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
“Surprise Me”: One Easy Way to Bring Out the Best in Others I spent the past week on vacation and so, had time for some frothier pursuits. While reading an article on Mike Nichols in Vanity Fair, I was struck by the… Read More
Sometimes it’s Not “All Good” Have you ever had the experience of having a colleague or friend confide something disquieting to you— someone they love has an illness; they got into a kerfuffle with a… Read More
Throw Your Boss Some Love It’s the first week after Labor Day and while some people are experiencing that “back to school” rush, many are filled with low-grade horror that summer is in their rear… Read More
Are you HANGRY? (Hungry + Angry) The concept of “Hangry” (though certainly not the sensation…) entered my vocabulary a few weeks ago. Imagine my simultaneous delight (and disappointment) when it turned up among this week’s New… Read More
“Best” is the Worst? Bloomberg says We’re Ending Our Emails Wrong. Here’s What I Think On June 2nd, Bloomberg posted a piece on how ending an email with “Best” was, in fact, the worst. I say, not so fast. I was far more horrified by… Read More
No Job is Too Small (If You Want to Succeed) I don’t know what conversations you’ve been having in your house of late, but at my house there has been a lot of conversation about plumbing.  Glamorous, right? What occurred… Read More
Interview to a Kill: What Three Words… Hello, hello!   Well, the pop interview course ** went live last week (thank you to all the participants!) and one of the exercises the participants found most helpful was the… Read More