Category Archives: Jobs

Wisdom Wednesday – Top 50 Worst Corporate Jargon Phrases (Top Five)

NGL, I lose a tiny bit of respect for people when I hear them use these phrases.  (Of course, I also lose a tiny bit of respect for 50-year old English majors who use emoji speak abbreviations like “NGL”!) 😉 @courageousleadership Replying to @Keith Overbay here you go! Top 5 worst corporate jargon phrases ? […]

Taking Down A WWE Ring

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Don’t Think I Told Him To Grow A Beard But He Did Anyhow! (October 2017)

Seven years ago, the mother of a young patron at the branch I was working at asked if her son could meet with me to learn more about being a librarian. We set a date to meet, had a great conversation and I thought that was the end of it. So I was surprised when […]

Wisdom Wednesday – Managers Trying To Keep Employee Morale Up

Head and shoulders, knees and toes… @corporate.snark #workhumor #corporatehumor #workmemes ? original sound – Corporate Snark

Wisdom Wednesday – UBI Would Eliminate The First Two Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

In a world that measures success by the relentless pursuit of MORE, it strikes me as odd for anyone to assume that everyone would suddenly stop striving for MORE simply because they were guaranteed ENOUGH to not go hungry or homeless. This is really basic Maslow's hierarchy stuff pic.twitter.com/PzhYsARSm3 — Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 12, […]

Wisdom Wednesday – “You Lead People and You Manage Things”

I’m also shocked at how many people in high level positions think their job is to manage people.

Friday Fun Link – Big Elvis

We may see this guy in Vegas and I’m secretly thinking it might be one of those unexpected highlights of the trip based on the YouTube clips I’ve seen…  

Wisdom Wednesday – 21 Clear Signals of a Great Leader

I agree with pretty much all of these… I’m obsessed with great leadership. But when I was young, I wasted years and opportunities not knowing what great leadership looked like. Learn from my mistakes. 21 clear signals you have a great leader: pic.twitter.com/SIumNeomV2 — MATT GRAY (@matt_gray_) March 24, 2024

How FIVE BILLION Pounds of Trash Powers Las Vegas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Zumanity (May 2012)

A person I grew up with in Indian Head was a couple years younger than me (she was my sister’s age) but her family and ours were friends so I hung out with her too. She grew up to be a professional clown who performed in the New York, New York Cirque Show in Vegas, […]