Leadership Excellence

November 9, 2009 | by Kari
About a year ago, we purchased a great learning package called “Lessons in Leadership” from the Business Source.  Besides receiving a Book Library (similar to the Coles’ Notes) of the top Leadership and Financial Success books written, we also recieved five – 90 minute video modules  which include leadership sessions from five leadership gurus. I once [...]
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Agile HR at 2Paths

January 22, 2009 | by Kari
Based on my previous blog which asked the question of whether HR can be “agile” and support a group of developers in a way that is consistent with the agile software development philosophy, here are a few examples of how we have demonstrated ‘agile HR’ at 2Paths recently. UNITY: At 2Paths, we were concerned about having an [...]
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Agile HR – fact or fiction?

January 22, 2009 | by Kari
Many people who have worked in larger organizations would likely say “Fiction”.  When companies are made up of many different departments, divisions, zones, branches, subs, (whatever), and have a lot of employees, the HR function can  staff itself and develop programs in a number of ways which include: -building standard programs and centralized HR support for [...]
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5 Dysfunctions of a Team – they are all around us

January 22, 2009 | by Kari
When I arrived at 2Paths last summer, Gary told me that the team used the Birkman profiling tool. I have tried out most of the popular psychometric tools like Myers Briggs, DISC, Insights and others but never Birkman. So, when John Goodwin, our Birkman expert and trusted mentor showed up to take us through our [...]
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August 2008 2Paths Team Event

August 5, 2008 | by Kari
Well, this is officially my first blog ever! It feels a bit weird putting my thoughts out there for all to see. Anyhow, gotta get with the wave of the future, or present, or whatever… So, having just started working at 2Paths in July, I was pretty excited when I heard we were going to have [...]
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