Gears and Shifts

[INFOGRAPHIC] The Noob’s Guide to Project Survival, Part 1

Sara Gallagher — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:27:45 +0000

Pandamonium Penelope and the Pink Hippopotamus

Sara Gallagher — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 04:15:47 +0000

According to my therapist, I need to learn to breathe. She means this literally. A non-neurotic human being takes between 5 and 12 breaths per minute. According to this app, I take around 22. So I’ve been microwaving this hippopotamus every night and putting it on my stomach to

How to Parry the Peter Principle

Sara Gallagher — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:00:36 +0000

The Peter Principle [n.] In a hierarchy, the tendency for employees to rise to their level of incompetence. Success [n.] Final placement at your level of incompetence The first time I picked up a copy of The Peter Principle, it was to find an explanation (any explanation!) for the infuriating

OKHR: The Missing Session

Sara Gallagher — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:30 +0000

This month, the Harvard Business Review published an article called The Rise of the Supertemp. It was a nine-page feature about the new “gig” economy, where the best executive and professional jobs are increasingly part-time and contract gigs. The piece features Ed Trevisani, a Wharton MBA and GE alum who

A Conference Survival Guide for the Shy and Terrified

Sara Gallagher — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:35:18 +0000

So there I was, hanging out with LITERALLY HUNDREDS of preeminent HR professionals from all across the state, and this was what I chose as my opening line: “Hi. I’m Sara Gallagher. I’m not in HR.” WHAT??? There are so many interesting things I could have said about myself. (Many