A few years back I had a phone appointment – but not just any phone appointment. I was scheduled to be interviewed by Matt, a reporter for The New York Times for a piece he was writing on influencing others at work. I have to tell you, I was excited about being quoted in The New York Times! […]
How would you like to go work for a company, be treated to four weeks of incredible training, and then be offered $2,000 to quit? Crazy, right? Not according to Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos and the author of Delivering Happiness. There’s a method to his madness: Hsieh only wants employees who are committed to the […]
(This post first appeared on www.womenworking.com where I am a frequent guest coach and blogger.) Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedin In the past month, I have asked a number of clients how clear they were on what their manager expected of them and what their managers’ priorities were for the next 30 days. Only […]
This is a guest post from Dana Lerma, APN, my daughter who is a Nurse Practitioner in a large children’s hospital in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (You can read her blog at http://adventuresofapicunurse.blogspot.com/) I don’t know what it has been about the past 2 months, but we have had an exorbitant amount of deaths. Working […]
Since the economic downturn began, it seems that “playing it safe” has become a national pastime. Companies have laid off employees, instigated hiring freezes, and focused on cost-cutting measures rather than seeking to grow and prosper. While many of them have money, they are afraid to use it due to uncertainty in the marketplace.That’s called […]
How are you…and how is your New Year so far? For some of us, the answer would be “Good…no, I mean really good!” For some of us, the answer would be”Not so good, I’ve been kind of stuck” and for others of us the answer would be “I’m just holding on. I thought this year […]
Believe it or not, 2013 is just around the corner! If you have been thinking about how you would like the new year to be one of discovery, growth and achievement, here is a tip:”Don’t believe everything you believe! If you want things to change in your life, you must change first. Life and the […]
We all have rules for happiness that limit or nurture our happiness in life. Here are three common ones that limit your happiness and what you can do about it.
If I were to ask you when you last reached out to someone via text, tweet, email or Facebook, you probably wouldn’t have to think long. We live in an age of instant communication—but while technology rocks, sometimes it just isn’t enough. If you want to send someone the message that you’ve made a sincere […]
It’s interesting to me that both “companies” and individuals talk about wanting things to change in some way, then turn around and resist that change–without even knowing it. For things to change for the better (for a company or for you) there are four keys: We have to take full responsibility for the change we […]
