New research posted on Harvard Business School's website offers insight on communicating and working more effectively -- even when you're a manager lacking direct control over a project. Managers who communicate persistently and redundantly, on purpose, move projects forward more quickly and smoothly than those who don't. The frequency of the...
When something hard looks hard, we know it's hard. Clues betray it: Sweat drips. Muscles shake from fatigue. A lip juts out in concentration. When something hard looks easy, it can fool us into thinking it is. It's likely the person we're watching has poured so much effort, practice and work into mastering the...
A dozen Kent State University public relations graduate students welcomed me yesterday to class. And I relayed things I wish someone had told me about life in the working world before I joined its ranks. One of those things? That failure is not only okay, it's essential. Jessica Scheve blogged about what...
Words pull, sway, show, move, touch...watch and see [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU]...