One important thing good presenters know…
Here is the scenario. You are giving an important presentation to a team of executives at your firm… You have prepared well. Your slides are well organized and you know the subject cold. Things seem […]
Year: 2017
Graduation Time
Around here spring is the season for graduations and commencements. Yes, a whole new batch of college graduates is coming into the workforce. Are you one of them? Congratulations! Or maybe you graduated several years […]
Find good teams
When it’s teamwork, it doesn’t seem work. Cute phrase, but I have been on some project teams that were down right painful. Other times the experience was really great. It’s like when you have a […]
Do some spring cleaning – online
I was talking to a friend the other day about her job search. She told me about several job opportunities she had where she was pretty certain things were looking good – interviews had gone […]
Let’s talk about that over lunch…
So your manager just invited you to lunch with a few of your colleagues. Maybe it’s just to get out of the office for a while, or maybe it’s to discuss something. Excellent! Another opportunity […]
Eating at your desk
We have all done it. You have a deadline to meet. Or you are falling behind with some key task. Or maybe a crisis is in progress. When things like this happen you DO have […]
Feeling stressed at work?
Who isn’t, right? Increasing workloads, crises of all kinds, and competing demands can all be culprits. We all know that stress takes a toll on our health and general well-being. But how you handle stress […]
I’ll find out…
Since it is Veterans’ Day, do take the time to thank veterans that you know. Their service and sacrifices have allowed us to live in a better world. While I was thinking about this holiday […]
Are you screwing up someone else’s project?
There are few things in one’s career that are as important as helping others succeed. I am not exaggerating. Helping other people out is how you build relationships, get recognized, and get people talking about […]
Look me in the eye…
Hopefully you don’t need to be convinced that ‘Emotional Intelligence’ is real – the data are everywhere and very compelling. We pay special attention to it in our program for that very reason. Nowadays we […]