Celebrating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a somber reminder of the work this country must do to address its truths, find ways to achieve racial healing and transform society.

And while the overall numbers aren't staggering (still only a fraction of all of the new roles that were added during the pandemic) many of these roles have been with senior people who've not been in the job market for a while.

Learn to persevere.  Rise from falls you’re bound to have in life.  

In the 1960s, the University of Michigan psychologist Robert Zajonc demonstrated an important, subconscious relationship that exists between familiarity and “liking.”

‘Breaking up is Hard to Do’ - the top 40-hits song by Neil Sedaka was huge in the Sixties and Seventies. In 2022, breaking up is back!

The quest by employers to create a better work culture, reduce staff turnover, increase productivity and build better work and customer relationships are the reasons why they take employee engagement seriously. Employee engagement helps put effective strategies in place to impact company profits positively. For a company that embraces cultural diversity, more success will be achieved if the employee handbooks were translated into the languages of other employees whose first languages are not the same as the company’s official language. Here are some translation tips for better employee engagement.

The last few years have been challenging for many workers, especially now that many have become remote workers. From pandemic concerns to family and childcare concerns to economic and of course workplace needs - employees sometimes struggle to feel connected with their team at work when they do not see them in a physical office every day. Regular standup meetings, usually short in duration, can help workers feel engaged with each other. They can feel valued when there is an open time and place for sharing informally about their day or their current needs. These brief meetings can also foster a sense of team spirit that can carry over into regular project work.

If you’re looking to take the next step in your career and want to move into a management position, then there are a few ways in which you can help boost your chances of being considered for a managerial position. In this post, we’ll be covering what you can do to help improve your skills, experience, and qualifications for leadership and how you can get employers to take notice of you when hiring. Keep reading to learn more. 

We tell all sorts of lies at work. We flatter, exaggerate, omit, and mislead -- primarily to avoid punishment, to make ourselves look better, to control information, or to protect others.

The last few years have been difficult, to say the least. Just as we were feeling more positive about the pandemic, we’re inundated with more negative news. From concerns about new COVID variants, to shootings, inflation, rising interest rates, the mid-term Elections, the effects of climate change, the Russia-Ukraine war, and supply chain issues it’s understandable that  “Mental Health Replaces COVID as the top health concern among Americans,” reported IPSOS in September 2022. 

Executive Women's Leadership (EWLP) is designed for experienced executives who have potential for greater leadership responsibilities. Topics covered include executive presence, communication skills, and leadership strategies to propel one's career forward! During the 3-day experience participants also have the opportunity to network and build community with guest speakers and program alumna.

My marketing communications journey started 30-years ago working for General Electric, small-medium-sized agencies, and for Burson-Marsteller (now Burson Cohn & Wolf). Despite working at GE, surrounded by engineers, technologists, programmers and software developers, I never thought of myself as a tech person.

Beginning your career can be a daunting task, especially if you're not sure what you want to do or where you want to end up. It can take a while to finalize your thoughts and truly begin; this is where many people get overwhelmed by the stress of starting a career.

In today's modern world, it's even more important to establish yourself as a well-respected entity in your industry. The best way to do this is by creating strong company culture from the get-go. There are many ways your company can build a strong company culture, whether through the people you hire, your brand's reputation, or the products and services you provide. Your business can build strong company culture by doing the following:

I can tell if you are conning me – some of the time.

During my years as a therapist, it became second nature to notice the body language of my clients. During our conversations, I would sit across from people and try to infer from their nonverbal signals how they really felt about an issue.

In 2002, a Stanford University professor made audiotapes of physicians and their patients in session. Half of the doctors had been previously brought to court for malpractice. She then played the tapes for her students, who were able to determine which physicians had been sued.

Two years after the outbreak of the global pandemic, some organizational leaders are looking forward to going ‘back to the way things used to be’ before COVID-19, while others are realizing that it is essential to dive a little deeper into its learnings to continue to build a culture of inclusion, well-being, and care. The reason we should all be in the latter group is burnout—and our ability to reduce or prevent it within our organizations by continuing to connect with employees actively and authentically.

You were having an intense conversation with a woman you met at a networking event when she began to shift her gaze from your face to look around the room. Did that made you feel as if she’d stopped listening?

If so, it wasn’t a logical reaction. You know that a person doesn’t have to look at you to hear you. After all, people don’t listen with their eyes.

Because I’ve trained them to do so, I know that many negotiators have learned how to read body language and to use the resulting insights to their advantage. But I also know that other negotiators miss valuable opportunities simply because they don’t pay attention. They get so wrapped up in what’s being said or in the documents being presented, they neglect to look for these vital cues. Here are four strategies for reading body language when negotiating.

A while back, I was on a phone call from a prospective client who was looking to “book a speaker who would make my people want to change.” The caller was the vice president of a large company going through a substantial transformation - and the following conversation showed that he didn’t know the first thing about leading change.