The Identity Circle Blog

The Problem with Human Resources

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Aug 11, 2008 @ 01:11 AM | Comments (1)

For all the value it provides to organizations, “human resources” may not be doing itself a favor when it comes to how it describes itself to the world.

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Keywords: career development, corporate culture, executive titles, happiness, human, humanity, identity, individuality, leadership, personal development, potential

What should you do with your life?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Dec 14, 2007 @ 04:42 AM | Comments (1)

Last week, the New York Times ran an article, entitled What Do I Do? What Week It Is about a guy named Sean Aiken, who was trying out a new job every week for a year. The article quotes Sean as saying, "We have been told our whole life that anything is possible. Well, our parents did a great job, cause now we actually believe it."

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Keywords: career development, happiness, human, identity, individuality, personal development, sean aiken

"Business Discovers Happiness Pays."

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Sep 21, 2007 @ 09:26 AM | No comments

That's my fantasy news flash for the day. I came across the article Businesses Offer Ways for Employees to Balance Work and Family on the ABC News site the other day that described how helping people deal with non-business related stress - marriage, children, etc. - makes employees more productive workers. Helping people achieve a greater sense of well-being seems to be a "perk" with clear benefits for everyone.

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Keywords: Google, happiness, hewlett-packard, human, identity, individuality, kpmg, potential, procterandgamble, productivity

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