The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week

There were a lot of great blog posts this past week on the topics of leadership, talent management, and human resource management.  We'd like to point you to five posts that we consider to be the best of the best for the week of November 17th to November 23rd, 2008.

Brilliant Leadership: Is There Mold Growing in Your Organization? - Guest Writer Eric Klein writes a great post taking a look at those "undiscussable issues" that come up in any business and grow like mold squashing creativity and inhibiting trust.  Eric goes on to provide some great suggestions for getting rid of the mold growing in your organization.

Michelle Malay Carter, Mission Minded Management: It's Irrational to be Rational with the Emotional - Michelle offers some great tips for dealing with emotional people - be they customers, employees, co-workers, or loved ones - that will help you to have more productive conversations and interactions when emotions become heated. 

Gautam Ghosh, Management Consultant: Steps to Transform HR to HR 2.0 - Gautam offers some great advice for any organization that is looking to leverage technology and social networking to make the transformation from HR to HR 2.0.

Laurie Ruettimann, Punk Rock HR: SHRM, Kennedy, and Blowing Up Human Resources - Fresh back from her trip to the Kennedy Recruiting Conference in Orlando, Punk Rock HR Blogger Laurie Ruettimann offers up her plan for "blowing up" the traditional Human Resources function and shifting HR's focus to the acquisition and retention of the best talent.

Alvaro Fernandez, Sharp Brains: Top 15 Brain Teasers and Games for Mental Exercise - Looking for some creative ways to keep your mind sharp?  Alvaro and the fine folks at Sharp Brains have a great collection of 15 brain teasers and exercises to help keep your brain on top of its game.