Posts Tagged ‘negotiation’
Navigate Relationships At Work in Covid Times
Home sweet home. It’s difficult enough bringing home into the workplace, but bringing work into the “homeplace” creates challenges of its own. These challenges can become overwhelming if not identified and addressed. The Covid-19 pandemic presented a new way of doing things, from shopping, business, pleasure, schooling, work life, homelife—and perhaps most significantly, relationships. The…
Read More6 More Good Parenting Topics To Discuss Before Your Baby Is Born
In my last parenting article, we looked at type of delivery, sleeping arrangements, breast vs. bottle feeding, responsibilities, childcare, and circumcision. This time, we’ll cover 6 more good parenting topics to discuss before your baby is born. You might have put these issues on hold or may not have given them much thought, yet if a…
Read MoreThe 5 Key Steps To Healing From Divorce
Divorce is difficult, even when both spouses want it. And the longer you were married, the more painful it is. You’ve lost a companion, a life partner, and an identity. Add to that the financial impact on your lifestyle, the loss of income, loss of mutual friends, and the emotional toll taken—especially if child custody…
Read MoreThe 5 Keys To Good Parenting for Tweens
It’s that in-between age where your son or daughter is not quite a child any more, yet not a teenager. Children in this age group are starting to put themselves in the shoes of others, and think more abstractly. They’re also beginning to strive for more independence, rely on their friends, and be more resistant…
Read MoreWondering, “Why Are Effective Communication Skills Crucial To Your Success?”
Here’s your answer…. You have an uncompromising work ethic. You possess extensive, diverse experience. Your skills unmatched. So why are effective communication skills crucial to your success? At any given moment, with or without intention or awareness, you are communicating. Even if no other human is in the vicinity and no pet is picking up…
Read More“This Dead End Job Is Ruining My Life!” Here’s What You Need To Do….
It’s one thing to take an entry level job for the experience and money. It’s another to still be there 10 years later. Maybe you even got a promotion to middle management, but you can tell that’s as far as your boss and her boss see you going. You’ve tried working long hours and taking…
Read More7 Things You Must Know About How To Avoid Dead End Jobs
The most important of the 7 things you must know about how to avoid deadend jobs is to avoid them from the beginning. I have coached a few young adult clients looking for their first “real” job, and they were all desperate to find something, anything. Yet your first career step, if it’s a misstep…
Read MoreThe 5 Effective Communication Skills You Need Most
I usually talk about the C’s of communication when I’m teaching or giving a presentation because they are foundational to building relationships and establishing good rapport. I find there to be 5 effective communication skills you need most, though many other communication skills are great to possess and use. One of the main difficulties in…
Read MoreWhy Effective Communication Skills Are Necessary For Happiness
We’re told from middle school onward that we need to possess excellent communication skills. Yet we seldom hear why effective communication skills are necessary. We end up thinking it’s all about getting a diploma, then a job. However, we use communication in everything we say and do, and that’s why we need them to be…
Read MoreContinuing the Spirit of the Olympics
What did everyone think of the Olympics? It was an anthropological experience in my family. It was wonderful to see China again, to know every viewer was tasting its beauty and bounty, at least visually. It brought memories flooding back. It was also spectacular to hear such fond words spoken by announcers seeing the country and…
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