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Sherry

Nov 24, 2013
4 min

November 2013 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Reinventing A Career

I had the great opportunity to catch up with a good friend and colleague who has successfully changed careers and is now helping others do the same. Mary Stern and I worked together when we were both with American Hospital Supply and later the Baxter Healthcare organization. From millennials to boomers, we are all rethinking how to bring more meaning to our work and manage career transitions, if not now, then in the future. Mary took a full year to evaluate the “what next.” B

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Sherry

Oct 11, 2013
6 min

Try Crazy Things in The Village

SBC August Newsletter Late last year, I met three incredible Recruiters at a learning forum we hosted in Seal Beach. We were training Recruiters to expand their consulting skills so that they were more proactive in helping their clients make the best talent decisions. Our three guests from the Davita corporate office in Denver brought so much passion to the group discussion; I had to learn more about this team, their culture and their leader Simone Bobolz, who is the Recruiti

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Sherry

Aug 24, 2013
6 min

August 2013 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Try Crazy Things in “The Village.”

Late last year, I met three incredible Recruiters at a learning forum we hosted in Seal Beach. We were training Recruiters to expand their consulting skills so that they were more proactive in helping their clients make great talent decisions. Our three guests from Davita's Denver office brought so much passion to the group discussion, I had to learn more about this team, their culture and one of their leaders, Simone Bobolz. Simone is the Recruiting Director for the Davita D

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Sherry

Jul 24, 2013
5 min

July 2013 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Real Innovation at Work

Innovation has become the “buzzword” of the day! There is so much talk about how to foster creative workforces, re-invent customer experiences or take smarter risks to grow your business. My friend and trusted colleague Rob Reindl, VP Coaching at Edwards and now l Sherry Benjamins: What is it that led you to innovation and helping organizations look at things in new ways? Stan Rowe: I’ve always had a bit of an entrepreneurial and creative side when it came to new products. Ea

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Sherry

Jun 24, 2013
5 min

June 2013 SBCo Newsletter: The Power of Talent Networks

Our special guest for the June HRoundtable was Rob Cross, Professor of Management at the University of Virginia and Research Director of The Network Roundtable (100 companies sponsoring research on network applications for organizations and their leadership). His research focuses in an area that is so fascinating in this day of social media, collaboration and looking to get more done with less. Some say this work is the new “Next” for understanding and leveraging organization

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Sherry

May 24, 2013
6 min

May 2013 S Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Developing Leaders through Performance and Storytelling

Speak to Inspire. This is the name of the workshop that I was fortunate to attend in February. My friend Peter Meyers, founder of Stand & Deliver, a San Francisco based communications company, invited me to meet incredible managers, his coaching faculty and learn about “harnessing the power of the spoken word”. Sherry Benjamins: Can you tell me about your background? Jeff Raz: There’s a fascinating twin thread that has existed in my cohort of professional artists. One thread

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Sherry

Mar 24, 2013
3 min

March 2013 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Mobile Technology and Healthcare – It’s Here!

Mobile technology is changing the face of our daily routines. We access information that changes minute by minute, locate a new restaurant, or even better, discover that a friend happens to be a terminal away at a coinciding layover. We sat down to learn more from Jason and a key strategic resource, John Halloran, CEO of Mobile Health Consumer, Inc, who has partnered with WDC to pilot a mobile application that provides a decision tool for employees as they take action in impr

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Sherry

Feb 24, 2013
6 min

February 2013 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Fox Leads Change

Sean Dailey, SVP Organization Development (OD) and Training at Fox Entertainment Group, is a long-time friend and respected leader in Southern California. I recently caught up with Sean to learn about how his role has expanded and changed over eight years with Fox and what he learned from those experiences. He is a leader that models talent development in such new and refreshing ways that we wanted to share this story with you. Hired initially in 2004 within the film division

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Sherry

Jan 24, 2013
4 min

January 2013 S. Benjamins & Company Newsletter: Looking Forward

By now you are probably well into 2013 planning and doing, connecting with friends, and setting priorities. I am glad we can look back at 2012 as a year of unpredictable, fast moving change along with disconcerting economic overtones. On the positive, the global economy began to recover. We averted the ‘fiscal cliff’ for now, but unemployment continues to be high, and slow growth is the name of the game, but not everywhere. There are some very cool new areas of growth and the

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Sherry

Nov 9, 2012
6 min

November 2012 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Unique Culture at JPL – On a Mission

It could not be a better time to highlight our friends at JPL and their success. A successful landing of Curiosity, incredible Mars photos, a discovery of ancient streams (just last week) and even a song dedicated by Black Eyed Peas member, Will.I.am, which played on the red planet. While the Mars successes of JPL continue to be anxiously watched and celebrated, there are great take-aways for all of us leading a people function. I had the pleasure of speaking with our client

