Many people have gaps in their resumes. It is not an uncommon thing these days when you consider the recent instability of the economy, downsizing, mergers and the like. Even so, attitudes often do not change as quickly as circumstances, and so if you find yourself job hunting, you have to figure out how to… Read more »

Communication is about a lot more than just the words that come out of your mouth. There is a great deal of interpretation that is swirling around those words — what exactly the intention was behind the words, the reliability of the speaker, the emotional content. A lot of communication is about trust and building… Read more »

When you go to conferences or other gatherings of your industry peers, or meet other people in your industry at other venues, you may be on the lookout for a new job. If that is the case, you need to make sure you have your elevator speech polished and ready to go. The elevator speech… Read more »

The practice of meditation has been getting a lot of attention recently. Many people might still consider it something that only old men with long beards do on a mountaintop, but that image is rapidly being replaced with another. It is becoming increasingly popular among business people. Even CEOs are doing it for the benefits… Read more »

We all have goals we are trying to reach. We have goals at work, ones that we set for ourselves and ones that our company has set for us. We have goals in our personal lives as well. But sometimes, we have trouble making headway toward the goals. We may move forward a little, but… Read more »

For many people, it is difficult to completely get away from work. And this has nothing to do with our electronic attachments to our jobs through our phones and email. It is our inability to mentally detach from our job. When we leave the office, or wherever our work site happens to be, our minds… Read more »

Many of us have trouble with time management. We put things on our to-do lists, but those lists seem to just get longer. There are many different systems out there to help with time management, such as the Touch It Once Rule or the Eisenhower Matrix. These strategies are useful, but really won’t be much… Read more »

Getting more done isn’t always about working harder and longer. It’s also about how you organize your time and how you approach your work. Here are a few tips. 1. Be sure to take breaks. Taking breaks helps you to work better, enabling you to get more done. Studies have shown that we really can… Read more »

We all have little problems to deal with on a daily basis – hunting for car keys or cell phone, bickering with family members, dealing with traffic or weather. They are admittedly minor, but dealing with them day after day can have a greater effect than we realize on our well being. Even though they… Read more »