I have always strongly believed in the principle behind the famous words of Louis Pasteur who said that “chance favors the prepared mind.”

It is one of those simple yet powerful statements that cut through the noise of our desires and daily challenges to crystallize what we can do to help ourselves to both overcome and […]

Seriously, think carefully about who you invite to connect with you, who you link with, and who you recommend.

There are serial network users who simply collect as many connections and links as they can. They are at worst internet joiners and name hoarders, not networkers; still not as harmful as those who lurk around and […]

Perhaps one of the reasons why the television series The Office has been such a big hit with viewers is that we can readily identify with the characters on the show.

Let’s face it, nowhere is the example of life imitating art more apparent than it is within the cozy confines of the Scranton-based offices of […]

How to understand, relate to, and motivate across the generational differences.

Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation Xers (born 1965-1980) and Millennials (born after 1980) come to the workplace with different experiences, skills, priorities, and expectations. Critically, that means often what motivates one generation couldn’t be more different than what motivates another.

Your success – whether as a […]

“Creed Bratton has a very dark side to him. His resourcefulness and duplicity are his defining traits along with his at times bizarre behavior and ignorance of the modern world.

In the episode “Take Your Daughter to Work Day“, Creed reveals that he had four toes on his […]

Email is valuable, if only because so many of us have the habit of being indiscrete both in form and style.

Rather than letting corporate secrets out the bag, I suspect that email management and security is more to do with ensuring the world doesn’t see how irreverent and profane the workforce can be. As if […]