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I have two boys now 4 and 6.  They are adorable, sweet, smart, cuddly, funny, active, dirty, needy, whiny, demanding beings.  I love them more than life. When they were just babies and motherhood still had a new glow about it a friend who had teenagers said to me, “Life is less fun with kids; [...]

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We’re in the thick of the race for the GOP nomination and the personality style of the candidates is often discussed more than their stance on the issues. This got me thinking about the importance of likability when choosing a candidate. And I asked myself, “Does a likable politician equal a good politician?” If you [...]

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It was the first class of the semester teaching the part-time MBA Business Communications class.  I had a room full of business professionals and I decided to climb up on top of a table to make a point.  I had everyone’s attention, I was setting the tone for the class – it was a moment.  [...]

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“I had my midlife crisis in my 20s.” Savvy smart Alexa, is only twenty-five and already trying to figure out how to get to the land of Enough. Our parents had a plan for their twenties and thirties so by the time they reached their forties and fifties they wondered what they had been doing [...]

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I was chatting with my new friend and mentor, 25 year old Alexa Scordato, and she said something that rung such a chord, I had to share.  She said, “When asked where I wanted to go, I answered, ‘The Land of Enough.’”  What a magical place that must be, this Land of Enough.  Where we [...]

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The Skype Interview

February 22, 2012
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I have taught at NYU since 2005 and besides  the students themselves, the teaching fellow (TF) can make or break the class experience.  I didn’t realize this until I didn’t have a good one.  My fault really, the TF’s had been so competent, I got lax in my interviewing.  I hired this one without meeting [...]

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What Do You Do When You Are Right! And Wrong?

February 7, 2012
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Everyone has a horrible college roommate story—Mine starts in the same way that a lot of them do with an inconsiderate night of noise.   Let’s just say her new boyfriend and her were really getting along – all night.  After the third round, I gave up and got ready for class. I was exhausted and [...]

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — The “King” of Visual Communication

January 17, 2012
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I’m pleased to offer this post from guest blogger Todd Cherches. Among the many amazing features of Dr. King’s numerous classic speeches – including, of course, his iconic, “I Have a Dream” speech – was his use of “visual communication”… his talent and ability to paint pictures with words. While Dr. King drew on a variety of rhetorical techniques [...]

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Strengthen Your Network in a Tough Economy

November 7, 2011
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What do you think of when you hear the word “networking?” Events you feel you should attend, even though you don’t want to? Initiating forced conversations with strangers? Maybe even exchanging business cards with someone, and then not knowing quite how to follow up? If so, then it’s no surprise that the idea of networking [...]

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Say What You Want to Say and Shut Up

October 24, 2011
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I recently spent twelve hours in Orlando Florida (while my husband and kids were lounging by the pool) coaching young professionals in their late 20s who are on the fast track at a major international company. Almost all of them came into my coaching room saying the biggest struggle they have is being concise. Most [...]

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