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The Rainmaker ‘Fab Five’ Blog Picks of the Week

Chris Young — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:39:54 +0000

Every week I narrow down the blogosphere to pick five HR, leadership,and talent management posts that I find to be the best of the best. Here are my top choices for the week of March 22nd – March 28th, 2010. Enjoy! Wally Bock, Three Star Leadership: Just Promoted? Here’s What You Need to Know – Getting promoted can be a harrowing ordeal for many managers who struggle to adjust to the large changes they experience in their professional lives. Wally has some great suggestions to help smooth the transition into a new role filled with new responsibilities. Gautam Ghosh, Gautam…
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Possibility Maximizer: Seth Godin’s Free eBook: Unleashing The Ideavirus

Chris Young — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:43:16 +0000

Every Friday I like to share a resource that I feel will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization. This week I’ve got a great eBook download to share with you from one of today’s best business writers – Seth Godin The Resource: Seth Godin’s free eBook: Unleashing The Ideavirus What It Is About:Unleashing The Ideavirus is based on the ability of really great ideas (or products/services) to go “viral” when the right market conditions are created and encouraged. There are millions of great ideas out there, but one that just sits there doing nothing has little or no…
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Startups and Culture-Shaping

Chris Young — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:08:46 +0000

I see it often… Employee team members who should have been let go a long time ago but because they paid their dues early in the history of the company – they get to stay and drain the lifeblood from the company in terms of cash and employee morale. The “golden children” are easily recognized. They do not perform at the same levels of new employees and everyone knows it. Unfortunately, this “story” is more common than everyone may think and it is not just a “story” of the private sector. All companies have powerful stories of sacrifice and determination…
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer: Christmas Edition

Chris Young — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:51:47 +0000

Merry Christmas! I hope this Holiday season is a blessed one for you, your family, and your organization! I’d like to take a different approach to this week’s Possibility Maximizer. I rarely address employment laws and regulations on this blog, however, I couldn’t help but thinking about the issue as today is one of the most celebrated religious holidays in our country. Indeed, it is hard for me to think of any organizations that are open for business today with the exception of perhaps gas stations and convenience stores. While America is a predominantly Christian country and culture, there are…
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer: Fistful of Talent (FOT)

Chris Young — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:21:57 +0000

I like to finish off each workweek with a featured resource that I hope will add value to your life at work and improve your professional performance. This week I’ve got a great blogging site that features an excellent panel of talent gurus. The Resource: Fistful of Talent (FOT) What it Covers: FOT is the brainchild of prominent HR blogger Kris Dunn. Kris started FOT in 2008 as an extension to his HR Capitalist blog and serves Kris as a focused platform to explore talent management and recruiting issues in today’s workplace. Kris has amassed an impressive collection of active…
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Take Ownership For Your Own Professional Development

Chris Young — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:44:56 +0000

It is no secret that organizations are cutting employee training and development budgets dramatically. If your organization is like most right now, there is a good chance that you have found the resources allocated for your professional development to be greatly reduced from where they were just a short time ago. Training budgets are often the first to be cut and the last to come back when the economy recovers. Given this, you have probably found yourself wondering how you are going to grow professionally when the opportunities for training and development have been so greatly diminished. I want to…
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What is Your Man on the Moon Mindset?

Chris Young — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:13:17 +0000

40 years ago this past week man accomplished what many considered to be impossible – we landed on the moon, planted the flag of our great country into its surface, and safely returned the crew of three astronauts to earth. As I watched the media coverage of this historic anniversary, I couldn’t help but think about the important role that Mindset Power played in this incredible accomplishment. Imagine it is 1955 – two years before the space age and the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik. If a stranger were to ask if it were possible for a man to…
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer: Workplace Motivators Assessment

Chris Young — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:08:03 +0000

Every week I like to feature a resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Last week I shared the DISC behavioral profile, this week I would like to share another powerful assessment that measures an individual’s values. The Resource: Workplace Motivators Assessment (TM) What it is: The Workplace Motivators profile is a powerful values assessment that identifies what an individual is motivated by in the workplace. Our values are often hidden, but play a critical role in determining our observable behavior at work. The six values measured in this assessment are:…
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer: HRM Today

Chris Young — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:23:41 +0000

Every Friday I like to feature an online resource that will help you and your organization Maximize Possibility. This week I would like to feature one of my favorite HR resource and blogging sites: HRM Today. The Resource: HRM Today – The Social Network for Today’s HR Professional What it Covers: HRM Today is a dedicated social network for HR professionals that features a number of great resources including blogs, discussion forums, and a nice social networking feature that functions like a hybrid of LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Blogs on HRM Today are integrated via RSS feeds from some of…
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The Three Laws of Performance – Book Review

