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Introduction Tom’s morning started like any other. The typical rat race to get himself and the kids out the door for work and school. Traffic had been a bear, so it had taken him ten [...]

Imagine the person who crossed your path today, tomorrow or perhaps next week holds the very key to your destiny. Would you miss the chance to meet that person? Would you outright ignore them? [...]

Introduction I’d like to start this blog off with a quote from one of my all-time favorite movies. This quote from ‘Cool Hand Luke’ sums up the topic of communication quite nicely. “What we have [...]

Career Transition Career transition is a heavy topic that can be very intimidating for people. Often times, a career change can be unexpected due to layoffs or reorganization. Many of the [...]

Keeping Score Something that I find is a recurring topic of conversation among many of my clients and throughout my network on social media is that people keep score when they ripple. What does [...]

Lots of Bad Networking Advice Out There There is an enormous amount of content people are putting out about the topic of networking each year. Whether it’s leveraging social media or [...]

The kid’s name was Benjie. He was a slightly overweight rambunctious 10 year old. And the summer counselors clearly hated him. When I was assigned to teach tennis to these kids as part of [...]

Many of us this week will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday which means some of us will be thrust into family dynamics and situations which may be stressful. For some, the holidays bring lots of [...]

I recently had the pleasure of speaking at a leadership event for a large association. Though the woman who hired me to present had seen me speak years ago. We had stayed in touch despite her [...]

  Repost from a BLOG done in April 2013 in honor of a presentation I am giving this week to HiredTexas.  Your network has untold power. Just ask Doug Rietz. Doug and I met recently when I [...]