For a fun diversion, check out this article from the Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) about the personality traits of people living in the 50 different states of the USA.  The most stressed out states were New York and New Jersey.  States with populations on the low end of the socio economic scale - West Virginia […]

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“The State of Employee Engagement 2008″ study by Blessingwhite found that information technology (IT) workers are the least engaged of all the different staff areas studied.  And, this lack of engagement isn’t isolated to North America.  The study noted that IT workers across the world tend to identify more with their profession than with their […]

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There was an interesting article by Marshall Goldsmith in the August 25th issue of Business Week entitled We’re All Entrepreneurs, Advice for the Young that Transcends Age.   The article paints a fairly harsh picture of the current and future world of work in North America.  We know that Job security and corporate paternalism are relics […]

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I went with my father to the doctor a few weeks ago. In discussing the appointment with my father later that day, I was struck by how differently we each interpreted what the doctor said. What I heard the doctor say and what my father heard were very different.
It happens all the time. […]

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