Human Capital Strategies- February 26 to March 3
Happy Monday Everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of Human Capital Strategies! Each week, we give you insight into the 5 most interesting blog articles of the week. They will help you improve your most important assets, your people and yourself. This week, we feature posts, which contain information on company cutlure, leadership development, sales and much more!
We hope you enjoy!
See you next week!
Debra Auerbach, The Work Buzz: Have you experienced violence in the workplace? - You hear stories about workplace violence, but let’s be frank, it never really happens right? Wrong! Workplace violence is actually quite common. In this post, Debra tells all about workplace violence. Even if you do not think workplace violence is possible with your organization’s culture, take a look at this post. It could happen to anyone, no matter how perfect your company’s culture may be.
Follow Debra through Careerbuilder on Twitter: @CareerBuilder
Jesse Lyn Stoner, Jesse Lyn Stoner’s Blog: 5 Important Leadership Lessons You Learned in Kindergarten - It is amazing how much we learn at a young age. If only we would have known at the time that the things we were learning would come in handy in the future. Maybe, just maybe mothers are always right after all… In this post, Jesse Lyn Stoner brings us back to the basics. She explains 5 different leadership lessons that we learned in Kindergarten. Check out this post to see the 5 lessons that you have been over looking all of these years!
Follow Jesse on Twitter: @JesseLynStoner
Ron Whitaker, About Leaders: Life Goals: Plan It… Live It… Achieve It. - Have you created your life goals? Are they SMART goals? In this post, Ron discusses the importance of creating life goals. Ron provides examples of other’s life goals as well as a printable goal setting worksheet. After reading this post, you will have no excuse to not have SMART life goals. Ron states, “Believe in yourself and surround yourself with people that support you.” So what are you waiting for? Take a look at this post and start creating your SMART life goals!
Follow Ron through Dr. Mary Kay Whitaker on Twitter: @AboutLeaders

David Brock, Partner In Excellence: Curiosity – A Critical Trait of Great Sales People - I’m sure you have read list after list of how to be a great sales person, but usually they do not have the trait of curiosity listed. In this post, David explains why curiosity is a very important piece of being a great salesperson! Check out this post to see why curiosity is so important in sales success!
Follow David on Twitter: @davidabrock
Tim Maly, Co.Design Blog: Should You Send That E-Mail? Here’s A Flowchart For Deciding - If you are at the top, do you receive too many e-mails per day? If you are an employee, do you send too many e-mails per day? I this post, Tim explains that e-mails today are sent too much! Tim goes on to provide a very entertaining infographic which will help you decide if you should really send that e-mail. So what are you waiting for? Go take a look at the infographic to see if you should be sending as much as you do.
Follow Tim on Twitter: @doingitwrong