Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago @ scottmiles
The ability to increase stamina, endurance and staying power – in other words, resilience – is a trait that is not only essential to have as an employable talent, but to have in life in general. Whether it’s career or life challenges, certain individuals see these events as all part of a game. These people [...]
February 22nd, 2012 @ scottmiles
In response to BBC Magazine piece titled “Why do some people never get depressed?”. This article opens a new area to research and to better understand resilience. Historically, it was thought you were born with it and that there was little that could be done to improve one’s ability to be resilient. Ever since the [...]
February 17th, 2012 @ scottmiles
Great piece in Loudoun Business by Kara Clark on David Miles & The Four Pillars of Employable Talent! Be sure to check out the Business Book Corner for the article.
February 13th, 2012 @ scottmiles
One of today’s business challenges is the reality of four distinctive generations in today’s workforce. Each generation has distinctive characteristics and they approach work and life from different perspectives, experience and expectations. Seniors (or Veterans) are those born in the early 1920s through 1945. Surviving the Great Depression and/or World War II had a profound [...]
February 8th, 2012 @ scottmiles
As a human resource professional, you pride yourself on identifying top talent for your organization. Your methods, interviewing, screening, and assessments are all top-notch and deliver great matches for your company. Then? Then the professional disappears into a department within the company, and unless he does something requiring HR intervention, you need hear of or [...]
January 30th, 2012 @ scottmiles
Successful people tend to plan for success; they don’t have the mentality of adapting to life as it comes. Many comment on how lucky people can be, and while it’s true that luck plays a part in life, successful people position themselves to make their own luck, and to recognize and be ready when opportunity [...]
January 25th, 2012 @ scottmiles
As you delve into company reports, do you ever see the phrase “human asset”? What about “human capital”? As a human resource professional, do these phrases easily slide off your tongue? You may regard your employees as ‘capital’ or ‘assets’, but I challenge you to think of the people in your company in a different [...]
January 19th, 2012 @ scottmiles
Let’s realize as we begin this journey together that everything has changed – and we’ll repeat that phrase every few years. Some of you knew an era when you entered a company, worked hard, maybe rose through the ranks, and were rewarded for your dedication and loyalty with decent salaries and benefits, defined work hours, [...]
