Showing Posts from: David Harder
Does Your Tribe Own You or Support You?
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach When we look at work as a relationship, it is wise to examine how our tribes influence some of humankind’s most significant decisions about work, […]
Just Why Do Leaders Need Truth?
Human beings are hard-wired to think about something other than themselves for 15-seconds. This one science-based fact can lead to the conclusion that pitch selling doesn’t work. It also means that telling people what to do will never produce employee engagement. Think about it. If people are unable to […]
How Social Entrepreneurs Will Save Our Asses
“The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest market opportunities. And that’s a huge thing. Solve hunger, literacy and energy problems, get the gratitude of the world and become a billionaire in the process.” Peter Diamandis – Founder & Chairman, X-Prize Foundation America was founded on optimism, which […]
How Can We Have So Much and Be So Soft?
I have always been able to have conversations with friends and family members with differing political views because we talk about the morals, values, and ethics that live above politics. You know, the ones that all of us used to remember as the ideals of the American spirit. We treasured […]
How I Found the Work I Was Born to Love
I was leading two lives. During the day, I was a staffing executive in Los Angeles and at night, I performed as a jazz pianist and composer at some of our town’s greatest venues. I kept this bone-crushing schedule because I wanted to live in Malibu until my ship, a […]
Why the Employer Brand is the Most Important Brand of All
Who would you rather work for? United Airlines or Southwest Airlines? Google or Yahoo? Vons/Safeway or Trader Joe’s? Odds are high that you have identified the better employer with each example simply through word-of-mouth or direct customer experience. Or, you might be seriously interested in working for one […]
The Crisis About Trump & Job Growth
For decades, unemployment has been a political number that has never offered an accurate story about the state of our economy or the wellness of our people. Today, we are down to 3.6%, but that figure doesn’t include the millions of citizens who dropped out of the labor market. […]
Finding Your Dream Job – Part 5 – My Favorite Winning Candidate
Over the last 2 weeks, we have published a series of stories on how to find one’s dream job. As stated in the beginning, when we raise the bar to find the work we love, every other aspect of our lives improve. However, there are no guarantees of success. In […]
Finding Your Dream Job – Part 4 – Question Your Way to Success!
When we are focused on finding our dream job, we want to pull out all of the stops by increasing our probability at every stage of the pursuit including improving the quality of our research, understanding and respecting the interview personalities, and elevating our mindset in how we approach finding […]
Finding Your Dream Job – Part 3 – Meet Your Gatekeepers!
There are 4 distinct personality types that show up in job interviews and sales calls. Here’s how to make the most out of your engagement: Understanding their different styles can spell the difference between moving forward or stopping dead in our tracks. The Director We’ve all run into them. The […]