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On today’s radio show, I had the pleasure of interviewing John Boudreau – one of the giants of the industry, a prolific author and a management consultant.

He recently wrote an article that we looked at on the show:  “How Does HR Spend Its Time?” that I recommend.

I haven’t read any of his books, but from the little I have seen, they appear to be must-reads.

On Tuesday Feb 14th I had the opportunity to interview Joe DiDonato on CaribHR.Radio, on the topic of enterprise learning trends.  We talked a great deal about the strongest trends driving learning at this point in time, and the impact of the recession and the latest technology.

You can hear the programme here:  http://radio.caribhrforum.com (look for the Feb 14 date.)

Also, you should know that I came to know of Joe and his organization through his on-line conferences.   There’s a very big one coming up that you should know about — on March 20-21 in Alexandria, Virginia.

It’s his organization’s Enterprise Learning! Summit 2012 and you can find out all about it by clicking here.

Apparently, if your boss is a psychopath he/she doesn’t have to be a mass murderer.  They just have to fit a handful of characteristics that appear to me to look a bit too familiar.

Hopefully you aren’t caught working for someone like this, but there are some things you can do, according to this article.

I recognized more than one person in my years as a consultant from this article.

What if the boss is a psychopath?

The article entitled “Is Information Overload Making You Sick” blames stress-related illness on the amount of information that people must deal with each day.

To me, it’s a lot like blaming your skin cancer on the presence of the sun.

But what do you think?

I wrote an article in the Jamaica Sunday Gleaner yesterday that got an immediate reaction from those who heard the speech it was based on.  I make the point that values programs don’t work because they can’t work, and the more we talk about them, the more trouble we cause.

To access the article AND the 22 minute speech, follow this link:

Click here to read/listen to Changing Values by Ignoring Them.

Leave me a comment on the blog or on the audio page.

Francis

While I wrote this article about Jamaican employees, I believe that what I have to say applies to some degree to all our region’s companies.

Sometimes, visions of the future aren’t enough to get our people motivated and we must use other means.  The most recent research in this area can be quite helpful…

Read it and let me know what you think of the ideas published recently in the Jamaica Gleaner:  Inspiring Jamaican Employees.

I tempted the fates by addressing a hot-button issue that’s been in the press lately.
It touches on the reasons why CSME is so important, and what happens when we don’t spend enough time to understand the human resource impact of regional decisions.

This article was carried in the Trinidad Newsday, but it was reprinted on the Guardian Life website (thanks to them for their ongoing sponsorship of the column.)

I recently wrote a newspaper article about the Black Holes of corporate life in Jamaica that I think applies to the entire Caribbean. It has nothing to do with astronomy, but instead refers to people whose un-productivity leads to others avoiding them, even when they happen to be very, very nice.

Click here: The Black Holes of Corporate Life
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I wrote this rather provocative article a few weeks ago and it was published in the Gleaner under a similar title:  Why Jamaicans Have to Migrate to Become Productive.

Shortly after, I was interviewed on TVJ about the article, which got some interesting reactions on Facebook and the Gleaner website.

I’m eager to hear what you might think about this idea, and how it might apply to your Caribbean island or territory. Please leave me a comment below the P.S.

P.S. If you are in Jamaica, you might want to attend my programme on January 13th where I actually show people how to craft  their own productivity system suitable for their life here in the Caribbean, or anywhere they might find themselves in the future.  See http://newhabitsja.info for information on the NewHabits-NewGoals Programme.