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Archive for the ‘Leadership Turn odd bits’ Category

May 13th, 2008

A plan for your worldview

Post from Leadership Turn Image credit: http://www.larevuedurable.com/
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects the wind; the realist adjusts the sails” — Anonymous
I love this quote and would love to know who really said it.
I’ve been telling people for years that no matter how much they’re want to change something and how hard […]

By Miki Saxon -- 0 comments

April 1st, 2008

A mess of subprime fools

Paraphrasing David Hannum (not PT Barnum) there’s a fool born every minute and recent happenings seem to bear that out—only most of the current fools have MBA’s and high level jobs.
And then there are the fools in Washington who for years have told us to trust industry and that self-regulation works to our advantage.
And all […]

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March 10th, 2008

A leader prepares to die

I normally keep silly stuff for the weekends, but as an example of leadership futility this was too good to pass up.
Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room […]

By Miki Saxon -- 4 comments

March 3rd, 2008

Who in the world is Amy S. Quinn?

I received and email from Amy S. Quinn suggesting that I would be interested in a posting about Wal-Mart’s in-store clinics—I wasn’t. I assumed she was a flack of some kind and that she sent it because I’ve written several not very complimentary posts Wal-Mart.Here’s the email
Hi Miki,
We just posted an article (title and link […]

By Miki Saxon -- 13 comments

February 9th, 2008

Employees: what counts, what doesn’t?

Kelly, my editor here at b5media and author of Tax Girl, pointed me in the direction of an interesting post at Law.com.Written by Harry A. Valetk, a new media and privacy attorney in New York City, it focuses on where to draw the lines regarding employer attitudes towards employees off hours use of social media.
“A […]

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February 4th, 2008

u r what u rite

Over at Mapping Company Success Friday I wrote No reading = poor writing with a sample email that would be a lot funnier if my bank manager hadn’t told me that she received a similar one from an applicant.
I didn’t know it at the time, but the same day Diversity, Inc. posted R Yr Biznes […]

By Miki Saxon -- 4 comments

January 20th, 2008

Quotes that lead and support

It’s not my fault that this post is so late. After all that talk about procrastination I thought it was about time that I knocked a few of the repeater items off the list for awhile—stuff like vacuuming, dusting, etc. Egad, I actually fixed my pants—not because I mentioned it yesterday, but because it got […]

By Miki Saxon -- 7 comments

January 13th, 2008

Leadership Turn odd bits: TAXGIRL contest

Kelly (AKA Wonder Woman), my editor here at b5media, is having a contest. Tell her your worst tax filing story or the thing you hate most about filing taxes and win great stuff.
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