What Sid Meier’s Civilization Game Taught Me About Business
Since childhood, I have played video games, and one of my all-time favorites is Sid Meier’s Civilization. The turn-based strategy game appeared in the early ’90s, and the game has evolved significantly since its debut, each version has new challenges for players to solve. As the title of this article suggests, I'd like to share what Sid Meier's Civilization game has taught me about business and…
A Company Health & Wellness Center that Delivers High Value Low Cost Healthcare – Is it Possible?
Each year HR professionals undertake an annual process to determine what benefits will be offered to employees as part of their benefit package – possibly considering what benefit will be taken away or how much premiums will increase to offset growing healthcare benefit plan costs. The changing landscape created by the Affordable Care Act has made it difficult, but not impossible to assert…
Bad Leaders Don’t Forgive
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.” ~Mahatma Gandhi Today I’m writing about a topic that is rarely talked about in the leadership domain, especially amongst corporate leaders. Now, before you poo-poo the idea, please allow me to explain further. In my opinion, forgiveness can’t be ignored, because to do so is to defy a natural law like gravity. Forgiveness…
Quick vs. Right
"Quick vs. Right" is a phrase that makes me cringe every time I hear it used. One of the most common copouts inept leaders use in masking their decisioning inadequacies is to delay pronouncement on the grounds that they currently possess insufficient information to make an astute decision. Almost without fail, this tactic is a trite and cliched attempt to somehow insinuate that speed in…
The Power of The Written Word
In today's post, I want to focus on the acquisition of knowledge gained through reading. While there are certainly numerous other ways to learn (experience, classroom instruction, digital learning, etc.) I am a huge fan of the benefits of professional development gained from good old-fashion reading. Someone once said "you are what you read" and while I think there is far more to the equation of…
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