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2012
4 min

August 2012 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Innovation in the Workplace

I met Peter over a year ago and every time we talk, he has me realizing that I have a greater capacity for “ideation” than I imagined. We were lucky to capture him for this interview last month, following a long term assignment in Asia, helping senior managers of a Fortune 50 company transform culture. Only recently has innovation become a top concern for CEO’s today and Peter Mulford, Executive Vice President and Head of Strategic Alignment and Business Acumen at BTS, passio

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2012
4 min

June 2012 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: An Interview with John Carooza, Professional Recruitmen

How can you make dreams come true? Or transform a fantasy into a colorful, exciting world that visitors can move through, touch, and enjoy? Such fabulous work is the daily business of Walt Disney Imagineering, a core group of creative and highly skilled professional wizards who combine imagination with engineering to create reality for Disney Parks. Progressive HR leaders are using the concept of “story” to build culture and engage talent. Imagineering is, first and foremost

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2012
3 min

May 2012 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Building The People Foundation For a Successful Future

Entrepreneurial family businesses are amazing. We hear a lot about their passionate leaders, intense competitiveness and incredible focus. In early January, I learned that the President of Jackson Family Enterprises was on CBS’s Undercover Boss show. It had been too long since I had talked with Joel Miller, a friend and admired HR leader, as well as a former Southern California resident who relocated to the Bay area two years ago to join Jackson Family Wines. Before you presu

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2012
3 min

March 2012 S. Benjamins & Co Newsletter: Let’s Take Talent Seriously

Is developing talent an imperative in your company? If you don’t see this as the job of great managers, then prepare to lose your best talent. They will find a place where development is beyond rhetoric. Employee expectations are high today even in light of slower rates of progression in most companies. As we see business improve, employees will go where continuous learning, challenging assignments and skill development is offered. I had the pleasure of catching up with a lon

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2011
3 min

SBCo Newsletter- November 2011

Making Sense of the New Cogenerational Workplace™ The workplace is not what it used to be and neither is our workforce. The nature and availability of work is changing in important ways, ways that will impact workers and re-define who are workers are for many generations in decades to come. The generation’s discussion has been hot for a long time but now, my colleague Jim Finkelstein, Founder of FutureSense, and author of his second edition of “Fuse: Making Sense of the New C

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2011
3 min

SBCo Newsletter- February 2011

Stan Slap: Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers My colleague and friend, Richard Greenberg of the BreakThru Alliance, invited me to an event last fall to meet the provocative author and business strategist, Stan Slap. I unfortunately had to miss that event but I did recently read his new book, Bury My Heart at Stan’s book was released last August and immediately hit the bestseller lists of the New York Times, Wall St. Journal a

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2010
2 min

SBCo Newsletter- December 2010

Why Connection Matters...Reflecting on 2010 As we embark on 2011 and think about how our connections matter, there are some great memories this past year that I briefly want to mention. We are grateful for friends, clients, and colleagues in our cherished Orange County and LA communities. This is what really matters. Here at S. Benjamins & Company we continued to add to our network of friends with continued and new client relationships, development of our team, shared learn

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2010
3 min

SBCo Newsletter- January 2010

Social Networks for Talent - Get in or Lose Out - Sherry Benjamins Social networking is a hot topic everywhere and it is not a fad. It is here to stay and will alter our workplace in ways that are not even apparent today. One of the most dynamic areas for HR will be in attracting talent. There will also be plenty of new collaboration and sharing tools for employees and we are seeing innovation in this arena right now. First, let me comment on using social media tools for at

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2009
3 min

SBCo Newsletter- July 2009

Getting Along with “Them:” Simple Things To Do Right Now Jim Finkelstein, CEO FutureSense Jim Finkelstein’s new book, FUSE: Igniting the Full Power of the Creative Economy, has just been released. The book is a 21st century primer for Boomers and FUSE is a roadmap to the major attractions and hidden talents of both generations; a training book for beleaguered Boomers and frustrated Millennials; and an instruction manual for anyone wanting to attract, motivate and retain emplo

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Sherry

Jun 20, 2008
3 min

SBCo Newsletter- November 2008

Employee Engagement is Critical and It’s OK to Start Small The very first person to speak at the S. Benjamins Great Starts Breakfast, Leigh Branham, author of the successful and insightful book, The 7 In asking (and re-asking) his core question “What makes employees engaged and satisfied?” Leigh has come to the conclusion that the things that cause people to be satisfied and engaged probably don’t differ much across the generations. At the same time, his research has uncovere

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