How Rude: Why are you Calling Me? The phone, as some of us knew it, is dead. Even my 70-year old aunt nowadays messages me through Facebook. On the rare occasion that I call a certain friend, with his full knowledge that I would be momentarily calling, answers […]
A letter to the new me in the workplace I just left my job after having been there for ten years. It was a good run and now it is time for some new workplace adventures on the left coast. While I did not get […]
For every “yes” there must be a “no” Help! Note to self: I need to really learn to say “no”. I am the type of person that says “yes” to a lot of things, asks, and favors. I have been working on learning to say “no.” My […]
Trick or Treat: Let’s have Salaries reflect Experience Happy halloween everybody. It is one of my favorite holidays as we get to layer one mask onto another. We also get to see kids get to go up and crash on sugar. We often focus on the treats of […]
This Week’s Wacky, Weird News With a bit of stickiness, loonyness and extra flavor When you need a drink, you need a drink. A drunk woman really wanted another drink. She was super thirsty and eager to get her drinking on. What is a drunk woman to […]
Life is not fair, but it need not be filled with inequality Many have noted “Who says life is fair, where is that written?” When our children are taught hard knock life rule son the playground we often remind them that life is not fair. Indeed it is […]
An interview with Napoléon Bonaparte: How to work for an egomaniac Last Christmas, a friend gave me a book “how to work for an idiot.” I took numerous photos with the book cover while posing in deep contemplation. Seriously, however, there is not much to ponder there. […]
How do we lean in if the glass ceiling still exists in most places? It is a lovely day in the neighborhood today. The air is crisp yet gentle. The sun is shining but not blinding. Derek Jeter came through in a clutch at the bottom of the […]
When you ask an organ grinder for feedback you don’t want to hear from the monkey in the workplace Feedback is difficult for many to process both in personal and work realms. For some managers, providing feedback is akin to getting a root canal. For many […]
Being an optimizer in the lived moment A while back I wrote about satisficers. Those are the individuals that do the minimum to get something over and done with. Now let’s think about optimizers. At a past event, a colleague noted to me that he […]
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