I would bet that you know a lot about your job and that it is your intention to do the best job possible every day! Yet, for some reason that you just can’t figure out, you haven’t been able to make your intentions a reality today. You’ve been distracted…quarreled with a co-worker… left a meeting in a panic…forgot to finish an assignment that was due two hours ago. You had the best of intentions [...]

People tend to make up their minds about each other based on what they see and hear. This leads to the formation of a person’s reputation. While one’s reputation consists of many things, here are three characteristics I have found useful in defining this somewhat ethereal notion [...]

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Current English, to speak with one’s tongue in one’s cheek is to speak “insincerely or ironically”. This phrase dates back to 1748 when it was “cool” to show disdain or disrespect for someone by putting your tongue inside your cheek to make it stick out. While we rarely use [...]

Nothing is more off-putting than someone who comes across as rude, curt, or arrogant in an email. So, how do we avoid being perceived as insensitive and unprofessional in our email correspondence? Here are a few tips: