Lu Ann Cahn

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Why Imperfection Leads to Reinvention

You can’t reinvent unless you are willing to practice imperfection.  It’s almost impossible. I’ve thought about this quite a bit lately since we’re all in reinvention mode.   The pandemic demands it, right?  I have to tell you I really hated to give up my perfect in person career fairs I planned for Klein College at Temple University. In my humble […]

30 Years Since Breast Cancer

I hadn’t thought about it much. I’ll be turning 65 soon which means it will be 30 years since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. 30 years. A lifetime ago.I hadn’t thought about it really until I received an email from a fellow Temple University colleague this week with the attachment of this old newspaper […]

In Chaos: Make Decisions Like a Newsroom Ninja

I realized a few weeks ago, as I was trying to make decisions with my team about how to plan events, workshops, and classes for college students, I’d started chasing my tail, so to speak. We were talking in circles. Maybe you’ve been there too? Trying to make decisions about bringing back employees? Students? Virtual? […]

Dared to Boldly Go on a Journey of Firsts & Saved His Company

I met Keith Baldwin at a (SHRM) Society of HR Management holiday meeting where I was speaking about my journey of first time experiences. It was December 2020 before the pandemic. It was truly a joyful event with no hint of the virus that was almost upon us. Everyone was singing, wearing reindeer antlers and […]

The Challenge & The Dare of Workplace Culture

I was recently speaking at the Philadelphia SHRM Symposium and listened to some experienced HR professionals with major organizations answer the question: What are you doing to maintain workplace culture in this new environment? And not surprisingly, they all struggled a bit. It’s clear we’re all figuring this out on the fly now. Let’s face […]

Dare to Do the NEW & Move Courageously Toward Change