Human Nature

By on April 26th, 2011 In Advice, Agencies, Best Practices, Employee Communications, Jobs, Professional Development

Great lives and careers are now based on having the courage to think independently, make your own decisions and not be a sheep.

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To block or not to block?

By on March 18th, 2011 In Employee Communications, Social Media

Now that I’m back in employee communications I find myself up against some familiar issues that I thought might have been overcome by 2011, perhaps none more frustrating than the seemingly random way companies block certain websites from employees. At my company the majority of employees do not have access to social tools, including Facebook [...]

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Perspective — Seriously?

By on February 28th, 2011 In Advice, Agencies, Best Practices, Employee Communications, Hype!, Marketing, Media, People, Professional Development, Valley PR Blog

My goal is to to rattle the gilded cages of those who want nothing more than to keep people who think, look or love differently than them, out of their cage.

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It’s a mo…mo…mo…mobile world

By on February 28th, 2011 In Employee Communications

I’m reading a strange and interesting novel right now called Super Sad True Love Story by a writer named Gary Shteyngart. It takes place in a dystopian future where America is owned by the Chinese and the country is a sort of information police state in which all citizens are required to carry around small tablet [...]

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Empathy in leadership

By on January 21st, 2011 In Employee Communications, People

It’s not easy to spot a leader. They are often confused with visionaries and sometimes managers. Leaders don’t always stand out, and like a good football referee, the best ones seldom make their own noise. Men like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg aren’t leaders, they’re visionaries. They rely on other people to make their ideas [...]

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Social Intranets Taking Shape

By on January 7th, 2011 In Employee Communications, Social Media

It’s no secret, but in case you didn’t hear I made the move back to corporate America last summer and with the move I have turned my focus back to my roots — employee communications. As we begin the new year, I plan on focusing my VPRB posts on internal communications issues because not only is [...]

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