Downsizing Do you wonder if it is really a good transition when your job description has changed? Maybe you heard through the grapevine that your company is downsizing. With more tech tools every day that bring confusion and implementation of [...]
What is Commitment Phobia?Commitment phobia is everywhere. How many are afraid of signing any sort of contract or agreement with all of today’s legal implications and entanglements? With our sue-happy society, the fear-factor of putting your signature on a document is [...]
Chocolate Making The passion for chocolate making was so vividly illustrated on a recent trip my husband and I made to Sonoma, California visiting not only wineries, but some of the small shops and businesses in the area. The sign [...]
The IT Quality of Audrey HepburnI have trained many private voice students through the years and have discovered some qualities to answer the question, What does IT quality stand for? One main thing I have learned is that you can’t [...]
Be ProactiveReflecting back on my journey leading a non-profit organization this past year has affirmed the importance of being proactive in an organization. Some thesaurus definitions emphasize the aggressive nature of the term proactive, but I like to focus on the [...]
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE When you go to the doctor, would you like to talk with a bot or a computer? My preference is talking to a live human being with a certain amount of personal empathy. The personal touch of a [...]
I love using our neighborhood doughnut shop to illustrate a great principle to keep it simple. Not that I visit very often, but when I do, the experience is extraordinary! Our little shop always has a line out the door [...]
For anyone who has raised a family, the words some assembly required bring feelings of dread and failure. For us, it started with the baby crib, a generous gift from our parents for our firstborn. We had picked out the [...]
REFLECT, THEN REGROUP The end of one year and the beginning of the next is a good time to reflect, thinking carefully through what did work, what didn’t work and what you love to do before pushing the reset button [...]
