China's Influence Over Labor Markets
Our work to not lose more jobs and recreate the Trump economy as the engine for winning the competition with China is imperative to rebuild our creative and innovative workforce.
While workforce practitioners recruit workers from traditional generational categories, identity politics, misinformation and behavioral characteristics often have strong influences on how workers work. In today's hostile social networks we are all bombarded by messaging to side with tribes red or blue, left or right in a Divided America.
Political Turkeys
My uncle assured me they were harmless and their pecking beaks rarely penetrated my high rubber boot and thick farmer pants. "Just think of them as a bunch of angry politicians," he would suggest. Of course, I asked him to explain. He said turkeys are like politicians.
Thank You for Your Service
Last night it was two football games back to back. We arrived early to get our stadium seats. Relatives from the opposing teams arrived in droves and proceeded to mingle with the home team fans. Noting I was wearing my Navy veteran hat, several stopped to shake my hand and say, "Thank you for your service". A thoughtful gesture not given freely in the past, but still appreciated today.
Are anger politics and lying the new national pastime?
Every day someone is revealed and chastised for lying -- in politics, in news reporting, on a resume, a golf score, drinking age, job history, etc. It has become all to commonplace. What happened?
