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Five Filters That Kill Personal Change

By David Harder on the February, 20, 2017

Successful people take more risks, they usually have had more failures than others and most of them are used to the experience of fear. The biological point of fear is to take action. Only a small percentage of us have been properly trained in how to respond to fear in […]


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Is Generational Differences a Racket?

By David Harder on the February, 15, 2017

Every decade or so, a new marketing phenomenon hits the talent development field. I promote any idea that produces learning and growth. However, generational differences, in my mind, is becoming foolishness. In many cases, it supports rather than dismantles bias. It is often manipulative and confusing.   Yesterday, a very […]


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Why Some Chief Human Resource Officers Will Make Great CEOs

By David Harder on the January, 25, 2017

Virtually every business publication and relevant academic research paper indicate that attracting, developing and motivating talent is the single most important element in successful business today. One of the most common failures with CEOs not reaching the objectives of their business plan is in their refusal to take charge of […]


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The Single Best Take-Away From the Best Places to Work

By David Harder on the January, 25, 2017

In 2015, Fortune Magazine’s “The 100 Best Places to Work” issue awarded many of the usual world-class employers like Google, Marriott and others. But they did something new. They studied the firms that had been on that list for over five years straight and they found only one characteristic in […]


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The Shockingly Untapped Resource of Social Networking

By David Harder on the January, 24, 2017

How many people assume the world’s most innovative companies invent most of their technology in house? Far more innovation is found by individuals going out into the world and finding breakthroughs which they bring back. Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb. He networked and found the incandescent bulb that […]


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The Shocking Truth About “Disunited” Airlines

By David Harder on the January, 18, 2017

In 2015, a sizeable group of past and current United Airlines employees signed a petition filed by change.org demanding the resignation of United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek. It called Smisek out for cutting costs at the expense of services and taking steps that damage retirees – all actions the group […]


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Courage Set Him Free

By David Harder on the December, 31, 2016

He is in his mid-forties, a passionate father of three beautiful girls and the sole breadwinner of a family he is utterly devoted to. When we met, Jackson Lynch was the chief human resource officer for a Fortune 1000  paper company in Washington. He had masterfully orchestrated and managed talent during […]


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An Inspired New Year

By David Harder on the December, 20, 2016

This Year, Give the Gift of Clarity – Meaning – Purpose – Joy THE INSPIRED WORK PROGRAM Saturday & Sunday, January 7 & 8 (Los Angeles) Clarity – Meaning – Purpose – Joy Work is probably the biggest relationship that you have – right? If you are like many of […]


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My Single Most Important Lesson About Success

By David Harder on the December, 11, 2016

A segment from this summer’s upcoming book, The Workplace Engagement Solution (Career Press) by David Harder:     Many people don’t pursue what they really want because, at the core, they believe they will never get the help that brings their vision to life. Once we define a mission, vision […]


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Will You Ever Overcome Fear?

By David Harder on the December, 5, 2016

In a culture fixated on security we have reinforced the myth that there is something fundamentally inadequate about us when we feel fear. If that is the case, we construct our lives around avoiding fear and as a result, the real and best opportunities don’t even reach our field of […]


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