You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

by | Jan 31, 2018 | Mindset

  Remember that old saying “You Are What You Eat”? I do. I remember posters in the school cafeteria, ads in magazines, and a lot of chortled high-school jokes, most of them in good fun. “Don’t be a grouch. What’d you eat for...
Want to be heard? Stop Talking.

Want to be heard? Stop Talking.

by | Dec 6, 2017 | Communication

You probably don’t believe that silence is one of my favorite tools. Certainly when I taught a presentation skills class to Johns Hopkins graduate students, they did not expect me to talk about silence! But I did. And at the end of the week, their final...
Positive Outcomes

Positive Outcomes

by | May 10, 2017 | Leadership, Mindset

About 18 years ago, I attended a networking event (with my four-month-old daughter strapped into a snuggly), and I was lamenting to some colleagues that the lion’s share of my consulting business came from one client – a great client with whom I thoroughly...
Pay No Attention to the Pink Elephant

Pay No Attention to the Pink Elephant

by | Mar 2, 2017 | Communication

Pay No Attention to the Pink Elephant.  At a recent retreat of senior-level managers, we started the day with a yoga session.  What a positive way to open a meeting, don’t you think? The instructor arrived early, set up the room, and greeted the participants as...
Teach Your Kids to Ask for the Ketchup

Teach Your Kids to Ask for the Ketchup

by | Oct 5, 2015 | Communication

Driving on a long car trip with my adult son Josh is always a pleasure. Josh’s myriad of interests coupled with his loquaciousness makes for a pleasant journey. Travelling on Interstate 81, we were discussing pollution, global warming, poverty and the...