Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Patron Saint For Chest

"THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY FOR CRISIS"


"THIS IS NOT A COUNTRY FOR CRISIS"


Late on this historic day in the that there has been a change of president in the United States of America, I have no choice but to comment on the new U.S. president and his country.

I had promised not to utter the magic word in recent months - the new president of the United States, "but as someone said" every country has the politicians and rulers you deserve. " Today, Americans surely have begun to show us the path.

"We are not a country to crisis", there are many reasons to defend this theory. This is yet another crisis in which I suppose by chance and not by chance that the crisis that affects us most countries.

We, as citizens, we tend to think that all our advantages and our troubles are the result of decisions of State and Government, we give the state some of our major responsibilities: retirement and pension, health, labor protection, employment and social destination, the education of children and many more aspects that would be very neat gloss in this short article.

The truth is that we are still a neophyte in democratic maturity, our political class is devoted to trivial and unimportant issues and exercise their responsibilities outside the city. We are missing a lot of respect and civic education and we have too much frivolity and victimhood.

Instead of watching over and over again to see who is to blame, let's review what we can provide and "props" shoulder to help each other out of this mood of general anesthesia, and only return to the path that never we had to abandon.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Certificate Of Celibacy

LETTER TO THE KINGS FOR HUMAN RESOURCE CRISIS

LETTER TO THE KINGS FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS.



In this Christmas, we all make promises of change both physically and spiritually, the good intentions we accumulate waiting for the new year is just around the corner.

special and magical moment is the night of "Kings", the Kings are, and if there are any who still have doubts that it does look.

the year 2,009, the letters of which are dedicated to the role of Managing People in some facet or another, are full of requests, since childhood I was always told that in the years that we had behaved well, three was the greatest gift we could hope for, one for each Wise Man (Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar) so I would follow that tradition in my letter to ask a gift to each of them.

A Melchor "Serenity" in these moments of crisis in all areas (economic model, values \u200b\u200band references) it is important that we stay calm, without disturbing, gentle and if it is steady. There will be many situations will not be within our grasp and we must ensure a high degree of calm and caution.

Gaspar, "Value" is important to take risks, to assume an active and courageous role in changing those aspects that we assumed a certain responsibility that we lead change and put us at the forefront tasks often rewarding but will not dignify the role.

A Baltasar, finally, "Wisdom" knowledge is important but wisdom imbues us with a layer of empathy, understanding, prudence, authority that knowledge alone is unable to offer. If there is an area of \u200b\u200bthe company where most needed is a large dose of it, is in the management of people.

One of my gurus and Epictetus header in the first century, dividing the things we depend on each other and not depend on us. American political scientist and the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr is credited with a phrase that can sum up the reason for my three requests to Santa Claus: "Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, courage to change the I can, and wisdom to know the difference "

As always we hope that the Magi were generous to us, we asked one more" just in case ", this time my fourth request gift is precisely" Generosity "It is time to give without thinking how much we will receive in return.

I hope the Kings read this kind of letter and give us what they think we need most.