If you were a 17-year-old kid looking for a part-time job at the local amusement park, how would you feel about competing for that job against a 40-something laid off bank teller with an Associates Degree? A friend and colleague of mine who lives in Minneapolis forwarded me this story in the StarTribune that reflects [...]
A Pricey Lesson in Communicating with Young Employees
Today the Denver Post reported that Dina Christoffersen, a 13-year-old-girl from Cheyenne, Wyoming managed to rack up a $4,750 dollar bill on her family’s cell phone plan by sending 20,000 text messages in one month. Her families cell plan, incidentally, was one that did not include text messaging. Over this same time, this young student’s [...]
When to Kick your MVP to the Curb
Inspite of what you might think, this really isn’t about football, or even sports, okay? Being a Colorado native, I bleed Denver Bronco blue and orange. That means it’s been impossible for me to ignore the recent Jay Cutler (the team’s 25-year-old Pro Bowl quarterback) debacle that has grabbed all the national sports headlines of [...]