Casual Conversation – Why You Need that Skill
Are we losing the ability to have spontaneous conversations in a world where emailing and texting are quickly becoming the norm? We call each other on the phone far less than we used to and we use digital communication far more. Sherry Turkle sounds the alarm in her...Re-Entry into the Job Market
Now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 5.3% and may go even lower, many people are considering getting back into the job market after being out for a period of time. Over the years I have worked with many re-entry moms and re-entry dads. After being home with...Amazon, the Workplace You Need to Leave Right Now!
The New York Times exposé of the workplace culture at Amazon has a lot of people talking about whether intense competition and the use of metrics to drive performance is a good thing or a bad thing. On the plus side, Amazon has apparently outstripped other companies...Donald Trump’s Emotional Allergies and What That Has to Do with Your Work World
Nobody is perfect. To be human is to be flawed. And part of being flawed is having something you might think of as emotional allergies. We all have them. We probably get them from our imperfect childhoods: an overly critical mother, a combative belittling father, the...#8 blog in 2018
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