Conflict is an everyday process of life. Not all disputes have to be negative or nasty. Conflict can be an excellent process to further communication and share thoughts for all to hear. With the age of social media, conflict resolution seems to be a fading skill. Things are either said mostly behind someone’s back, on…
Category: Motivation
Managerial Advice from a Parent
For those of us with kids have you have ever asked your kids to clean their room, and you come to realize hours later that their version of clean and your version of clean exist in two different universes? You scold them and say “I told you to clean your room” only to get this…
Keys to Successful Meetings
Meetings have become mundane must-do tasks in many organizations, we loathe scheduling them, attending them and the lack of decisions made by them. Many of them are meetings that simply just lead up to more meetings. Meetings serve a purpose are supposed to be productive. Your time, as well as your coworkers, should never be…
Losing the Fear of Public Speaking
I ABSOLUTELY enjoy public speaking! I love public speaking whether it’s in class, at work or training workshops it doesn’t matter. I know a lot of you are probably making faces and saying who actually likes speaking in front of others. Believe me I get just as frightened as you are, but there is something…
Pain the Ultimate Motivator???
I read an article about Myron Rolle, a Rhode Scholar winner and there was a discussion in one of his classes where the question was posed “Where do you get your passion from?” Two options were given: 1. A burning desire to do something wonderful. 2. A deep righteous anger about a particular injustice. Let’s…
Office Rules for Nice Guys (and Gals)
Ever heard the expression “nice guys finish last”, well there is a bit of truth to it but I prefer to believe that actually its “ naïve guys finish last”. There is being nice and then there is being taken advantage of. You have to know the difference and know exactly what is happening to…
Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself……..
I know a few of you might glance at the blog and might not be quite sure who I am exactly or what’s the purpose of this blog. I am Edward Balfour and I am currently an active duty HR Specialist for the Army National Guard and owner of Harden Consulting. I created this blog…
Do’s & Don’ts of a Start-Up, A Newbies View.
So you want to be an “entrepreneur” huh? Sounds good, even sounds glorious but there is definitely a gap between the startup and big paychecks. I am learning as well just thought I would share. Take some time to evaluate where you currently are, you might want to adjust a few things moving forward. Here…
Embrace the Struggle!
I know I know this isn’t likely a topic anyone is really fond of. It’s the new year, and we are all thinking big and working towards our goals. By now our past has probably taught many of us that with achieving goals there will be struggles along the way. I write this not to…
Push Them Forward.......HR Stewardship! 