From time to time, I like to check in with my readers and find out: what do you need to do your job better? What types of information can I share with you that will help you master the people equation? If you’d do me the favor of taking this brief poll, I’ll get to…
What to Do About Employees Who Don’t Care
I’ve never been much for watching sports. So when my kids started playing organized athletics, I was not very enthused. A friend who has already been there, done that told me “it’ll be different when you’re watching your own kid.” She’s right. When it’s my kid (and by extension, the other kids on the…
First Class Service Shines at Amway Grand Plaza
If you’ve ever left something important behind at a hotel, you know that sinking feeling that overcomes you when you discover it’s missing. At 4:30 pm yesterday I arrived home after an excellent two days of learning (and presenting) at the Michigan Nutrition Network CHOICES Conference. At 4:31 pm after removing my prescription sunglasses, I…
Sometimes You Just Gotta Suck It Up and Carry the Goat
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…