3 Tips to Handle Q & A like a Boss
Q & A is an amazing platform to make a stronger connection to your audience, and to further drive home your persuasive message. It is a chance to have valuable dialogue with audience members, which [...]
March 2016
January 2016
Providing Effective Feedback
Feedback, when used effectively, can drive positive changes. The intent for giving feedback should always be to provide input for improvement. It should never be used to tear people down, or to attack them personally. [...]
October 2015
Changing Out Old Attitudes Through Affirmations
Our subconscious mind does not know the difference between reality, and virtual reality, or our imagination. When a bad thing happens to us one time, and we relive it 99 more times, our mind believes it [...]
July 2015
Dealing with an addict, at home or in the office
Addiction is so prevalent today, in families, and in the workforce. I am writing this article for the purpose of sharing some personal insights of what it is like to be in a working or [...]
January 2011
How CEO’s can Improve Speeches- HBR Blog Article
5 Quick Tips for CEO's
August 2008
How Competitive are You?
Seattle just hosted The Boeing Classic--and in true Seattle spirit it rained for most of it. My office is downtown and I noticed early last week that the golfers must be staying at the nearby [...]
May 2008
Turn it around for good
Tonight I watched a story on Evening Magazine about a family from our area that is setting off in a few days to bike across the United States. They are leaving from Gig Harbor, WA [...]
NetWORK-ing
I am not an English major but I believe that words ending in -ing signify action or verb--or describing an action in the moment. It is interesting to me that people consider going to networking [...]
The Impact of Interest on Outcomes at Work: How to Motivate Younger Workers to a Higher Level of Performance
Last fall I was hired to assess an executive administrator at a small business in a technical industry. She was in her first job out of college, placed in the job by a staffing firm, [...]
April 2008
What Matters Most to Young Workers
•Comprehensive benefits package (19%) •Workplace that is enjoyable (13%) •Work that enables me to learn & grow (12%) •Comprehensive retirement package (10%) •Work that is personally stimulating (10%) •Flexible work schedule (10%) •10% more in [...]