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Plain Talk - Straight-up insights on work and life leadership.Straight-up insights on work and life leadership covering current issues such as corporate responsibility, work/life balance, employee retention, human resources, leadership skills and more.
Recent Posts
Don’t Let Technology Screw Up Your Relationships
A Harris Interactive survey for Whitepages.com released findings on what communication modes are most open to misunderstanding. Not surprisingly, 80% of adults found it most easy to misinterpret the tone of e-mail. Seventy-eight percent found text ...
What Happens When We Don’t Communicate With Our Employees
Tasks are repeated because instructions aren’t clear. Morale plummets and rumors abound when a managing partner engages in doublespeak regarding the firm’s future. Administrators constantly battle employee retention because of the poor interpers...
Motivate People With Storytelling
In a data-driven world, facts and figures are the order of the day in sales calls, employee meetings, board rooms, and political assemblies. Traditionally, when a person is trying to convince someone else to do something they use the logic of benefit...
Shut Off The Phone And Get Back Your Life
When firestorms raged across Southern California and land lines were down, having a cell phone to call my family was a blessing. When I could sit in my ocean front garden and use both hands while talking to my Mother in Florida, I adored my cell ph...
Happy Thanksgiving! Run Your Own Race-At Your Own Pace
On Thanksgiving Day, dawn spills over Dana Point Harbor where thousands of runners gather for the annual Turkey Trot. The largest holiday race in California beckons folks of all ages, sizes, shapes, and abilities. Waiting at the starting line for the...
What Is A Leader?
What does the American Heritage Dictionary say about leaders? Leaving behind the standard definition of “one who leads or guides”, consider the second definition: “one who has power or influence”. Have you known people in a ...

