All of us have problems. Some of us face problems occasionally. Others face problems everyday. Regardless of frequency, you can be sure that you are either having a problem now, or you will have one soon. That’s life!
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The emerging “E-ntrepreneurial Workforce’ will focus on excellence. It’s not just a matter of principle. Excellence becomes a way of life for a workforce that has a culture of entrepreneurial activity.
The whole notion behind being entrepreneurial includes qualities like … ownership … problem-solving … vision … change … and improvement. In an E-ntrepreneurial Workforce, the [...]
One of the joys I have personally, in my career, is drawing cartoons and (sometimes) being funny! It gives me an opportunity to actually look other people in their eyes, get in touch with something very real about them, and even hear their hearts for a few moments in time. We are just finishing up [...]
We have been talking a lot about the new “E-Workforce,” and now it is time to explore some of the factors that make it unique and special. In this blog, we will talk about vision – or “E-Nvision.”
The first thing we want to do with vision for the E-Workforce is connect it to leadership. That’s [...]
You can’t innovate unless you break a few things! Spend your life breaking your own records!
I just returned from Minneapolis and the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) annual conference. It was WONDERFUL! Not only is Minneapolis a great destination city…tons to do: Mall of America, great theatre district, amazing food, wonderful parks and sculptures…but the conference agenda….workshops, speakers, and exhibitors…. was terrific.
Conferences give us a great opportunity to learn, network, and [...]
The Kenan Institue for Ethics at Duke University has developed and made available a free online assessment tool called Measure Up to help employees and management gauge the ethical quality of their work environment. Measure Up provides a clear way to understand workplace culture by breaking down ethics into five categories: accountability, transparency, candor, commitment, [...]
If you are like me, you like to save good webpages for future reference. I had always saved to “Favorites” or “Bookmarks” on my computer. The problem with that: when I’m not on my computer, I can’t access my bookmarks.
Thanks to one of our CDF students, I’ve been introduced to www.mybookmarks.com! It’s terrific!! My bookmarks [...]
In this time of economic problems and tight resources, case management skills can be an important value-add for career development facilitators (CDF). This edition of the blog introduces CDF’s to the concept of case management in career development, and initiates a multi-part blog that touches on non-traditional, out-of-the-box approaches to doing case management in career development environments.
Okay! We have already introduced you to the new, Entrepreneurial Workforce (eWorkforce) and suggested that the first great skill of an Entrepreneurial Worker is “problem-solving. It is time to look at the second great skill, which is “service.” The bottom line is that nobody is going to buy you or what you have to offer [...]
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