Archive for August, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had an interesting discussion with some of my friends about our approaches to vacation time. Most of us work in a corporate environment, but we all had varied ideas about what a vacation really meant. For most of us, vacation simply meant time away from the office, but included checking back in and being tethered to our email. Only one in the group really and truly disconnected, leaving her laptop, iPhone and work brain at home.

Onboarding isn’t a new topic – some great bloggers and HR thinkers have done a fine job of outlining key onboarding considerations for any organization. In fact you can read a bunch of their ideas here – just enter the word onboarding. But today I’ve invited Dan Bingham, manager of creative talent by day and comedian extraordinaire by night to share a different take – his tips for managers when [...]