from Deloitte University Press: by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Alok Ranjan & Daniel Byler Up to 87.7 percent of America’s workforce is not able to contribute to their full potential because they don’t have passion for their work. Less than 12.3 percent of America’s workforce possesses the attributes of worker passion By cultivating

from Eric J. McNulty for Strategy + Business Magazine: Eric J. McNulty is the Director of Research at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative and writes frequently about leadership and resilience. “Resilience may indeed be the catchword of the year. The Rockefeller Foundation has this year begun funding Chief Resilience Officers in 100 cities around the

Mentors and Mentoring – What Say You? In preparing this editorial, I took a cursory look at some current and past definitions of Mentors and the Mentoring process, many among them: “Mentoring is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and the psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work,

from Scott Dinsmore’s Live Your Legend: This include simple to use but important exercises for planning big, for 2015. These are the exact tools Scott used on an annual basis, and have been used by tens of thousands of his readers. Enjoy ! read the Manual here  

from Ted Talks: Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know about- but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward  

from Ted Talks: Throughout his three-decade career here at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic wizardry. A renowned story-teller, teacher and youth leadership champion, Larry has also coached and mentored countless numbers of students on