of the group's directors - two Pakistani nuclear scientists and an industrialist - were also proscribed under the executive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 07:06:36

Dave Ulrich in Romania - 11th-12th March 2009-Strategy conference in HR

Who is Dave Ulrich?David Olson Ulrich (born September 13, 1953) is a writer, speaker, management consultant and university professor ... management thinkers by Executive Excellence in 2004. 2001: Ranked by BusinessWeek as No. 1 management ... " business coaches. Society of Human Resource Management Book of the Year award for Results-Based [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 19:18:00

Bike Safety Bill Passes!

Bike Safety Bill Passes! Written by Boston Biker on Jan 16 Governor Deval Patrick yesterday signed the Bicyclist Safety Bill into law, ... training on bicycle law and dangerous behavior by bicyclists and motorists; explains how a motorist ... on Massachusetts roads,” said David Watson, Executive Director of MassBike, the bicycling advocacy group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:37:19

Family Bible Ministries Worldwide Inc.

Family Bible Ministriesworldwide, Inc.” Enlightment Through Biblical Education” Apostle Bishop Eddie A ... ; Training - 9:00 a.m. Worship Service -  10:00 a.m. 1st Sunday                          HOLY ... ; Straight Talk for Leaders - 7:00 am General Assembly, Leadership Enrichment Seminar 7:00 am Family [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 11:58:53

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!

Obama Poised to Become 44th U.S. PresidentReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama was poised to make history on Tuesday as the first black U.S. president, buoyed by surging public confidence for dealing with the biggest economic headaches in 70 years, two wars and a web of other international problems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:53:00

More on the Bravewell issue

Being on the West Coast places me (and Harriet?) at disadvantage in responding to recent developments, as I find out about them later in the day, if that day. (Retirement doesn’t help.) First I had some comments on the WSJ article on “CAM,” the NCCAM by Steve Salerno and the response by the pseudoscince leadership. The 4-author response [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 14:10:17

The U.S. as a Banana Republic?

Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued."We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/5/2008

It looks like the Mumbai attacks are shaping up to be the Gavrilo Princip and Franz Ferdinand of the 21st century — only this time with nukes. India is saying publicly that the ISI — an organization which is part of the Pakistani military — was involved in the planning of and training for the Mumbai atrocities. It’s hard to see how [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 04:14:00

Soon He’ll Be the Decider

Soon He’ll Be the Decider Jennifer Rubin - 01.03.2009 - 9:33 AM Jay Winik, author of the magnificent “April 1865, ... have confronted. The skill to make enormously consequential decisions under pressure (and without the benefit ... at this key component of leadership. Yes, he ran an expert campaign which involved dozens of key decisions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 14:33:27

Developing Global Executives: Morgan W. McCall Jr., George P. Hollenbeck

Review a beautifully researched and written gem… ... critical to mastering their extremely demanding careers. In addition, these “lessons from the field ... and the organizations that employ them.Morgan W. McCall, Jr., a Professor of Management and Organization [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:20:59

Indian organisations fare better than global organisations in Information System Security according to CERT-IN - FICCI - PWC Survey

/India PRwire/ - Security in Indian organisations is evolving at a rapid pace. No longer is security merely a line item in the overheads budget of Indian enterprises, nor is it a technical issue easily addressed by an off-the-shelf technology product, according to the Information Systems Security Survey,2007-08 titled ‘From strength to strength’, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 10:47:49

A Killing in Vienna and the Chechen Connection

By Fred Burton and Ben WestGlobal Security and Intelligence ReportStratforAs Umar Israilov, a 27-year-old Chechen political refugee living in Vienna, Austria, returned home on foot after grocery shopping Jan. 13, he spotted two men standing outside his apartment building — one of whom had a gun [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 04:18:00

How Not to be a Key Online Influencer - approximately 118,000 at one time - that my VPS hosting service crashed for a short time. Reading the comments from visitors, I saw a recurring appreciation for hearing both sides of an online story. I viewed it as bringing journalism to blogging, and no big deal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 20:45:09

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/10/2009

The reactions to Israel’s offensive in Gaza are still being played out all over the world. South Asia seems to be particularly prone to lavish expressions of outrage.Thanks to C. Cantoni, ESW, Fausta, Insubria, JD, Larwyn, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 04:52:00

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world.  We also wonder what the new year will bring under Barack Obama's leadership.  Will he favor the far Left and close Guantanamo Bay?  Where will the detainees go?  Rumor has it that Australia, along [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

Rewards & Recognition: Time to Pay Up...And Fast

Given today's economic and demographic challenges, HR practitioners will be narrowing the focus of recognition while expanding the scope.The nation is in an economic downturn that experts believe will be with us for the next few years, if not longer. No matter the industry or the region of the country, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:46:00

US strikes al Qaeda in North and South Waziristan

Click map for full view. Taliban presence, by district and tribal agency, the Northwest Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Agencies. Information on Taliban presence obtained from open source and derived by The Long War Journal based on the presence of Taliban shadow governments, levels of fighting, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 16:42:15

Obama Snubs Medal of Honor Recipients (Updated)

Every inaugurated president for the last 56 years has attended the Salute to Heroes Ball. Except one. January 22, 2009 - by Mr. WolfHere it is less than 72 hours into a new administration and the blogs have already been burning up the internet over a major snub by our new president.What is the slight that they’re feeling? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-22 18:46:02

Out With The Old, In With The New

Tomorrow one of the most amazing aspects of modern politics will occur: a peaceful transition of power. While we and most other democratic nations take such occurrences for granted nowadays, we should keep in mind that not only is it a relatively new phenomenon, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:36:00

Scientists Heartened by Potential Appointees

After President-elect Barack Obama fills out his cabinet appointments, he will turn to appointing new leadership for the government agencies with the power to regulate industry—a process that will likely bring an end to what has become known as the Bush administration’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:16:53

A Killing in Vienna and the Chechen Connection

A Killing In Vienna and the Chechen Connection By Fred Burton and Ben West, StratFor As Umar Israilov, a 27-year-old Chechen political refugee living in Vienna, Austria, returned home on foot after grocery shopping Jan. 13, he spotted two men standing outside his apartment building ??? one of whom had a gun [more...]

Date: 2009-01-23 00:06:07

Talentonomics - Proving the Economic Value of Talent Management

I derived the concept of Talentonomics from the approach heralded in the best-selling book Freakonomics ... an immediate turnoff to those in HR and the field of talent management. In this case, however, there are important lessons. One primary lesson is that by using a nontraditional approach, any talent management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:00:41

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

A brief world news roundup for 20 January 2009. United States & the Americas Treasury Dept - The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated four al Qaida associates under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:14

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

A brief world news roundup for 22 January 2009. United States & the Americas Ya Libnan - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged in a telephone call on Wednesday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to try to achieve Middle East peace, a Palestinian official said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 21:42:27

The Cloudworker, Layoffs and The Disposable American

Table of contents for CloudworkerThe Cloudworker’s CreedCloudworker EconomicsThe Cloud President, ObamaIs There a Cloudworker Culture?The Cloudworker, Layoffs and The Disposable American (warning, this post is much longer than usual, so here is a PDF version) It has been bitterly cold here in the Washington, DC metro area for the last two days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:37:24

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