We’ve heard a lot about the increased risk that the COVID-19 virus poses to people with pre-existing health conditions. This includes people with ongoing issues like diabetes, high blood pressure, severe asthma, COPD, heart conditions, obesity, immunocompromised, and people over the age of 65 (check out this CDC webpage to learn more). I think the [read more]
This is my second blog post in a series on Diversity and Inclusion. In this piece, I’d like to focus on the diversity of thought and the inclusive act of listening with courageous empathy to those who don’t agree with you. Imagine… Imagine that you work with someone, a colleague, who has a very different [read more]
Be authentic. Be fully present. This fourth core principle of relationship-based networking is easy to say, and very challenging to do on a consistent basis. I wanted to put myself to the test in a real life experiment and report back to you via this blog. I chose a travel day for my experiment in being [read more]
INTERRUPTING: Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Is it a communication misdemeanor, or a clever strategy to dominate the conversation? Does it foster productive conversations, or does it lead to arguments, distrust, and disrespect? We’ve certainly seen a lot of interrupting lately in the Presidential debate series. The Vice Presidential debate held on October 4th was also [read more]
