Private or Public? Depends on Where You Are
In the US there is a tendency to look at private universities as “better.” Maybe because they are more expensive, maybe because some states have established easier admission standards for their public universities, maybe because schools like Harvard and Stanford have set the bar pretty high…whatever the reason, we often view private universities as more […]
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Dr William Thomas - Posted in Recruiting and Retention
- Jan, 18, 2016
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Jan, 18, 2016
Figure Out If It Fits
On a recent visit I was reminded that Tokyo is awash in brightly colored fashion. I’ll admit, I spent my time there looking around and wishing I was 25 years younger and could pull it off. If I tried it now, though — and some friends suggested that I should — I would look like […]
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- Posted in Leading
- Jan, 15, 2016
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Age is Just a Number
I went into a store earlier this week to exchange something I had bought a couple days before. I had paid for one thing, but the clerk had given me the wrong item, which I did not notice until after getting home. When I explained it to a different clerk he went back to get […]
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- Posted in Diversity & Inclusion
- Jan, 13, 2016
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Celebrate Diversity, However You Do It
The US has a concept of diversity in the work environment that just might be unique. We say we want a diverse workforce so we get diversity of ideas, and in knowledge work that’s pretty much essential. But it is hard to test potential employees for diverse ideas, so we tend to look for obvious […]
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- Jan, 11, 2016
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Trendy Leadership
It is tough to plan if you are in a trend-based industry. You need to respond to trends as they emerge. Depending upon what you are providing, your response time could be fast or slow, and the duration of a popular trend also varies, so you may get a lot of use out of what […]
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- Posted in Creativity & Innovation
- Jan, 08, 2016
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