03 Aug 2022 Working From Home
Now we say ‘working remotely’ or ‘virtual office’ since home can be the coffee shop or the beach, as well as your living room. Wherever it is, it isn’t The...
08 Jun 2022 Ambiguity: Friend or Foe?
It feels counter-intuitive to imagine that uncertainty could be a friend. Who likes ‘I dunno” as an answer? Indeed there are situations in which grey is a safer choice than...
20 May 2022 Business Casual Communication?
Changes in the workplace are not just about location and timing. When workers return to an in-person work environment they’ll probably be showing changes in the ways they dress. Ads...
28 Apr 2022 The Future of Work- Hybrid?
How much time do you spend thinking about how workplace changes are affecting you and your colleagues? How will you plan, meet, discuss, monitor, collaborate, evaluate or just toss around ideas...
30 Mar 2022 March Madness
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." And maybe if you’re a communication skills trainer, every solution looks like better communication. Considering much of the madness in...
18 Jan 2022 Avoiding Ugly
When I was a child my mother described as ‘Ugly’ any behavior she thought unseemly. In her efforts to civilize my brothers and me, she’d caution “Don’t be ugly,’ and...