Category Archives: Insights
All Work and No Play? 4 Reasons To Change Your Ways
Are you all work & no play? You know what they say about… That’s right…it makes for a dull person. Not only that, research shows that …
Graduates, Your Life-Long Learning Journey Begins Now
Graduation season has arrived. As I sign the cards, wrap the gifts and write the checks for our dear friends graduating, I wonder if they …
By All Means, Ignore Your Stakeholders
My vacuum went on the fritz, and I have been trying to get it fixed. It’s a vacuum by the inventor/company that prides itself on …
3 Tips to Close Me, Not Sell Me
Repeat after me: Give the customer what she wants, not what you’re selling. I got attitude from the card store lady last week. I wanted a …
4 Reasons to Stick to Your Deadlines
Did you know that Monday was the deadline to file a 1040 form to claim a tax refund for the 2009 tax year? I have seen some …
It Just Takes 3 Things To Be Wildly Successful
Have you heard of Adam Grant? If not, you soon will. Not only is Dr. Grant the youngest tenured professor at The Wharton School of …
The Myths of Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead’
I didn’t really want to write about ‘Lean In’. What was left to say? The COO of Facebook’s new book is out this week accompanied by countless …
Survival Day – What Does Your Second Chance Look Like?
I spent last Sunday celebrating Survival Day with my stepfather Fred, our annual commemoration of March 3, 1945, when Fred was wounded during an Allied …
Women and Work: Are You Watching the Fire? Or Doing Your Part?
I am simultaneously fascinated, horrified, stunned and motivated by the firestorm of conversations occurring right now around two events: The leaked Yahoo memo announcing the …