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February 24, 2016

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!” – Pete Townshend I was thinking back to one of the many conversations that I’ve had with my father. He tended to use semi cryptic song lyrics and sayings when he was trying to make a point with me. It was his way of trying to […]

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#7Songs – Number Two

February 1, 2016

I like Steely Dan for all the wrong reasons. That’s what my wife Karen will say, she’s sick of hearing me play their songs, and my good friend Raul openly criticizes me for liking their music, but I really don’t give a ****. My love for Steely Dan was cemented during a trip to North […]

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From the archives: Lest we forget…Enterprise!

January 28, 2016

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. This event had a major impact on my 13 year old self. It was one of the first in a series of tragic world events where I felt completely lost, scared, and confused as to why anything like this could happen. This tragedy still […]

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HR Leadership lessons from Frank Underwood

January 23, 2016

There have been some really amazing television characters created over the past few years. A few of my personal favorites include NPH as Barney Stinson, John Stamos playing John Stamos, and Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood from Netflix’s “House of Cards” series. I’m a fan of well written, funny, acerbic witted, and general bad-ass characters […]

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#7Songs – The first one.

January 17, 2016

A few weeks ago, I noticed my good friend Steve Browne take on the challenge of writing about seven songs in seven days. The challenge was something that he borrowed from Michael Carty and Tim Scott and Tony Jackson. I thought this was a great idea that I should rip off borrow and unlike my […]

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