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Jan 7, 2016 Look for Angels Wearing Overalls — Welcome 2016 As those of you who’ve been with me for some time know, each year begins by picking a theme. What is the theme for 2016? Look for angels wearing overalls.… Read More
Dec 29, 2015 One Simple Way to Double Your Options As we close out 2015 and think about 2016, I thought I’d send along my formula for doubling my options in any situation, but particularly those that seem to have… Read More
Dec 22, 2015 It’s Hard to Toot Your Own Horn… While I recognize many of you may find this hard to believe, I find it excruciatingly difficult to toot my own horn. It’s one of the reasons I have a… Read More
Dec 17, 2015 Stop Saying “Sorry” If You Want to Say “Thank You” As you know, the majority of the time I write my own blog posts—after all, that’s what you signed up for. Every now and then, however, I bump into something… Read More
Dec 10, 2015 You Can’t Grade Your Own Homework: How to Get Organized for 2016 With the new year around the corner it’s a good time to get organized. For many of us, however, thinking of this kind involves an interior monologue along the lines… Read More
Dec 3, 2015 Unsubscribe: A Cheap & Cheerful Way to Survive the Holidays Recently, I’ve been fostering my illusion of control by unsubscribing madly from countless email lists to which others decided I should belong. (Honestly, I ordered one thing from you four… Read More
Nov 23, 2015 The Power of ‘Assigning Praise’ (In Other Words, Say “Thanks”) With the national holiday of ‘thank you’ just around the corner, it seemed an appropriate time to take a moment to consider the power of this simple phrase. Thanks (pun… Read More
Nov 19, 2015 Beware Boardroom Bullying As many of you are doubtlessly aware, bullying isn’t something that happens only in our classrooms: bullying occurs in our boardrooms with surprising frequency. The tricky bit about it happening… Read More
Nov 12, 2015 Fire Yourself: What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do Every now and then is it possible you have a bad day? A day when you’re grumpy, forgetful, bored, lazy, or just…intractable?  Alternatively have you ever had the experience of… Read More
Nov 6, 2015 My Brand is “Situation” This past weekend, I went to see the new Sandra Bullock film, “Our Brand is Crisis” because, well, I had to know: it’s (very loosely) what I do. Why very… Read More

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