Did you ever think, I can’t believe I said that? It seemed to be a pretty simply question…but… Do you find it difficult to talk about what you do? You know you’re really good at it, but you struggle to articulate exactly what it is? You are not alone. I was at my first ever [...]

“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage,” wrote Publilius Syrus more than 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome. Such wise advice from ages ago has never been more relevant. In the modern professional world, we are suffering from a listening crisis. Actually, it’s a “lack-of-listening” crisis. Whether your role [...]

Article Contributed by Christopher Wallace Like many, I rolled my eyes the first time I heard talk of ‘the death of email.’ I personally send and receive over 100 email messages each day, and I can’t imagine conducting my computer-based job without that method of communication. However, if you’d asked me ten years ago if [...]

Article Contributed by Lynda-Ross Vega I have several friends who send me interesting emails. You know the type, You Tube videos, jokes, stories – you probably get a few of these, too. Recently, I received one that got me to thinking about its message, which was “Change your words. Change your world.” It’s a message [...]

Article Contributed by Jeff Beals Your English teacher isn’t going to like this. Don’t get me wrong; the grammar and composition you learned in high school English class are critically important, but those rules don’t necessarily apply all the time. Allow me to explain. Your old English teacher would have preferred you write, “By carefully [...]