DISQUS

thseamon · 2 years ago

Judy Bardwick is very passionate about this topic, and I'm glad she is.

If you missed the webcast today, it will be available in the AMA archive by next week.

Terry

Frank Roche · 2 years ago

Hi Terry, I'm sorry that I did miss the webcast, so I'll have to look for it in the archives. Thanks for the pointer.

Judy Bardwick · 2 years ago

Hello Frank Roche:

Thank you very much for your weblog comments; indeed I am passionate on the topics of commitment and engagement and employee/boss relationships as the keys to good management and business success.

I sincerely appreciate your enthusiasm for the messages in my book for HR professionals!

Cordially, Judy Bardwick

Frank Roche · 2 years ago

Hi Judy,

That's a really well done book. I enjoyed the flow and the lessons, both. And all the supporting documentation is just fantastic. I meant what I said: This is a must read for HR pros. Continued success with One Foot Out the Door.

Judy Bardwick · 2 years ago

Thank you!

Judy

suze · 2 years ago

Is AMA American Marketing Association? If so, why? If not, who? (interested in Webinar but don't know where to go)

Frank Roche · 2 years ago

Suze, AMA that I'm referring to here is the American Management Association. Hope that helps.

Linda Kossoff · 1 year ago

As soon as I read the first chapter of One Foot Out the Door, I knew I had hit upon something directly relevant to my workplace. I work for a smallish (60-employee) trade publishing company in Southern California. It was founded around 30 years ago and is still owned by one woman whose only apparent goal for her company is to help her buy more and more expensive toys. But putting personalities aside, it is also a company with no human resources personnel or plans to have any. The staff is entirely at the mercies of the owner, her longtime second-in-command and their immediate supervisors, who in turn are at the mercies of just those two previously mentioned individuals.

How do you get the message of a book like this across in such an environment? Talks have proved fruitless, since any perceived threat to the bottom line results in a (metaphorical) slammed door. Years ago, a quality consultant came in, and their report (which I obtained unbeknownst to my employer)--full of useful suggestions--was apparently disregarded.

I've worked at this company for 9 years. It is full of good, talented employees, most of whom seem to just plod along, waiting for the weekend and speaking frequently of leaving.

Do I simply put copies of this book in management's mail slots and wait for the pink notice? Or is it time to bail?

I'm grateful for this book, but it has also saddened me; now that there are words for what we're experiencing, it's pretty hard to ignore.

Thanks for listening,
Invisible Editor