“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” —Epictetus (Greek philosopher) Have you ever found yourself frustrated during a conversation by the other person’s inability to communicate clearly or by what was being said? If you’re like most of us, this is a familiar scenario that leaves…
I certainly got the insights I wanted when I registered in the Integrity Seminar (and a few that I wasn’t quite as ready for). Among them, I saw where I withhold my hurts and disappointments in attempts to keep other people from feeling bad. I assume they can’t handle my views or that they don’t…
Easter, Passover and Spring Break tend to bring families together physically, which can be great. Special meals are prepared. Religious services are attended. Homes are deep-cleaned. Flowers and new lives bloom. It can be a colorful and sunny time of year, especially after a long winter. It can also be a time for fear and…
I just received the below press release regarding my friend and fellow Enterprising Women magazine Advisory Board member, Sonia Clayton. It’s always so exciting and inspiring to share the successes of my colleagues. In an age when people complain about reading on Facebook positive news about their friends, I am thrilled to get it. Seeing…
It’s Day Five of #MyMarchMadness, and I’m admittedly sluggish. Between the busy 15-hour days I’ve had each day so far in this workweek and the head cold that won’t stay down for the count, I’m already having a bit of difficulty keeping my focus. Now, it’s snowing heavier than it has most of the winter–and…
It’s Day Four of #MyMarchMadness. No #GratitudeGame would be complete without acknowledgment of the corporation that changed my view of Big Business: United Parcel Service. UPS. Brown. What was once “The tightest ship in the shipping business.” I was just 20 years old when UPS promoted me to supervisor of the Canada and Puerto Rico…
It’s Day Three of #MyMarchMadness and I’m traveling for work. There are a number of corporations who have manufactured, installed or serviced products that make this possible. As I look around the John F. Kennedy airport terminal and walk that long hallway from the AirTrain station, I am awed by the physics in play to…
It’s Day Two of #MyMarchMadness, and I am thinking about the humble, lean days the original owners of Starbucks Coffee Company must have experienced when they opened their first roasting and retail bean location in Seattle 44 years ago. It was another 16 years before Howard Schultz, a former employee, bought the chain and built…
Today begins my own version of #MarchMadness. I’m still a college basketball fan, and I will be following the teams representing my powerhouse undergraduate schools (the University of Kentucky, where I played softball, and the University of Louisville, which granted me a Bachelor of Science degree). Yet I have decided to spend this month also…
I defend a lot of workers’ compensation (“WC”) claims against employers who operate in high-risk industries and can’t secure affordable WC insurance without agreeing to pay high deductibles. There are a number of reasons their accident rates are higher and more expensive than for other employers (e.g., machine malfunction, machinery used, worker independence, worker skill)….
