Are You Working with an Emotional Hoarder? How to Tell and (More Importantly) What to Do About It As I understand it, the television show “Hoarders” has a rabid following. I haven’t watched it (I vacuum out my toaster oven…that’s a different kind of show…) but previews give… Read More
WWBD? (What Would Beyonce Do?) Hello, hello, This morning, I read an interesting blog post about time management that included the following line: “We all have the same number of hours in the day as… Read More
The Art of Charm (Handily Packaged for Ease of Use) Hello, hello: A few weeks ago, I had the (amazing) opportunity to appear as a guest on The Art of Charm. We had a terrific discussion, during which I had… Read More
Every Saint Has a Past and Every Sinner Has a Future. While I wish I could claim I came up with the title to this post myself, this quote comes from the indomitable Oscar Wilde. Why am I writing about this… Read More
One Simple Way to Double Your Options As we close out 2015 and think about 2016, I thought I’d send along my formula for doubling my options in any situation, but particularly those that seem to have… Read More
It’s Hard to Toot Your Own Horn… While I recognize many of you may find this hard to believe, I find it excruciatingly difficult to toot my own horn. It’s one of the reasons I have a… Read More
Beware Boardroom Bullying As many of you are doubtlessly aware, bullying isn’t something that happens only in our classrooms: bullying occurs in our boardrooms with surprising frequency. The tricky bit about it happening… Read More
I said “Explain” You heard “Defend”—Now What? This past Monday I was working with a client who was making a choice I found…..mysterious. Given that, I asked, “Can you explain your thinking to me?” To which he… Read More
The Devil’s on Email This past weekend, I did a Wow-show. Among the questions I got was, “How can you use email effectively?” My answer went on for awhile…. Below, the highlights, the gist,… Read More
The Elephant in the Room: Why, When, and How It Must be Acknowledged The last few weeks a number of my clients have had elephants in their rooms: everything from common-knowledge scandals to bobbing stock prices to tarnished reputations, have been in play.… Read More