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The Dark Side of Email

Email, text messaging, and social media messaging are some of the greatest technological innovations of our time. But there is a dark side to these communication tools. One that destroys time and creates trouble for the unscrupulous user. Here are some of my tips to keep the dark side of…

Submissive, Assertive, and Aggressive Management

An employee shows up to work slightly out of dress code. He is wearing a midnight blue shirt when the policy clearly states only light-colored shirts are acceptable. I find that if the manager says nothing he will communicate that the new…

Management Skills: Firing Yourself

Have you ever seen a new guy come into your organization and quickly rise above everyone else’s…

A Year of Writing

This is my fifty-second weekly blog post. Over the past year writing has become something more than a hobby for me. Each post takes me a few hours spread throughout the week of thinking, typing and deleting. When I click the publish button each Sunday, I get a rush of excitement from sending my…

Where Did All The Leaders Go?

Has the political drama in Washington from the past few weeks given leadership a bad rap? Or is the brinksmanship, partisanship, and selfishness our leaders have demonstrated just indicative of a sad and chaotic future void of the authentic leaders of the past? Have all of our…

Future Predicting: A bad business to be in

This was my tweet just minutes before kickoff of this past Sunday’s Super Bowl:

Privately, also just before kickoff, I was quoted as saying, “If I was rich I would bet $200,000 on Denver today.”

2012 Election: My Views, Votes and Predictions

I started nibbling on the election coverage late last year, and during the primary season the hook was set. All year I’ve been reeled in by CNN, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, and all of your Twitter and Facebook posts.Tonight is election eve, and…