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Want to listen to an interview with me and my co-author, Jerry Hauser, talking about the messages in our book, Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Manager’s Guide to Getting Results? Our publisher, Jossey-Bass, has an interview with us here. Come listen to us talk about why managing in a nonprofit is harder, what issues managers […]

I am walking. I know I mentioned a week ago that this was starting to happen, but I am now in full-on walking mode! I haven’t used a crutch for three days and have banished them from my sight. I am legitimately walking around — I am all up in the Trader Joe’s and Whole […]

Just in case you’re wondering, I’m still not walking, at least not without crutches. And yes, it’s been three months since the terrible tragedy that broke my foot. I am ready for it to be over (as, I imagine, is everyone around me). I’ve been entertaining myself by documenting the saga of my foot (well, […]

The wonderful Alexandra Levit and I were guests on Minnesota Public Radio this morning, talking about job search strategies in a tight job market. The show was an hour and includes lots of questions from callers. You can listen here or below.

I’m on NPR’s Marketplace Money this weekend, talking about how to ask for a raise or other “extras” in this economy. You can listen to it here (the segment with me starts at 31:30):

On the HR Happy Hour tonight, I had an awesome discussion with Steve Boese, Shauna Moerke, and lots of people who participated on Twitter … plus phone calls from Laurie Ruettimann, Victorio Milian, and Mark Bennet! Topics covered included: – what the hell is wrong with employers these days – prostitution in the workplace – how to convince people you […]