More than a living

After a read at SystematicHR titled “HR Versus Finance - Influence, Power, and a Seat at the Table Part 1“, here’s the question that has me puzzling this morning,
“Is human capital more or less valuable than financial capital?”
In bobble head fashion, I start my nodding while thinking “Yes, people are more valuable than wheelbarrows full […]

We talk often on this blog about the quest to find work that is personally meaningful, much more that just a paycheck, and ultimately a job that is THE job — the one you’d prefer to have over any other. It’s the Holy Grail of employment: dreamy and glorious, but nearly impossible to find.
But there […]

Are you managing your Personal Brand? Is it worth more today than it was a year ago?
Your brand value (alternatively - credibility, or reputation) is the incremental compensation you should be receiving over and above candidates in the same professional arena. Sometimes the “value” is cash. Often it’s opportunity.
Your brand should be distinctive in the […]

When Toby and I started scribbling the ideas that became More than a living, we were trying to find a way to describe the business ennui in which we both found ourselves seemingly irrevocably ensconced.
Part of that cathartic process was giving our goal a name. That concept was “more than a living.” That’s what we […]

I could spend this post regurgitating the brilliance to be found in Kathy Sierra’s recent post, Don’t ask employees to be passionate about the company, but I’ll assume that you’re reading her stuff on a regular basis.
You are reading her stuff aren’t you?
I’m going to pretend you said yes.
But what I did want to borrow […]

I get Rick’s rant – particularly if you’ve ever been duped into hiring based on a resume and interview, and discover the “new toy” out of the wrapper was completely plastic. All packaging, no product.
I’m of two minds about fluffed resumes (damn those fluffers, which is how I’ve come to think of them). On the […]

Does this capture it?
I believe that Purpose—not money, not status—is what people most want from work. Make no mistake: they want compensation; some want an ego-affirming title. Even more, though, they want their lives to mean something, they want their lives to have a reason.
While a tad heavy handed at times, Nikos Mourkogiannis’ purpose manifesto […]