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A Criteria for (Not) Hiring

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It might, however raise the specter that pictures and sound might be more a weapon to keep certain candidates out? Kudos for trying to build screening tools using video and other media for selecting viable candidates. link] [Using New Tools For Screening Candidates - Ty Abernethy 's Blog, ERE.Net].

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Your Inner Critic – Cueing up What You Know

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This sounds like an easy sell. Assuming time on learning, budget and resources are fixed, core decisions must be made. Is it a course, webinar, podcast? Do we ‘socialize’ the learning to instigate collaboration? Whom among the staff will deliver the best result? Decisions are messy and complex – even if you think (think?)

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GAMIFICATION – PLAYING AT (NOT) LEARNING

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It’s in the same league as ‘monetization’ and ‘level set’ and, ‘incubator’, words coined to make professionals sound, well, professional. When I first heard the term ‘gamification’* I had the sensation of a spider wiggling down my shirt at a picnic. I’m not against jargon in general; shortcuts are good if they are pithy and have substance.

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CRZY APOCALYPSE — 4.1 WORKPLACE ELEMENTS TO HELP YOU SURVIVE.

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They are caffeinated conversants who manage to say nothing while sounding smart and sane. They impede your progress on projects by drawing you to off task tangents. They sow the seeds of doubt. They are Me- rather than We-Centric. They pretend to listen but really only care what it is they are saying – then accuse you of not listening.

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THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SCHOOL START TIMES AND BIOLOGY: IF THE SUCCESS OF CHILDREN IS OUR GOAL, WHY DON’T WE ACT LIKE IT.

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Rich”, he said, “You have about 10 seconds or eyes will glaze over or you’ll sound like you’re shoveling S$*t.”. I wrote high minded paragraphs citing everyone from Socrates to Neal Postman, that he tossed in the garbage. No quick answer came for a day or two until on a run on an old rail trail formed into an A-Ha moment.

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LEADERS ARE TOO FAR UPSTREAM TO EFFECT CHANGE—TALENT MANAGEMENT MUST BE FOCUSED DOWNSTREAM ON MANAGERS

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Some might say this is starting to sound like leadership. Remember it’s not the manager who does the work…but managers need to set conditions where others can and do to their utmost abilities. But leaders themselves are too far distant from actual work. Why Managers Need to be Leaders.

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WHAT I LEARNED AT CHRISTMAS

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Cut to the sound of jingling bells and my father and son giggling in bed—except for his rasp you wouldn’t know who the bigger kid was. And I became, by default an expert in building Big Wheels, drum sets with missing parts, doll houses and furniture, Star Wars kits, hockey goals, miniature train sets, you get the picture.

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