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As a lawyer, I became used to having my calls returned. As a job-seeker, I had no weight.
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Read More »Hiring squirrels
“If your company mission were to climb a tree, would you rather hire a squirrel or train a horse?”
Read More »A lesson learned in the dressing room at Nordstrom
There’s a sign outside most dressing rooms. You’ve all seen it: “No more than 3 garments allowed...”
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Read More »And I bet you’ve never read it
How many emails do you get per day — 25, 50, over 100? Now, how many of them have that long paragraph at the end after the signature?
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Read More »It wasn’t what he said …
We were on the brink of litigation. Our next step was to file suit, and we were deep in the midst of our “speak now or forever hold your peace” meeting. I had laid out the costs, possible repercussions, the risks and the chances for success. In other words, we had finished the lawyer-speak part of the meeting. We were now at what I think of as the really productive part – the part when we speak like real people.
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Read More »In the blink of an eye
I saw my neighbor out walking the other day. I hadn’t seen her in a while and the first thought to go through my mind the instant I saw her was: “she’s lost weight.” As we drew closer and talked for a while, I realized that I wasn’t sure if she had or not. We weren’t talking about Biggest Loser territory. She just seemed a little slimmer. Her face seemed a little thinner…if that makes any sense.
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Read More »The 3 most important things
Diana Nyad and Ashton Kutcher shared theirs. What are yours?
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Read More »Boys shouldn’t be boys on work emails
Good judgment and professional communication is not simply something to be mentioned at the orientation meeting when an employee comes on board.
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Read More »Keeping your contacts in context
You should not wait for an exit interview to determine the migratory path of your data.
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Read More »Can your company play ‘Moneyball’?
To my mind, there is something worse than getting it wrong, and that is not getting it at all.
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