Marriage – What's an atheist, agnostic or humanist to do?

In Pennsylvania, as in most states, it's fairly easy for a couple to get married. Typically, it's a matter of filing and receiving a license and having that licensed signed by the officiant of the wedding and possibly a witness(es).

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Strengths, Talent and the One Thing

On strengths A strength is a naturally occurring talent multiplied by knowledge and skill. Knowledge is that which is learned. Skill is knowledge put to practice. Knowledge and skill increase with experience, education, and use. Talent is …

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My Strength Themes

According to the Gallup StrengthsFinder® assessment, my top 5 strengths or strength themes are Intellection, Adaptability, Connectedness, Strategic, and Input. So, what is a "strength" or a "strength theme"? Talent is, according to Gallup, a naturally r …

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What Are Your Strengths?

There seems to be a renewed focus, in some circles, on strengths and “the strengths revolution”.

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The Value of Empowerment - The 6 Levels of Empowerment

Many managers view empowerment as something you either give or you don’t. Similar to delegation – you delegate a task or project to someone, thus you empower them to do that task or project. However, delegation is wholly separate from empowerment.

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It's all about productivity (and clarity)

According to Proudfoot Consulting's 2006 Productivity Report, the average worker is unproductive for 33.5 days a year. This isn't an accumulation of wasted time; it's an accumulation of "off" days or days where nothing seems to get done. Imagine.

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The Value of Employee Empowerment - Part 1

Empowerment – another over used buzzword and misused concept in today’s business.

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The Power of Employee Engagement - Part 2

In the last article on employee engagement, we talked about what engagement is, the relationship between employee engagement, high performance, and company growth, and the cost of low employee engagement levels. In this article, I want to focus on what a manager can and needs to  …

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The Power of Employee Engagement - Part 1

By now, many of us have heard the buzz on employee engagement – so much so that the buzzword is loosing its value.

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Now, Discover Your Strengths - The Strengths Revolution

"We wrote this book to start a revolution - a Strengths Revolution" These were the opening words of the book "Now, Discover your Strengths" by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. The premise is that businesses (and people) are built on two faulty assumptions:

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About The EarthAsylum Leadership Circle

EarthAsylum was conceived with the basic belief that this is not how it's supposed to be...

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