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Wisdom Wednesday – Is Your Organization A Downtown Calcutta Environment?

@jessicakriegel Culture is a smell test – it can either energize or exhaust you. ?? organizationalculture employeeengagement workenvironment leadership motivation productivity teamwork employeeperformance inspiration mindset business success FontainebleauForest Calcutta ? original sound – Dr. Jessica Kriegel – Dr. Jessica Kriegel

¶ Posted 12 June 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) °

Wisdom Wednesday – I Think One of the Worst Feelings Is…

@go_hiking_ That is definitely one of the worst feelings ? #waterfall #waterfalls #hikingoftiktok #hikers #hikingadventures #hiking #ithaca ? original sound – Farbsy

¶ Posted 05 June 2024 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, language, philosophy

Music Monday – “The rhythms got you drippin’ blood and sweat/You feel your heart pounding in your chest/The flames grow higher, to a fever pitch/You’ve never made love ’til you’ve made love to a witch”

Always good to get recommendations for new music from coworkers! 😉 “Let’s Have A Satanic Orgy” – Twin Temple

¶ Posted 03 June 2024 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Wisdom Wednesday – Everything Is Fake

But some are better at pretending than others… @courtney..johnson Everything is fake. If you can’t admit that, you aren’t ready to level up your career ? ???? Our systems, our jobs, our entire societal framework— it’s all just a collective agreement, a shared illusion that we’ve collectively bought into. If we choose to stop believing […]

¶ Posted 29 May 2024 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Wisdom Wednesday – Desperate People Make Ideal Workers

It’s an absolute sickness of our society that so many owners and managers make their employees desperate by giving casual or part-time hours (but expecting total availability), no or limited benefits, and giving no consideration to factors beyond the workplace – childcare concerns, vehicle availability, even the impact of sudden unexpected expenses – in how […]

¶ Posted 15 May 2024 § Jobs § Politics § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health

Wisdom Wednesday – For A Culture To Change, Leaders Modeling The Desired Behaviour Is The Only Thing That Works

I’m reminded of a former colleague from when I worked in the HR unit who said “What makes you think leaders *want* a healthy workplace culture?” @theclwill Talk of Culture change is just Noise #leadership #leadertok #management #culturechange ? original sound – Chris Williams – Chris Williams

¶ Posted 08 May 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: orgdevl

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 ? […]

¶ Posted 01 May 2024 § Humour § Jobs § List § Meme § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Friday Fun Link – Song Recorded at RPL’s “Whisper Room” Goes Viral

This is very cool… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Viraj Mistry (@viraj_musician07)

¶ Posted 26 April 2024 § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

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 […]