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Unlike many management books, Bare Knuckle People Management treats the readers like they actually have brains. The authors, O’Neil and Kulisek, show managers how to use what they already know and listen to their gut instincts in order to best manage their diverse workforces.
—Clifford A. Teller, Executive Managing Director of Global Investment Banking, Maxim Group
Hey 2012 – Bring it on!
Dear 2012:
I’m ready for you and for anything you’ll bring my way. Your recent predecessors have prepared me well. I’m stronger for what I’ve endured. I’ve never been more ready for any one year in my entire life.
I’m resilient. I’ve scrambled and scavenged, scratched and clawed, reinvented and…
Read MoreConsultants Make Good Lovers (if not boyfriends)
I was recently retained by a new client, and I went to the company headquarters to meet with the owner/CEO. The client’s HR director at a satellite office several hundred miles away had retained my services, and after meeting with the company’s senior leadership there, I asked to meet with…
Home Cookin’
When I was a young adult just making my way in the world, periodic moments of isolation, anxiety or uncertainty made me nostalgic for home. Those were the days when my childhood home still seemed perfectly idyllic.
I’d reach back for a comforting set of memories clustered around my…
Read MoreMutual Belittlement
Spoke with a college friend the other day who was updating me on his recent divorce settlement that was nearly final. It had been one of those typical bloody divorce proceedings – kids involved, publicly drawn out, and permanently damaging to all.
My friend – I’ll call him Bob…
Read MoreTeam Unity (or Something)
I played in a wiffle ball tournament with my 13-year-old twin sons this past weekend. The tournament was set on an artificial turf field on a soupy end-of-summer day. Team O’Neil decided it would play in the tournament’s “competitive” division. We were excited. We’d played plenty of wiffle ball in…
