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How Can Your Goals be SMART When You're Illiterate?

How prepared are your leaders to set goals for your company coming out of the pandemic?

Last week, I was facilitating a strategic planning and teamwork workshop for a client.  The company is a leader in their industry, substantial in size,...

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EEOC Hearing Underscores Our Collective “Empathy Deficit”

On April 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission met to hear testimony regarding the civil rights implications of the COVID 19 pandemic. In the testimony, various national experts, including Fatima Goss Graves, President and...

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Discrimination Risks Coming Out of COVID – What the EEOC May Tackle

On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will meet to hear testimony to consider the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers, the difficulties faced by employers in navigating potential employment...

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What Nomadland Teaches Us About Retirement

Nomadland, this year’s winner for Best Picture, reflects on one woman’s journey after leaving the life she has known for years.  She understands she needs to start a new chapter in her life and takes a leap of faith to do...

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Turn the Tables on the Pandemic Paradox - Strategies for the Labor Crisis

The economy continues to crawl out of the economic impact of the pandemic.  As millions of vaccines are administered daily, more consumers will return to former activities, boosting the demand for goods and services.  Are we ready?

The ...

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The Million Dollar Mystery - Where's the Slippery Puck Going?

Are you as tired of talking about the pandemic as I am?  It’s been the headline twelve months now.  We’ve lost so many and so much, stuck in a winter-dark Groundhog’s Day.

But the hints of spring, like March Madness and...

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Harry & Meghan Expose an Ugly Truth About Family Businesses

Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, described in heart-wrenching detail the feeling of being trapped as a member of the Royal Family. What should have been a grand story of prince and princesses was breath-taking and sad. ...

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Why Steamy Office Romances Heat Up Everyone and Threaten Value

Valentine’s Days past and present conjure up all sorts of images – ranging from floating hearts to broken dreams, from joyous, out-in-the-open public displays of affection to slipping out quietly for a clandestine rendezvous. ...

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Business in the United States: Are We Coming or Are We Going?

Did 2020 leave you wondering whether you were coming or going? If so, you aren’t alone.

We had two to three months, where life was good, free, healthy, and even optimistic for many of us. And then the pandemic arrived. Air came out...

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You Can, But You May Not

Just the other day, I was thinking about my 5th grade math teacher, Mr. Mercer. He was a wonderful teacher, firm with us precocious tweeners yet with a great, sly sense of humor. One of his favorite comebacks to “Mr. Mercer, can I go to the...

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