I like this article, but especially this bit of advice: What about your tendency to fill every pause with “Um”? This is telling you to get more familiar with your material. If you know what you’re going to say, you won’t have to pause to remember. The “um” has always had two meanings to me….
What work-life balance? In the past, employees were able to focus on work while at work and personal lives while not at work. Today, smartphones and communication and social apps keep a constant stream of work and personal messages coming in 24 hours a day, and it’s taking a toll. That’s not work-life balance. That’s,…
I’m not a morning person. Anyone who has ever known me will tell you that. According to the internet, that also apparently means that I’m a complete slacker and will never be successful. One such article came across my feeds recently and as I read it, I realized that the entire premise of the article…
First off, the headline is accurate, it is very likely that your company doesn’t care about really developing you, unless they have a specific benefit from it. Secondly, this is just a sad statement on management today: “Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and…
Over the weekend, we took a tour of Laura Plantation, about an hour down the Mississippi River from our house. The tour includes a walk through one of the old slave cabins, and the guide talked a bit about not just what a slaves life on a sugar plantation would have been, but also what…
It’s also an important “soft” skill for your career, and in short supply. Helene Moore, PsyD, MAPP, clinical health psychologist at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine, says that anyone can train themselves to be a better listener. What’s more? Becoming a better listener is sure to have a positive impact on…