http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog Lynne Eisaguirre Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:42:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The airwaves and blogosphere have been buzzing the past week, of course, over the firing of Department of Agriculture employee Shirley Sherrod. Just in case you missed the debacle, her boss, Agriculture Secretary Tom Valsack, fired her (or ordered her to immediately type her resignation over her BlackBerry, depending on ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2010/07/27/shirley-sherrod-sensitivity-race-and-wait-up-before-you-fire-someone/ Hey everybody! Turn off your computers and think for a change. (Okay, after you've read this post.) I've written about this before but the problem is only getting worse so I feel the need to beret you again. All of our interconnectivity has lead social scientists to coin a new ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2010/07/01/are-you-stuck-in-fomo-read-this/ Public opinion surveys consistently show that the #1 fear of most people -- greater than drowning -- is the fear of public speaking. Obviously, Ann Coulter has no such fear. While I hate to write about her for fear of giving her more publicity than I think she deserves, ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2010/03/31/hating-to-speak-whats-protected-in-the-workplace/ Why can't we all grow up? That's the thought that comes to me while watching the kvetching, screaming and tantrum throwing that's surrounded the health care vote. For some time, both sides have been like four year-olds, squabbling over buckets and rakes in the sandbox. My disgust turned to horror this ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2010/03/25/does-your-workplace-feel-like-life-in-the-sandbox/ The biggest news this week, of course, is that American Idol starts up again with a new parade of star wannabes. I have to confess I'm a fan because it's something I can watch with my fifteen and a half (as they're fond of reminding me) year old twins. ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2010/01/14/ellen-vs-simon-and-what-skills-can-you-transfer/ Denver lives and dies by the Broncos. Thus it has ever been and probably always will be. Because of the collective sports fever, ending a season that started out with a bang of 6-0 and ended up a whimper of 8-8 sent the city into a collective funk. But in ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2010/01/12/broncos-and-criticism-should-you-take-it/ There's been much ado and tisk-tisking about the Salahis' --now infamous White House gate crashers. Most people seem to assume that the Secret Service royally messed up and of course that's perhaps true. But the reality is many of those same people who are aghast at that breach couldn't ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2009/12/10/the-white-house-gate-crashers-and-who-is-crashing-your-gate/ Well, it's irresistible this week: The need to write about Sarah Palin, given her book tour (Oprah! Barbara Walters! The cover of Newsweek!) and her book release today. In the book she mostly gives John McCain a pass, but blasts his campaign, citing various slights from campaign minions. The memoir, Going ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2009/11/17/sarah-palin-and-you/ Did we really need one more celebrity sex scandal? Like it or not, that's what we're getting with the latest revelation from Letterman. Blackmailed for sleeping with staffers over the years, Letterman refused to cave and decided to go public with his announcement about the whole sordid thing. He ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2009/10/08/sex-sex-and-more-sex-the-david-letterman-saga/ Ugh! We've endured a week of bad celebrity behavior. Serena Williams threw a profanity-laced finger pointing fit at a U.S. Open lines woman on Sunday. That same night, Kanye West leaped onto the stage to steal the thunder from Taylor Swift at the VMA's. (MTV's video music awards, for ... http://www.workplacesthatwork.com/blog/2009/09/17/stars-behaving-badly-should-you/