It is that time of year again. U-hauls are packed to the gills as college grads head out to new jobs and workplaces. In the next few months, many new professionals will receive a crash course in business professionalism. Since this blog is about business communication and writing, let me share a few communication tips to consider while you navigate […]
Read more“Multiply it by infinity, and take it to the depth of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I am talking about.”— Joe Black in Meet Joe Black After watching some great basketball Sunday afternoon, I watched Michael Lewis interviewed on 60 Minutes to talk about his new book, Flash Boys, which is a scathing critique of the […]
Read moreI have been leading a lot of discussions and training courses lately where the focus has been on making a solid first impression. Making a good impression through your how you act and speak enhances your credibility with colleagues, friends and acquaintances. I admit to being a bit of a grammar snob, and to frequently basing my first impressions of […]
Read moreToday many investment advisors and individual investors use ETFs or exchange-traded funds rather than, or in addition to, individual stocks and bonds or mutual funds. Today about 25% of all equity dollar volume is accounted for by trading in ETFs. Most of that volume is concentrated into relatively few ETFs. Given that ETFs are typically designed to track certain indexes, […]
Read moreIt is almost the end of February, pretty late into the year to be setting New Year’s resolutions. Goals, however, can be set at any time, and I have set 3 goals to improve my communication efforts in 2014. Don’t take word choice for granted. Keep it simple is my motto! The best word to articulate a situation, emotion or […]
Read moreLean In, Opt Out, how do you decide what is best for you and your family? Most often when women make the decision to opt out they make it alone – no advisor, no realtor, no car dealer, no agent. We don’t sit down and think, “What is the price of this decision, in today’s dollars and over my lifetime, […]
Read more“I could lift you up. I could show you what you wanna see. And take you where you wanna be.” Capital Cities – Safe and Sound Investors might not be feeling quite as safe sound after the way the stock market started 2014 (down about 5% ytd as I am writing this) as they did back in the good old days of 2013. […]
Read moreNo one would argue that a new VP of Sales or Operations is a key hire. After all, they probably have a hefty six-figure salary and will manage hundreds of staff members. The impact of a bad hire is potentially very high. Compare that to a commodity role like a call center agent: one person out of a team of […]
Read more2013 was a great year for U.S. stock markets and most stock investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the year with a 26.5% gain closing 2013 at 16,576.66. The S&P 500 index was up over 29% for the biggest gain since 1997. There were some hugely under-performing sectors in 2013, metals and mining being one of the biggest losers. Gold […]
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