A blog offering practical insights on workplace strategies and advice on how to improve the hard line of business by developing the soft sides of communication and behavior. en-us http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326.html?nid=3689 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 9, 2009 http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/210050421.html?nid=3689 Shortly after being quoted in The Daily News about David Letterman’s tryst with a coworker, I received a call from two other writers: one f... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1950050395.html?nid=3689 You gotta love this guy. I’m sure that I, like many people, wish that all their teachers had been this fun in class and tak... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/500050250.html?nid=3689 So I went shopping at Best Buy over the weekend and was standing at the cash register paying for my new headset when a conversation took place be... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1590050159.html?nid=3689 This is enough to make my head explode. How can any organization impose something on its employees that carries with it even a remote possi... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/590050059.html?nid=3689 It’s a pattern not just in the workplace, but in life too. I see it all the time; too much of the time actually. People are so fright... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1660049966.html?nid=3689 This is the absolute best! What a treat indeed! Now, it’s one thing to appreciate The New Yorker for its sensibility and flair, but a... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/690049869.html?nid=3689 It’s interesting. We are working with a client right now who contracted a member on the team to work freelance during this project as... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/140049814.html?nid=3689 So get this. My Internet went down. Kaput. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I was out of commission. No access to my networks, no communications, ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/650049665.html?nid=3689 A few years back, we ran a large teambuilding event for a company on Wall Street. It was customized to welcome 250 incoming analysts to the... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/480049648.html?nid=3689 I have to say, I’m having a hard time understanding all the brouhaha surrounding this David Letterman thing. Suddenly there is a run ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/930049493.html?nid=3689 I suppose it was only a matter of time before patterns began to emerge within the world of recruiting on social media sites. And so here we a... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/760049476.html?nid=3689 It was interesting. I got into a debate this week with someone about whether it was worth putting extra time and possibly money into someth... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/880049288.html?nid=3689 People pay an awful lot of money for an education that is supposed to prepare them for the workforce and presumably enable them to create some de... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/470049247.html?nid=3689 Few things say “Jumping on the Bandwagon,” like the social media revolution does. I, myself struggle with the mania of the move... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/870049087.html?nid=3689 I’ve written several times about my training as a dancer and how it has influenced my approach to, and understanding of, pretty much everyt... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/110049011.html?nid=3689 OK, so this is gross. Really, really gross. I was in the gym this morning and a guy was riding a stationary bicycle when he blew his ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/610048861.html?nid=3689 Few argue about Obama’s ability to hold people rapt with his ability to communicate. Even his opponents begrudgingly admit that the guy is ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/140048814.html?nid=3689 Sheesh. I don’t know what it was about this week, but each day I was met with people who selectively omitted answers in their emails to que... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/270048627.html?nid=3689 The reason I like Daniel Pink so much is that he fundamentally questions the status quo, deconstructs that which is not "working, "... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1450048545.html?nid=3689 This must be a joke. I got a letter from my health insurance company the other day that started out by saying, Dear V... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/180048418.html?nid=3689 Evaluation on both the organizational and individual level is often one of the most forgotten about and underutilized tools in the workplace.&nbs... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1060048306.html?nid=3689 Last year at around this time, I wrote about a woman named Marie C. Franklin who was offering tips on saving money and telling how she saved $12,00... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/130048013.html?nid=3689 OK. So the bitchfest is over. Temper tantrums cast aside. It’s all out. The injustices have been purged. It’s fine.&nbsp... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1300047930.html?nid=3689 Well talk about surprises! Yesterday I received a box of brownies from Evan Carmichael and Kevin Lee over at evancarmichael.com and something ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1260000326/post/1950047795.html?nid=3689 What with Twitter being all the rage lately and companies jumping on board left and right, there were bound to be issues that could only arise on...