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Why Didn’t You Become You?

By David Harder on the July, 18, 2016

There troublesome aspects of change. Many people believe they cannot change. Or, they are so afraid of changing themselves they won’t take meaningful action. Finally, many people want to change but they don’t know how.   These seeming dilemmas are natural as we lay to rest a world where all that […]


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The Inspired Work Program August 6 & 7

By David Harder on the July, 8, 2016

Saturday & Sunday, August 6 & 7 (Los Angeles) What Did You Do With Your Summer? At the beautiful Luxe Summit Bel Air (Los Angeles) August 6 & 7 You spend most of your hours getting ready for it, getting to it, being at it, coming home and recovering from […]


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Is Discrimination Getting Any Better? Think Again.

By David Harder on the June, 28, 2016

Many organizations are talking about generational differences. How about generational discrimination? When we look through history, every decade seems to offer a category in which it becomes OK to attack an entire category of people. In the 90’s is was the gays. If any of you think this is a stretch, […]


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One Critical Way to Qualify Your CEO

By David Harder on the May, 30, 2016

I serve quite a few chief human resource officers. When we are in a career marketing search, I tend to get a little strident about in how important it is to qualify the boss – usually the CEO.   Here are a couple of central questions:   Has the CEO […]


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Breaking News! John Wayne, Cher, Oprah & Richard Branson – All of them – Terrified!

By David Harder on the May, 10, 2016

Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway. –John Wayne   In 1990, I was performing with some of the greatest musicians on earth and totally bent on spending my life recording and doing concerts. It has been said that God laughs as we make plans and through a […]


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A Life Raft for Mid-Manager

By David Harder on the April, 12, 2016

IN A RECENT Harvard Business School study, mid-managers emerged as the most disengaged of all workers. This isn’t a big surprise. Mid-managers are overworked, undervalued and are the most at-risk employees during lay-offs.   Academics and business authors routinely suggest that we get rid of them.   Mid-managers used to be […]


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How Could You Not Take Anything Seriously?

By David Harder on the March, 28, 2016

  I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want. -Madonna     YESTERDAY, I was meeting with a very talented client who is launching a writing career. I was […]


A Life Raft for Mid-Managers

By David Harder on the March, 15, 2016

In a recent Harvard Business School study, mid-managers emerged as the most disengaged of all workers. This isn’t a big surprise. Mid-managers are overworked, undervalued and are the most at-risk employees during lay-offs. Academics and business authors routinely suggest that we get rid of them. Mid-managers used to be the […]


America IS Great Again!

By David Harder on the February, 9, 2016

Why Our Country Needs a New Set of Glasses I am one of the original big boosters and cheerleaders for Los Angeles and here’s why: It isn’t the fact that right now, I look out at blue skies and the Pacific Ocean with Catalina Island catching the eye just before […]


How Passing Fads are Turning the World of Work Upside Down

By David Harder on the February, 5, 2016

An extensive recent study called Impacts of Future Technology at the Oxford Martin School indicates that over half of all jobs in the US will be eliminated due to technology within the next 20 years. For those of us who view change as a bad thing, it will be a bad […]


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