In a September 2016 Forbes magazine article, a well-known recruiter (Jorgen Sundberg) was cited as saying that the cost of onboarding an employee is $240,000.00. The Department of Labor indicated that the cost of a bad hire was 30% of her or his annual wages. The article went on to state “while the financial impact…
A good facilitator makes it look easy-breezy, which is part of the magic. If the facilitator has accomplished this feat, then she is good! When one goes and graduates from “facilitator’s training school,” as I have, the first lesson is that “it takes twice as long to prepare, as it does to deliver.” Fortunately, over…
The fight or flight instinct that undoubtedly was instrumental to the survival of our species, is the same response that frequently holds us back today. . . that is, when we “speak first, and think second.” The physiological reaction (in response to a perceived harmful event, attack or survival), is real, biological, and when unchecked…
It’s rather ironic that I am posting this blog on what would have been my dear old dad’s birthday: He and I often didn’t see eye-to-eye, and were in conflict on many issues – from the rather mundane, as in what time I needed to be home at night – to the more profound –…
So, I admit it, I am one of those drivers that talks to all of the others on the road, and it’s usually not very kind. This could be, in part, because I live in the greater LA area, where driving has become – practically – a blood sport. Cars (usually trucks, dare I say)…
Pasadena resident, business owner, attorney and community activist, Diana Peterson-More has just published her first book – Consequential Communication in Turbulent Times, a Practice Guide to Leadership.