Words matter or word smatter? You decide.
Every day, I read about someone else's #MeToo experience. Stories abound of frat boy culture and locker room talk being excused or even nurtured in schools, the workplace--everywhere, really. Women still earn roughly 80 cents for every dollar of the salary of a man in a comparable position, and we remain far outnumbered in positions... Continue Reading →
Remember that big trophy case in your high school? You know the one; it houses all the awards from sports and band and club competitions. It's filled with statuettes and plaques and medals and team photos, and you always stop to look at it when you go back for a visit. Heck, my daughter's school... Continue Reading →
It's intern season in the corporate world, the time of year when college students scramble to find summer employment meaningful to their area of study. Candidates seem to be crawling out of the woodwork; I've been approached by more people this year than in the past five years combined. Good for me--I get to be... Continue Reading →
Sitting in a training class this week, we've talked a lot about the importance of asking the right questions. Too often, we'll limit the possible answers by the way we frame the questions we ask. We narrow our field of vision. I don't have to look very far to find examples of this. Consider, for... Continue Reading →
It's funny how we sometimes stumble into the things we enjoy. A chance encounter, a sliver of opportunity, a mention in passing. Sometimes it's a new hobby, other times it's a new genre of music. It can even be a new job or a new role in an existing job. I never intended to be... Continue Reading →
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