Mar 12, 2017 | Business
I often wonder what you do with these weekly Monday messages. They are meant to move you to pay attention to your professionalism, so here’s your opportunity to determine for yourself how much you use them. I’ve taken the main idea expressed in each of the weeks since...
Mar 5, 2017 | Business
More and more firms are adjusting their dress code to mirror contemporary standards. The nagging question that concerns firm leaders is whether or to what extent dress matters. Are people more or less productive, depending on what they wear? Unfortunately, the...
Feb 26, 2017 | Business
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a message where I gave you a question to ask yourself whenever you didn’t want to do something but you knew you should. The question was, “Is it more important to me to choose this or to choose that?” By posing the question to yourself...
Feb 20, 2017 | Business
A friend and I were discussing the economic value of professionalism and he said, “It’s much better to be referred by others because of who you are rather than just what you do.” His point was that there are many professionals in your area who know what you know and...
Feb 12, 2017 | Business
This probably doesn’t happen to you, but have you ever had a situation when you knew you should do something but you couldn’t seem to get yourself in gear to do it? Instead, you found all kinds of other things to do, while it loomed heavy in the background. Then you...