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Why Companies Herd Cats

February 26, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

My friends in the staffing and recruiting profession stay relentlessly busy and vital to their organizations because of a universal reality: Not everyone on the payroll cares about the company paying them. Every company is comprised of good workers, great actors, and others vacillating between the two. Based on how much they care, workers fall […]

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When to Stay, When to Leave

February 24, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

With worker dissatisfaction at a record high, from it springs a question: When should I stay in a job and when should I leave? There are strong parallels between a worker’s job loyalty and that of a personal relationship. When we invest time, energy, and emotion into a job we pay a price for the […]

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The Crab & The Eel

February 16, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I was born in Philadelphia and lived in its suburbs until seventh grade, when my family moved mid-year to Severna Park, Maryland, a pretty town nine miles up the Severn River from where Annapolis and the Naval Academy meet the mouth at the Chesapeake Bay. The bay is salt water but the Severn’s source is […]

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Why the Dash Matters

February 4, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I’m sorry but I don’t remember which friend I discussed this with. I shall blame that on time or coffee or the scarcity of left-handed tools in a right-handed world. The Dash Theory is an idea we slapped around because of its elegant simplicity. Each of us has a birth year. And each of us […]

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Why Road Rage Occurs

January 31, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

My college roommate has never been an easy guy to cohabit with, a lesson his wife soon learned. He can be obnoxious. She is strong-willed. They make a fiery pair. A few years ago he was griping about needing some space. She took his dinner plate—complete with steak and baked potato—opened the kitchen door, and […]

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Footprints or Buttprints

January 22, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

I am a boomer, the second of four children, produced the impulsive New Year’s revelry of tipsy parents. My brother, two sisters, and I remain close. Our parents are long gone but childhood memories are warm. The teen years, well, they’re fodder for another column. I was an awestruck, seventh-grade towhead when I flew on […]

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How to Deal with Conflicting Values

January 21, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the most troubling issues a worker may face is how to deal with a clash between personal values and business practice. When core beliefs conflict with company practices, an emotional reaction results. I’ve lived this one; it had a lot to do with why I left Xerox after 20 great years. My role […]

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Gretchen & The Giant Shark’s Teeth

January 19, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 1 Comment

When I was a sophomore in college I got stuck babysitting Gretchen, the daughter of a pal of mine and his wife who had to work. I had the day off from my job at Winn-Dixie, so I took one for the team and scooped her up at their apartment at 8 AM. I was […]

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Why Are So Many Unhappy at Work?

January 16, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Associated Press economics writer Jeannine Aversa recently chronicled the steady decline of workforce satisfaction, reporting that less than half of Americans (45%) are satisfied with their jobs. This is the lowest rating in the two-plus decades the Conference Board research group has studied the issue; and it represents a significant drop from 2008’s rating of […]

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What Would You Trade?

January 11, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I was in Manhattan recently, a guest on an hour-long syndicated radio show. This was my second appearance on the program and I was happy to be invited back. The host is a happy and chatty sort and the hour flies by. Near the end of the program he proffered an opinion against which I […]

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