Last summer, I wrote an article called Do You Have A Wedgie About Communications? In that article, I shared some ways that people have wedgies when it comes to communication, including: 1. I won't text people, that's not for business...
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The Dangers and Wrongs Caused by Retroactive Anger and The Rutgers Head Coach Firing
I was contemplating a blog post about an emotion I call retroactive anger, and then the news broke that Rutgers had fired their head coach Mike Rice after a video was released showing serious anger management issues. It is clear...
Don’t Be a Drone, Use The Phone! April is Telephone Usage Month
I have a captivating, deep voice; it's one thing I will tell people about myself without fear of sounding that I am full of myself. When it comes to communicating on the phone, very few can top me in how...
What are You Doing Here? and other Small Town Disease comments
In business and in our personal lives, we often encounter people who I previously referred to as suffering from one of the worst STD's you can catch - Small Town Disease. For review, small town disease is an affliction which...
Are You Guilty of The New No?
A startling trend over the past few years has developed that I call "The New No". The New No occurs when someone you already have a pre-existing relationship/affiliation with is asked to do something or be involved in something, and...
Your Next Job May Be For Yourself – Become an Entrepreneur in Latham
There comes points in our lives when many of us realize that the best job we can have is to work for ourselves. While this doesn't mean you have to give up the job search, having your own business allows...
Mountains Out of Molehills
One of my grandmother's favorite sayings was that you shouldn't "make mountains out of molehills." In business, very often HR departments and/or managers will blow things way out of proportion because they don't like a specific behavior of an employee...
Applying The Adjunct Professor Model to The Workplace
The adjunct professor plays a critical role at many universities. Business professionals with a variety of expertise are brought in to teach subjects that require subject matter expertise or to fill roles that cannot be filled by existing faculty. Many...
From The Archives: Best Practices in Training Supervisors
Originally published in March 2009:Q: I am currently working with a small corporation and have been given the responsibility in training supervisors. The supervisors are very different in their backgrounds; some with extensive work experience in a leadership role and some...
Be Decisive
How you are with deciding is one of the true tests of how successful you are and how successful you can be. If you can't give someone a yes or no decision, you are wasting opportunities to be open to...