Three Reasons Your Meetings Suck . . . the Life Out of Everyone – Poor Facilitation (Part 2 of 3)

Three Reasons Your Meetings Suck . . . the Life Out of Everyone – Poor Facilitation (Part 2 of 3)

How many times have you sat through meetings where discussions got off track, tempers flared, and the meeting ran longer than scheduled? These are just some of the frustrations meeting participants feel about a poorly run meeting. That’s why the second reason your meetings suck the life out of everyone is: poor facilitation.  Last week we […]

Five Steps to Making a Great Virtual First Impression

Five Steps to Making a Great Virtual First Impression

More and more, the first round of job interviews and initial new client meetings are being conducted virtually via Skype, Google Hangouts, Zoom, and others. Regardless of the technology, the use of videoconferencing is a way to save time and travel, but still get some of the benefits of a face-to-face meeting. That being said, from […]

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Communication

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Communication

I  know I’m lagging behind the trend, but I’ve finally gotten around to reading Marie Kondo’s book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” and the tidying wave is hitting my house. I find myself looking around at the items in my home and office and asking, “Is that necessary, […]

Everyone under 30 is NOT a Millennial: It’s Time to Get to Know Generation Z!

Everyone under 30 is NOT a Millennial: It’s Time to Get to Know Generation Z!

If you’re over 30, you’ve probably made the mistake of trying to dump everyone under 30-ish into the much maligned box called MILLENNIAL. This post isn’t going to be about my beliefs that Millennials have received a bad rap by old folks (how does that feel Traditionals, Boomers, and X-ers?). It’s going to be about […]

It’s 2019 and time to ban these words from your vocabulary

It’s 2019 and time to ban these words from your vocabulary

Most people don’t like to make New Year’s Resolutions because they don’t last much past the second week of January. However, this year, I challenge you to make one of your resolutions to eliminate weak, self sabotaging, life-limiting words from your vocabulary. By eliminating these seven words from your vocabulary, you’ll increase the power of your […]

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