My resolve at the beginning of the year to blog on a regular basis has dissolved. I have to face the fact that I’m just not willing to make the time to sit down and write a new post every week. However, I am finding the time to post on my Facebook page, so I [...]
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A survey by home and office product company Brother International Corp. in April 2010 found that an estimated 38 hours per employee are lost looking for misplaced items in the office each year. Does that surprise you? Not me. The following is an excerpt form my April newsletter. If you aren’t getting my newsletter, sign [...]
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I just finished reading an article in the April 4th edition of Time magazine, Go Ahead–Cry at Work. The author, Anne Kreamer, suggests that it’s next to impossible to check your emotions at the office door. After all, we are emotional beings. In fact, brain researchers have proven that without emotions, it is impossible for [...]
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Several of my coaching clients view me as their thinking partner, someone to help them organize their thoughts and clearly articulate those thoughts. We could all use a thinking partner, but entrepreneurs and those at the top of the organizational chart are the most in need. It can get lonely at the top. Who can [...]
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If you’ve recently been “downsized” from your job or see a layoff coming soon, you certainly aren’t alone. Almost 2 million jobs have been lost in 2008 and the U.S. unemployment rate is the highest it has been in more than a decade. Some industries and regions have been hit harder than others. Unless you’ve [...]
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For a fun diversion, check out this article from the Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) about the personality traits of people living in the 50 different states of the USA. The most stressed out states were New York and New Jersey. States with populations on the low end of the socio economic scale – West Virginia [...]
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Today is the first official day of summer and I have procrastinated to the point that now I’m planning to do summer cleaning instead of spring cleaning. In addition to clearing out some physical clutter, I need to do a bit of mental housekeeping. Out with the old and in with the new! If you [...]
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Today is Earth Day and I’ve been thinking about what I can do to be more eco-conscious. I recycle my newspapers, but that is about the extent of it. So, I’ve decided that I’m going to pay the extra fee that my county charges to recycle more paper products as well as containers made of [...]
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One of the major highlights of my recent trip to New Zealand was meeting and interacting with the local people (AKA Kiwis) in an up-close and personal way. My husband and I had the priviledge of staying in the home of two wonderful Kiwis while visiting a small rural community near Wanganui. Sue and Nick [...]
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I haven’t added a blog post in the past couple of weeks because I was taking a break from routine and visiting the North Island of New Zealand. My husband and I were travelling with a group that included the men’s and women’s rugby teams from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Rugby is [...]
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