Manner Monday: Is a Good First Impression All that Matters?
Manner Monday: Is a Good First Impression All that Matters? Today’s Manner Monday tackles a recent question from a reader about first impressions. I’m feeling a bit flustered and bamboozled. I had a meeting scheduled with a new Business Coach to talk about her services and get started on a coaching program. We scheduled a […]
Dealing with a Toxic Employee In Your Workplace
I once had a coworker who would come into my office, close the door and then proceed to go on and on about our boss, the owner, the work conditions or anything that was bothering him about work that day. He would take up time I did not have, but the worst part was that […]
Success Isn’t Simple: Millennial Business Advice for the Long Haul
Millennials are given advice every day by various online agencies that we have cited as experts in the field. Ok, maybe not experts but a damn good read. Wired, Business Insider, Notable, and so many more offer such success stories that budding entrepreneurs read and memorize to make us feel encouraged to become leaders […]
I Hate Resumes. Why Personal Connections Matter in Hiring
Please consider voting for my SXSW 2016 Panel with Carlos Gil, Resumes Suck! 7 Ways to Land a Job with Social Media. Click here to vote. As a entrepreneur and business owner, I’ve found that relationships are the key to my business. A referral email, quick phone call or an in person meet is the […]
Tech Giants Are Expanding Parental Leave — What About the Rest of Us?
Last week Netflix announced a new “unlimited” paid parental leave policy and Microsoft an expansion of their program to 12 weeks. This week Adobe announced their paid maternal leave benefits would expand to 26 weeks. What do all of these companies have in company? They’re in the tech industry. Will the trend of increasing parental […]
Has Helicopter Parenting Created a Need for Workplace Mentoring?
I came across an article on demographic trends in law firms. Peter Black, the author of this article, said that one of the trends he noticed was the need for greater mentoring in the Millennial generation that is joining law firms. I think this may be true in many firms. Helicopter Parenting Increasing Workplace Mentoring? […]
