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 […]
About six years ago, my oldest daughter Dana graduated from Loyola University School of Nursing, took her boards and became an R.N. Her dream was to be a nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. As she shared her dream with others, everyone told her that it doesn’t happen […]
There are certain topics that can quickly turn discussions into heated debate. Whether women or men make for better bosses and leaders is such a topic. Attitudes and thinking about leadership in general have been changing over the past number of years. It seems that a high percentage of men and women agree on one […]
In my last post, we looked at four tips to add more happiness to our lives. One of the tips had to do with staying away from what I call “Happiness Vampires.” A “Happiness Vampire” is someone who complains, whines about their circumstances and who is, more often than not, just plain negative and pessimistic. […]
We all know that a boss is expected to lead his or her team. But what about your responsibility to lead your boss? You might be thinking, “What do you mean, lead my boss? I’m not the boss! Fair enough, yet, look at it this way: Anytime two people are communicating, one or both will […]
Do you know who Mary Kay Ash is? She was the brilliant entrepreneur who founded and built the Mary Kay Cosmetics empire. Would you like to know the secrets of her success? A long time ago (25 years) I read a book by her on leadership and there was one thing she said that I’ve […]
