Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 11, 2021 How do you begin to think about the gap between what you think you know about yourself and have told yourself for all these years and the uncomfortable realization that maybe the you that you think you are is not the real you? Innovation and entrepreneurship […]
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In 2010, it’s time to put forward focus on the winners in workplace, beyond
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 4, 2021 How to begin another year? We have all read the year in reviews from a dozen publications, online, offline, inline and out of line. Enough looking back. I am thinking about the approaching year, and my overriding first concern is for the entrepreneurs and their families […]
Securing power all boils down to personality, expert says
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, December 21, 2020 Power. In concept, it seems like a good thing to have. But, before I get too far down the rabbit hole, let me say that power also waxes and wanes, so be careful what you wish for because you may get it. I have been on […]
Passing along various pieces of advice from smart people
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, December 14, 2020 Today I am going to share some advice I have gotten from really smart people. As my readers know, I spend a lot of time negotiating, teaching it as well as doing it. More than 50 current business books contain a title explaining how to negotiate […]
Be kind, and put in the effort to be there for others now
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, December 7, 2020 It’s getting to be the time of year when old times should be forgotten. If I had my way, that would include burying them. We are coming to the end of 2020. Of course, one dilemma with coming to the end of something is the realization […]
Does bad behavior by leaders even carry a price?
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, November 30, 2020 Thanksgiving is over. The election is over. The year is almost over. COVID is not over. If you have not been personally impacted by the last nine months, then you must have been quarantining on Mars. How does one make sense of the world at this […]