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Do any of these budget related phrases sound familiar? There is no budget for any more travel this year. There is no budget to give your employee a market pay increase. There is no budget to provide lunch for the employees. There is no budget to replace your laptop at this time. We hear all the time in Corporate America that there is no budget to do this or do that, but I want to let you in on a little secret. There is almost always budget available. The reality is that the senior leader who is in charge of the budget, which is usually millionsRead More →

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There is an epidemic in Corporate America that must be stopped! What is it? The consistent use or misuse of the Reply All function in email. As a result, I believe it should be disabled in ALL email programs. Or, perhaps we need to create a new security function called the Reply All police to crack down on the abusers. When I think of my own email volume daily, I would estimate that a minimum of 20 messages per day are from employees using the reply-all function to respond to a conversation, instead of limiting his or her response to the critical parties. It all startsRead More →

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This week I had the opportunity to attend a women’s leadership symposium in Washington D.C. As I reflect back on the content and the speakers, one of the sessions that stood out for me was on power. The word power is often used as a negative, for example, “The zombie queen used her powers for evil instead of good.” or “The politician used his power to hire his friends, instead of the most qualified candidates.” In this session we talked about the different types of power and when having it or using it can be a good thing. At one point the facilitator asked herRead More →