Chris Young — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:06:25 +0000

Read The Three Laws of Performance to inspire and motivate you and your team to higher levels of performance.
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"You got a lotta nerve…"

Chris Young — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:51:05 +0000

There are things we say to one another that have that meaning – that impact that never goes away. The kind of meaning is personal but never forgotten. I am an avid Esquire magazine reader. I admit it. I love the magazine. Have for years. I am also a huge Christopher Walken fan. The man is a genius. I would love to have him as a neighbor. In the June issue of Esquire, Christopher Walken shares what he has learned. In his own words… “When I was a kid, there was someone in my family, an adult, and whenever I…
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The Job Mismatch Problem – The Five Costs of the Wrong Employee In The Wrong Seat

Chris Young — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:54:49 +0000

The Job Mismatch Problem or cost of low employee performance is likely much costlier to your organization than you may first believe.
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer: Jay Shepherd’s Gruntled Employees Blog

Chris Young — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:12:54 +0000

Every week I like to feature a resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. This week I would like to share an employment law blog that I am confident you will find engaging and worth following regularly. The Resource: Jay Sheperd’s Gruntled Employees Blog What it Covers: Working in the field of employment law, Jay knows all to well the high price an organization can pay as a result of disgruntled employees. To combat this Jay asked himself what the opposite of a disgruntled employee is and what can be done…
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The Latest Carnival of Human Resources is Up!

Chris Young — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:12:51 +0000

The latest Carnival of Human Resources is up! Denise Berry with Team Doc has taken the carnival torch and has put together a nice collection of blog spanning the “continuum” of the HR and talent management spectrum. Head on over and check it out!
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Blog Carnival Alert!

Chris Young — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:43:45 +0000

It’s been a crazy week and this one almost slipped past my radar – the latest Carnival of Human Resources is up at the Recruitment 2.0 Blog! Susana Cesar has done a fabulous job of hosting the carnival and put together a great list of 30 assorted HR blog posts for your reading pleasure. While you are there, be sure to browse the Recruitment 2.0 Blog – I think you’ll find it a good read!
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer – Who – Solve Your #1 Problem

Chris Young — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:43:26 +0000

Every week I like to feature resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. This week I would like to share a powerful book that should be a powerful resource for The Resource: Geoff Smart and Randy Street’s “Who – Solve Your #1 Problem” What it is about: “Who” is about your number one problem – the avoidance of putting the wrong talent into the wrong seats on the “bus”. If you want to kick up your employee hiring and selection strategy a notch, this book is a very good resource for…
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Career Advice to College Graduates – American Workplace Insights Survey

Chris Young — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:56:48 +0000

Now more than ever, it is important that you love what you do and do what you love. Adecco’s American Workplace Insights Survey
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Five Sources of Interpersonal Conflict in the Workplace – Part V – Mindset

Chris Young — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:08:08 +0000

The human mind is a powerful “engine”. One’s Mindset is a powerful contributor to how one “sees” their future as “half full” or “half empty”. According to Wikipedia, Mindset is the… Set of assumptions, methods or notations held by one or more people or groups of people which is so established that it creates a powerful incentive within these people or groups to continue to adopt or accept prior behaviours, choices, or tools. My interpretation of Mindset – One’s Mindset is a pattern of systemic thinking created by and uniquely held by each person. Rainmakers work on their mindset all…
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The April 15th Carnival of Human Resources

Chris Young — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:32:53 +0000

Ladies and Gentleman! Boys and girls! young and old! Step right up to the latest installment of the ongoing saga that is the Carnival of Human Resources! With a collection of 21 great posts on a variety of human resources and talent management topics, you are sure to get your fix of HR blogging goodness. Let’s get right to it! Nina Simosko, Nina Nets Out – Are Hackers Our Future Heroes? Art Petty, Management Excellence – Detoxing Your Team Ann Bares, Compensation Force – For Strategic Rewards, There Must First be a Strategy Anna Farmery, The Engaging Brand – 10…
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This Week’s Featured Possibility Maximizer

Chris Young — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:22:21 +0000

Every Week I like to feature an online resource that I feel will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today I would like to share a special event that I have the pleasure of hosting next week. The Resource: The Carnival of Human Resources What it is: The Carnival of HR (COHR) is a bi-weekly blog carnival with a new blogger hosting the carnival at their blog every other week. Fellow HR and talent management bloggers send a selected post from their blog to the host who then sorts the submissions and presents…
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