Recently, there has been a good deal of buzz around Thinx, the company that brought us the moisture-wicking, absorbent underwear for women on their periods. Whether or not you’re of the menstruating gender, Thinx is providing a beautiful case study for what can happen in an organization when your brand… Read More
ADAPTED FROM HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW Leaders across the globe feel that the unprecedented busyness of modern-day leadership makes them more reactive and less proactive. There is a solution to this hardwired, reactionary leadership approach: mindfulness. Mindfulness can help people create a one-second mental space between an event or stimulus… Read More
A wise man once said that you should always hire staff smarter than you. You also want to hire staff that will be confident enough to handle life’s challenges. Yet some of even the best, most talented, and smartest employees may have issues with confidence. Some of them may be… Read More
By LISA SWAN Did you know that Matthew Weiner, creator of the popular TV show Mad Men, already knows how the show will end, down to the last shot? And that many authors write the endings of books first, before they get going with the beginning? That is what is… Read More
By LISA SWAN Some people give a two-week notice when they leave a job. Others give a two-minute warning, and just take off. Which group of people do you think will get the best reference from the employer? Obviously, it will be the former, but that is not the… Read More
By LISA SWAN You may think that you are doing fine in your career, but are you really? Or perhaps you know that you would like to do something better, but you just don’t know how to get there. Why not see if you can truly be all that… Read More
By LISA SWAN Oops! You just completely messed up your presentation. Or you called your boss’ second wife by his first wife’s name. Or you inadvertently insulted a client. These are all workplace mistakes. You may be wondering how you can recover from them, or if can you recover… Read More
By LISA SWAN If you want to be a master networker, there is one especially critical thing to remember when it comes to making a connection. It is that it is better to be interested than interesting. It sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t it? After all, you would think that being an… Read More
By LISA SWAN If you go along with saying “yes” to things you don’t really want to do, you are going to need to learn to put the word “no” in your vocabulary. Not only that, but you need to remember that “No” is a complete sentence. Does this happen… Read More
Let’s suppose you are doing great at your current place of employment, but you decide to look for another job and get an even better job offer from another company. Read More
