Hulk Hogan blames insurance company in lawsuit over coverage
I have reached the point in life when not much surprises or shocks me in the realm of human behavior and greed.
Thought for Today – 4/23/2010
Business Trends
Texas Issues Cease and Desist Order to Retirement Value
Get a Life, Not a Job
I made a new friend the other day. While catching up on my non-book reading I came across a manifesto from http://changethis.com/ with the title Get a Life, Not a Job. My curiosity took hold; I thought this short essay might help me figure out where I’m headed in my life and career, so I read it. Then I contacted the author to tell her how much I liked her manifesto. Now we’ve connected on LinkedIn and I’ve made a new friend.
My new friend’s name is Paula Caligiuri. The following bio comes from her website:
Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D. is a work psychologist dedicated to helping people navigate the professional and personal challenges associated with their careers. She is the author of several books including Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You, which FT Press will publish in April 2010, and the career blog. Dr. Caligiuri is a frequent contributor to CNN on career and management topics and has completed a pilot for a television show, CareerWATCH.
Dr. Caligiuri is also a Professor in the Human Resource Management Department at Rutgers University, where she teaches courses in career management and global human resources at the masters, PhD, and executive levels. She is an internationally recognized expert on global careers and strategic human resource management. She has lectured in numerous universities and has been a speaker for many major corporations in the United States, Asia, and Europe.
As a consultant, Dr. Caligiuri is the President of Caligiuri and Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that advises leading global organizations on ways to ensure the success of their internationally-oriented talent through assessment, training, and development.
Dr. Caligiuri holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from Penn State University in industrial and organizational psychology.
The book should be an awesome read. You can get a copy of Paula’s manifesto by clicking the link below. I’ve also added a link to her website on my sidebar. I get a steady stream of visitors to my site who are looking for work. I do hope you find or create what you are looking for.
Work as Paradox
The Job Satisfaction Paradox for the Self-Employed – BusinessWeek
How can the self-employed earn less money, work more hours, and experience more work-related stress than the wage employed—yet still report greater overall job satisfaction? The answer appears to be that people value highly the autonomy, flexibility, and opportunity to work in a small organization .
Many studies show that the desire to be one’s own boss is one of the leading motivators of self-employment. Others report flexible schedules are a key motivator of self-employment. Moreover, human beings have a preference for working in settings where they can interact with all the members of the organization, according to research by Bruno Frey and Matthias Benz of the Institute of Empirical Economics of the University of Zurich.
In short, the paradox isn’t such a paradox after all. People will work harder, earn less, and put up with more stress so that they can enjoy the freedom, flexibility, and work environment that self-employment provides.
Wrapper Products
Switzerland Threatens Tax Cheats Using ‘Wrappers’ (Update1) – Bloomberg.com
When a client buys a wrapper, the beneficial ownership of the assets is transferred to the insurer while the funds often remain on the balance sheet of private banks. Insurers invest the premiums through advisers and clients receive benefits tied to the performance of the underlying investment. Taxes are minimized or deferred because life insurance policies are classified as non-income producing assets.
Take This Quiz
Does Your Passion Match Your Aspiration? – Rosabeth Moss Kanter – Harvard Business Review
I got a passing grade. Did you?
The Generational Gap Goes Global
Facing Up to the Demographic Dilemma
This is a thought provoking article on the challenges and opportunities aging populations present to businesses. Under Article Tools you can click the PDF button for a reprint rather than page through multiple web pages. It still fascinates me to watch businesses in the US shed competent people of all ages while ignoring future workforce and critical skills needs.
National Underwriter L&H Guide to Health Care Reform
ASTD Report – New Factors Compound the Growing Skills Shortage
February 2010 Bridging Skills Gap – Free – ASTD
Click on the link above and you’ll be taken to the original source article for the statistics provided below. The charts themselves came from a newsletter called Workforce Training. The percentages in bold are my emphasis. Scary statistics but fixable.
Did I mention we conduct skills gap analysis and custom training to address the gaps?
| SKILL GAPS Seventy-nine percent of 1,179 companies surveyed by the American Society for Training & Development said they had a skill gap. The respondents listed their highest priority gaps as: |
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Watch Your Assumptions
Hat Tip to Michael Hyatt at his blog for passing along this video. Watch and listen to the entire clip. Watch your assumptions.
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