5 Ways the Economic Downturn Could Help You
As much over-hyped doom and gloom as there is in the blogosphere and the mainstream media right now, I would like to highlight a few examples of a silver lining in the dark storm cloud that is our current bear market. Generation Y needs to stay positive, as we always do, and focus on these [...]
Lessons in Customer Service
“The customer is always right.”
Sound familiar? Anyone who has ever worked in sales has heard this adage. Making the customer feel like they are right is great customer service. If you’re like me, and have over ten years of sales experience, you know the customer is not always right. Sometimes they are completely wrong, slightly misguided [...]
What’s in a name? Thoughts on name changing for young professional women
There’s a famous question made popular by William Shakespeare, “What’s in a name?” As a young professional woman whose wedding date is approaching, I have been thinking a lot about names. “Should I change my last name” is a question that many young professional women ask themselves.
Personal Background
I’m getting married this New Year’s Eve. For nearly 28 [...]
Real Life 101: Ten Things You Must Do After College
I got a lot of good advice growing up. I was lucky because I had a financial planner in the family, and I had a god circle of influence. I meet a lot of people now who just have no idea what they should be doing with their time and money to stay on [...]
Social Media: Positive Impact or Workplace Productivity Killer?
I’ve been following a thread for a couple of years from Shel Holtz, a communications consultant and social media guru. One of the principle lessons in any of Shel’s workshops has to do with the availability of tools for employees and empowerment of associates to share information and generally increase corporate memory.
Shel’s continuation of the [...]
It takes a leader to move the needle
Some say that an idle mind is the devil’s playground. However, I disagree and think most idle minds just waste time. It takes a leader to move the needle. Progress was never achieved by sitting back and waiting for someone else to step up. It is achieved with an idea driven to execution.
I have been [...]
Beyond the 9-5
While other blogs are fighting for four-day work weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about maximizing my commitment to my career (current job and future). In my opinion if you’re a clock watcher, putting in your time 9-5 just to escape to happy hour or your DVR, you’re putting restrictions on your future. [...]
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