Head Tale - Jobs

Category Archives: Jobs

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect employees from bad bosses. And the biggest problem is that bad bosses don’t know they’re bad bosses.” I heard something semi-related when talking to some union colleagues […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2024 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – HR Lunch (January 2012)

Though it was a path I never expected, in hindsight, I was incredibly lucky to start my career in the HR Unit as I learned so much about management, leadership, organizational culture and development, change management, employee motivation and so much more. Plus we had an amazing group of people including a great HR Manager […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2024 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Wisdom Wednesday – How To Identify Poor Leaders

@bringleadershiptolife Identifying a bad leader in your workplace.. #workplace #leadershiptiktok #leadershiptraining ? original sound – Greg Zimbulis – Greg Zimbulis

¶ Posted 30 October 2024 § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

Wisdom Wednesday – Why Your Performance Review Doesn’t Matter

@jimchuong ? original sound – The Lazy Canadian Investor

¶ Posted 23 October 2024 § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment. (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me. It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

¶ Posted 22 October 2024 § Canada § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, philosophy

Wisdom Wednesday – Personality Hires Are More Important Than any Type of Hire

@dxnielbennett coming from a personality hire #hiring #corporatelife #work ? original sound – Daniel Bennett

¶ Posted 16 October 2024 § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health

Wisdom Wednesday – Trust Is More Important Than Performance

“We have a million metrics to measure performance but little to none to measure trustworthiness.” @simonsinek Promote the trustworthy, not just the high-performing. Is your team built on trust? ? #NavySEALs #LeadershipLessons ? original sound – Simon Sinek

¶ Posted 09 October 2024 § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, orgdevl

Longest Tenured Meterologist in South Florida In Tears Talking About Approaching Hurricane

NBC6's @JohnMoralesTV is the longest tenured TV meteorologist in south Florida. When he gets this serious, this emotional, on the air, viewers pay attention: pic.twitter.com/iiECZ8KaHx — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 7, 2024