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While working with a company to help them improve their company culture, improve employee retention, satisfaction, engagement, and recruitment, a high level management leader stated, “The reason we do not explicitly spell out what is required for promotions, is because someone will do what is required, and then expect a promotion.” Image what that really means. You are telling me if someone meets or exceeds the standard you want to have the power to arbitrarily deny them a promotion. If you can not article why you are denying them, then you don’t know why. If you can article why you are denying them, then that should be part of the standard. If you need to raise the standard, raise the standard, and everyone needs to raise with it. It is easy to say this is the bare minimum to be eligible for a promotion, but you need to do more of x,y,z above your peers to insure a promotion, and every year you are competing with your peers, and the bare is raised. Needless to say, this company preferred to continue going by feelings, and continued to have significant turnover.

Don’t miss out on this amazing event. National Black Book Festival located at Fallbrook Church from 10am to 6pm.

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So we did a thing this weekend. We landed in Chicago on Friday at 7am. Immediately jumped in a rental and drove to Gary, Indiana. Found an amazing restaurant, J’s Breakfast Club, to grab breakfast. Then we drove around and explored the city for a bit. Then we headed back to Chicago to check out the Navy Pier to explore some urban planning ideas. Next, we drove to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to see if we could find a bookstore to connect with, to get Dr. Kamshia Childs’s debut children’s book, “I Am More Than My Name” on the bookshelf. We found Boswell Book Company, and had a great opportunity to talk with an amazing employee Ollie. Ollie was extremely helpful and also gave us some great information for our publishing company EdWhys Publishing. We hope to be back to do storytime and author signing in store and in a few schools in Milwaukee. We grabbed a late-lunch at BEANS & BARLEY, INC. recommended Ollie. Then we drove around and checked out some of the real estate and development going on in the city. Then we headed back to Schaumburg, Illinois, and checked into the Marriott Hotels Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel. This is a beautiful hotel and has a lot of great amenities nearby. The real reason we went to Chicago, took place on Saturday. Da Book Joint hosted Dr. Kamshia Childs, for her first ever storytime and author signing event. It was a great success, as the children loved the book, they were excited and engaged. We love what Da Book Joint is doing in Chicago, and the amentity they are providing. They have a big sell going on right now, so if you are in Chicago you should stop by and check them out and the other shops in Boxville Marketplace. Check out their IG for more information. After the storytime and book signing, we stopped by Burst Into Books, to meet Jurema Gorham, M.Ed., and the Banned Books events she was hosting. We loved Burst Into Books, and all of the resources and vibes they are providing to the community. We will definitely be back to Chicago to do another storytime and book signing at Burst Into Books. Please reach out if you would like to see us in your city at a local bookstore, library, and/or community organization event.

Dallas, Fort Worth, and all in the Metroplex: Please share with your networks and all who have an interest in literacy. We’d love to have you at our very first Culturally Relevant Lit Seminar! Sign Up: https://lnkd.in/gJTy4SAH

I will be selling my debut children’s book and sitting on an author panel at the Trinity River Book Festival in Fort Worth next Saturday, Sept. 14th. Let me know if you will be there. I’d love to see you! https://lnkd.in/gA4BZAKg

Congratulations to Dr. Kamshia Childs for her first Storytime with her new children’s book, “I Am More Than My Name”, published by our new imprint ED|Whys Publishing. Her storytime will be at Da Book Joint in Chicago, IL. #childrensbook #picturebooks #poetic #edwhys #edwhyspublishing #morethanmyname Purchase your advance copy at www.drkchilds.com/shop

The National Writing Project of North East Texas (NWPNET) has lots in store this year! This Fall, I’m proud to be co-chairing the planning of this inaugural event with one of our graduate students. Get this one on your calendar!!!