We live in a Midwestern suburban area surrounded by pockets of farmland. When my son was in kindergarten, I chaperoned a field trip to The Critter Barn, an educational working farm with livestock. I grew up in a farming community. My family didn’t farm, but many of my friends did, so I’ve seen the inside…
4 Workplace Communication Tips for Twenty-Somethings
Patti Lamberti is a professional in residence who teaches courses in journalism and new media at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication. In her post Tech Savants, she gives us the rundown on what twenty-something’s think about a mainstream workplace communication tool: “Email is for old people.” Ouch. Anybody who’s had a conversation (or more…
8 Career-Enhancing Ideas from Women of HR
Do you love a good collection of career-based reading? If so, check out the latest series of blog posts from the multi-contributor site Women of HR— this one is called the Career Series. The series kicks off with “Three Impressions that Keep Women from Advancing” and continues until March 29th. Eight writers will offer career…
2 Books to Help You Make a Change In Your Life
Today is February 29th, 2012. Many people are talking today about making the most of the “extra” time that Leap Day offers. If you’re truly going to do that, though, it’s going to take intentional effort to walk a new path, and beyond that, an adjustment of your habits. Just in time for the “bonus”…
15 Ways to Be Nice at Work
This week is Be Nice Week at my kids’ school. It’s part of an anti-bullying program designed to “promote the old-fashioned value of being nice”. Today the students and teachers will wear “Be Nice” t-shirts offered by the The Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan. I bought a t-shirt too and will be wearing it today…