A bad encounter with someone can leave you with lingering emotions that they may not share.

How do you put someone at ease? Small talk can help you through awkward situations. But there are topics to be wary of these days.

Have you ever found out after you've completed something that you saw it all wrong? It's a matter of perspective.

We’d been at it for an hour when I, for the second time, handed the banker a document I’d received in the mail. She gave it a more...

The adjoining conference rooms opened into one weird L shape. Seating was available but not one of the thirty people took a chair; they...

Signing bonuses, work from home options, pay competition, and leaping to the next job with a higher salary—nice work if you can get it!...

It’s been three and a half years since the pandemic threw everything sideways. The many and varied consequences of the shut downs,...

I’ve been pondering the question of whether the person who proceeds gamely forward without deep knowledge or experience is an irritant or...

Recently, I naively got into more than I’d bargained for. I didn’t know as much as I probably should’ve so I stumbled gamely forward...

Don’t let the compact size fool you—Dr. Arika Tyner’s book is jam-packed with wisdom, information, and necessary action for today’s...

I was inspired by a blog post written by my friend, Anne Kearney (article here). She discusses the small urban design experiments found...

“Who are you here to see?” asked the nurse who was monitoring the door to the nursing unit. The elderly woman standing in line ahead of...

The public servant was given probation and community service. In my estimation, it was a slap on the wrist for heinous crimes. Fifteen...

“I value expediency above all else!” my client declared proudly. As a busy person with a lot on her plate professionally and personally,...

“You’re nothing but white noise to me.” The topic was jerks and this was the winning slam. I was speaking with a group of women who are...

Woo-hoo! The three-year journey to the publication of WorkJerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues completed on June 14th...

Here we are, shattered in the aftermath of another spate of horrific mass shootings in our country. It’s nearly impossible to remain...

It was my mother’s 98th birthday and I had ordered a special cake. Paper butterflies were to fly out of the box when it was opened. Since...

We have watched in horror as the destruction of Ukraine and its people continues to unfold on our screens. If you’re like me, you’ve been...

The tide was going out, but one feisty wave unexpectedly came running up much farther onto the sand. This necessitated a scramble to...