The Chipotle Question: How Good Is Your Personal Supply Chain?
Chipotle’s Conundrum It’s been a rough year for Chipotle. Last November, the restaurant chain closed all 43 of its locations in Oregon and Washington to address an E. coli outbreak which sickened over 50 people. A norovirus outbreak affected 234 people in California in August, along with a separate outbreak near Boston College. Salmonella-tainted tomatoes…
How to Flow from College to Workplace
Several months have passed since college graduation, and many have moved into new jobs. As the distance between work and college increases, some may feel a lull, missing their college days and wondering why some of the excitement is gone. One of the interesting life transitions is from college to company. College is a special…
Living in the Digital Era: Pros and Cons
Guest Post by Andrew Howe If you are reading this article online, you are in the digital era! People use different gadgets daily (computers, smartphones, and tablets). Around 86% of the US population have access to the Internet from home, and this number grows daily. People might agree that living in the digital era is…
Finding Success in Option B
Amy Lust is a Senior Digital Training Associate in the Station, Products, and Innovation group at PBS. In a very short time, she’s moved up the ranks and is excelling in her current position. But her current line of work was not her option A. “I wanted to be in the arts,” Lust explains. “I…
5 Lessons on the Road from Intern to Executive Team
Guest Post by Scott Savage I should have died on June 9, 1993. My family was beginning our summer vacation, driving across Northern Arizona on Interstate 40. My dad was driving the car. He was always so tired when we left on vacation. He fell asleep while driving and awoke with a jerk. After over-correcting,…
Can You Wait Nine Years?
We are an impatient sort. Instant gratification seems more prevalent than ever before. No generation is exempt from this feeling of wanting it now rather later. From career to tangible goods, we just want our milestones and stuff now! A contrary example appeared this week. Most of us are in awe of the Pluto images…
The Eight Dimensions of Leadership Development and Training
Guest Post from Lauren Schuckel There’s a deficit plaguing the U.S. economy: American businesses are lacking adaptive and strategic leaders. Decision Pulse, a business strategy consultancy, reports that 56 percent of the corporate leaders it surveyed predicted shortages in strong executive-level leadership as of 2012. Likewise, Development Dimensions International (DDI), a talent scouting agency, states in its 2011 Global…
How to Survive in Engineering as a Woman
Guest Post by Jenny Ann Beswick Most people in engineering jobs are men; that’s just a fact. In the UK alone last year, the percentage of engineering job posts held by women came in at just 6% – a figure I wish would increase dramatically. There has been, over the last number of years, an…
Can You Stay in a Workplace Without Respect?
Respect is one of those must-haves in the workplace. It doesn’t matter what age you are. Respect should be shown for our work done, words spoken, and capabilities shown. Without respect, good attitudes fade and questions arise: Should I leave? Do I weather the storm? Financial viability enters the picture. Individuals need to have a…
Endurance
When we think of marathons, the first word that pops into our minds is likely this one: endurance. Endurance is in the preparation and in the finishing, and now it also may be in the recovery. The images from the Boston Marathon show the shock and horror. Even with such images more prevalent into today’s…
Holiday Purity: Let Thanksgiving Breathe
I love what Nordstrom did. They placed signs that said, essentially, we are going to honor Thanksgiving; no other holiday decorations will be put out until this holiday is celebrated! Job well done. Thanksgiving needs some breathing room. It is a special time, generally uncommercialized and focused on the simple value of thankfulness. After all,…
6 Ways to Lead Like a Farmer
Farmers are not often thought as leaders, but they exhibit 6 key principles which everyone can learn from and apply.