"Assistants in general wield potent influence on their managers, department staff and outside business associates. They are often the go-to people for advice and assistance on many issues and are depended upon more than the average person realizes. And, they have more far-reaching networks within the workplace than do their managers. This is true of … Continue reading STILL POWERFUL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Let the past ways be revisedAnd always keep in mindThat bad procedures be forgotFor the enlightened kind. For new and better policiesAway with all the chaffWe'll lift everyone up yetFor the sake of all the staff. A Parody of (and sung to the Melody of) Auld Lang Syne “Everyone talks about building a relationship with … Continue reading A CEO’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
"I’ll be home for ChristmasYou can plan on mePlease have snow and mistletoeAnd presents on the tree Christmas Eve will find meWhere the love light gleamsI’ll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams" Words and Music by Kim Gannon and Walter Kent, reportedly based on the original lyrics by Buck Ram This song was composed from the point of view … Continue reading “I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS”
"Is there any truth to the expression, 'one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel'? You bet." ~ Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director at McGill University, Montreal "One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch, girl. Oh, I don't care what they say, I don't care what you heard." ~ One Bad Apple, by the Osmonds, 1970 “The … Continue reading THE BAD APPLES AMONG US
"The issue of women serving in the pastorate is an issue of fundamental Biblical authority that does violate both the doctrine and the order of the Southern Baptist Convention." ~ Albert Mohler, Ninth President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "It's a very tiny brain you're housing in there, isn't it?" ~ Dawn French as … Continue reading WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: THE CHURCH LADIES
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.”~ Pete Hautman “Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.”~ Judy Blume In this short series, I'll take a look at three major threats to American life, and specifically the … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART ONE
"Know this: your success will depend directly on the success of your staff. No one gets there alone. No one." ~ Bonnie Low-Kramen, Staff Matters As a 40-year veteran of the U.S. corporate workplace that spanned four industries (broadcasting, publishing, public relations and financial services), and was employed by Fortune 500 companies and mid-size businesses, … Continue reading DO YOU THINK YOUR “STAFF MATTERS”?
Photo from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Barbara Jordan - 1936-1996 "Earlier today, we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States: "We, the people." It's a very eloquent beginning. But when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in … Continue reading BARBARA JORDAN – A TIMELESS SHERO
Paragraph “And as I've said on this floor before, it's also hard to take seriously, Republicans’ passionate pleas for this body to defend the existence of an unborn fetus when they … Continue reading GUNS & ROE: THE HYPOCRISY & HORROR
"We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. ~ Arianna Huffington "Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein “It's amazing how a little tomorrow … Continue reading SERIES ~ PANDEMIC LESSONS LEARNED – PART FIVE: THE WORLDWIDE WORKER WALKOUT FIRESTORM
Jeanne Nelson 