The Blog of Frances Cole Jones

Best-selling Author / Corporate Speaker / Business Expert

Archive for December, 2011

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Waffle House

By Guest Author James Adams As evidenced by the “Occupy Wall Street” movement and European debt debacles, the pervasive sense of economic malaise that began more than three years ago isn’t fading anytime soon.  The apparent ineffectiveness of stimulus packages and a zero interest rate policy have left Americans understandably skeptical of their government’s ability to [...]

3 Rules for Wowing Your Holiday Office Party

Ah, the holiday office party! For many adults it fills the function once held by Sweet Sixteen festivities or bar/bat mitvahs: an anticipated occasion fraught with both dread and anticipation. How can you ensure you emerge by the water cooler the next morning triumphant, rather than despairing? By keeping in mind the following three simple [...]