Showing Posts from: David Harder
How Unlearning Will Change Your Life
In a world where change grows every day, it is vitally important that we become athletic active learners. Over the last two decades, the acceleration of change has impacted each and every one of us. For many, the experience has been stressful and even damaging. New behaviors and outlooks are […]
Another Shocking Back Story About United Airlines
If only 13% of the world’s workers are fully engaged, there is a high probability that a wide variety of senior executives are disengaged, going through the motions and making decisions without questioning overall impact on the business. In The Workplace Engagement Solution (Career Press), I highlighted United Airlines as an employer […]
How Do You Make A Wildly Successful Career Transition?
Mel Spiese devoted his entire life to doing the right thing. He grew up in a very loving and supportive family and yet, they didn’t push him to excel. So, he didn’t. As college approached, he walked into an ROTC office and realized they offered the possibility of becoming someone […]
How to Avoid the Boss From Hell
“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.” Theodore Roosevelt The single most important piece of information you need to know before accepting a job is, “Who’s the boss?” Many people don’t give it much thought because they are […]
Self-Help – Built By Cheats, Charlatans & Used-Car Salesmen
When my first book was published, I had a struggle with my publisher because they wanted to put The Truth About Work into the self-help category. I don’t know one truly successful person who practices self help. In fact, when a talented individual tells me they are failing, it is usually because […]
Don’t Ever Go to Single Friends for Relationship Advice!
Years ago, I came down with a minor illness that required my hiding at home. It didn’t kill me but at one point I told God, “I wouldn’t mind.” While I was at this low point, my office sent over the mail and on the top of the stack was […]
The Problem With Business & Metaphysics
Years ago, we were leading an Inspired Work Program for a large group of spiritual coaches. At the first break, members of my team came over and told me how lovely the the participants were. I responded, “By the time we have lunch, many of them will be homicidal.” This […]
The Five-Minute Engagement Booster
“Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we’re too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the […]
Is Information Overload Making Us Nuts? It has for thousands of years.
People don’t run out of dreams – people just run out of time. Glenn Frey – The Eagles In 1970, my hero, the brilliant futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that by the turn of the century, we would be in continual information overload. This has come to pass. Today, we […]
Why Pitches Don’t Work on LinkedIn
“You cannot underestimate people’s ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It’s a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.” – Gary Vaynerchuk Social media is today’s single greatest marketing resource for building a […]