To Write a Book

Over the last few weeks, for the first time ever, I have been driven with a good measure of passion, to write a book. It started with reading a book from a UCLA professor, Samuel Culbert, called "Get Rid of the Performance Review". A letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel resulted, which was published 4 days later.

Following that, I wrote two further articles that were sent to clients, potential clients, and friends. The response was quite gratifying, but what really tipped the scales were the 20 or so H/R Managers that I know from the Print Industry, previous companies, and the Book Manufacturers Institute (BMI) H/R Roundtable. Since Professor Culbert's book directly attacks H/R, many were very concerned.

Because of that fact, I decided to ask these managers to send me case studies that illustrated the importance of mutual goals, accountability, and successful coaching through regular communication and the PR. I asked them to "scrub" the studies for the Company & name of employee.

As some are preparing these, I am making copious notes on the professor's book that not only foster the need for a response, but stimulate further thinking about what else needs to be said on how we treat our "associates" as I have long called employees.

Finally, it hasn't hurt the process at all that I've had a publisher, for some time now, who has been insisting that I write a book. Bingo; here it is before me!

It is already becoming a journey towards creating something with meaning.