My nephew graduated from high school a couple of weeks ago. While I was looking forward to seeing him graduate, I was not necessarily looking forward to the rest of the ceremony. However, I was pleasantly surprised with many of the speeches, especially the principal..... Read More Now >>
It’s spring thaw time in Chicago. And the melting snow revealed many surprises in the yard of my house. I have broken walkway lights, branches down, and various paper products that escaped on garbage day. The melting snow also revealed some good things as well &..... Read More Now >>
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Mark Twain I heard two polar-opposite comments related to people and their jobs last week. First, I heard a crazy statistic on the radio. Eighty percent of employees seriously st..... Read More Now >>
There is a lot of work to be done each day in your organization. As a leader, you feel like you are inundated with tasks and responsibilities. But if you stop and think about it for a minute, without your employees there as part of your organization, your job would be s..... Read More Now >>
I continuous work on my listening skills. To improve this year, I tried to capture quotes and ideas that may me think when I heard them. As I reviewed my notes, I found several that still made me think deeper about work, life, and everything in between. Words to Pon..... Read More Now >>
In a previous blog, I wrote about learning using all 5 senses. Recently, I had another chance to up my experiential learning with an out-of-the-box experience. While I like to find out-of-the box learning experiences, I sometimes fail to launch on these because I do n..... Read More Now >>
How often do you think about what the people you list as a reference say about you? I am guessing not often. For many of us, we think about our references only when we are looking for a new job. And even then, we quickly mentally scan our friends and colleagues li..... Read More Now >>
I am going to say some words that put together terrify many employers. Here we go: Formerly incarcerated people need employment. I know by starting off with those words I have already lost some of you. But don’t go. Hear me out. I had an opportunity last week to p..... Read More Now >>
As part of a leadership program, I had to introduce myself to someone I did not know. During the conversation with my partner, I began describing myself to her. At the end, she said “So you are an ambivert.” Ambivert? I had never heard the word. She told me ..... Read More Now >>
7 seconds. That’s how much time you get to make a first impression. And we are often reminded to make great first impressions, especially in certain situations – job interviews, meeting future in-laws, networking events, etc.. But what about our second, third, fou..... Read More Now >>
