As I watched the aftermath of the U.S. women’s loss at the Olympics last night something really stood out to me.  The US team didn’t lose because Alicia Sacramone fell on the balance beam or because she stumbled on the floor exercise. They lost because she didn’t know how to respond to and recover from […]

There was a time when learning the 3 R’s (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) while you were in school would be a pretty good indicator that you would have a long successful career. I know that I was a rebel in school because I knew these subjects were important (especially in a technical career), but I […]

Last year I read David Allen’s Getting Things Done and it turned out to be a great way to effectively blend tasks from my personal and business lives. I liked it so much that I have incorporated it into the training programs for senior staff members and employees managing customer accounts. Today as I was […]

Last week I ran across an interesting article on the quality of today’s textbooks. High points (or low points depending on how you look at it) included students opting out of advanced science and math, light coverage of history and how far American students are falling behind the rest of the world in terms […]

I am attempting to channel Guy Kawasaki by creating my own “The Art of post…”. If there is one thing I have learned in my professional career is that giving back is as big a part of your professional life as networking and career development. For the past two semesters I have had a change […]