In honor of the 12th anniversary of September 11th, Mom Corps Dallas remembers those who died during the terrorist attacks. We are thinking of their loved ones and friends as well as those injured and the heroes who came to the rescue of many on this day. September 11, 2001, affected us all and continues to do so. I had just dropped […]
Read more“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin While it’s probably not what Franklin meant by the above quote, The College Payoff–a study published by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce concluded that college graduates as a group have lifetime earnings the are 85% higher than those whose formal education stopped with a high school […]
Read moreAs a lover of the English language, I have assembled a small library over the years of books about writing (yes, pretty geeky of me, I know). One of my favorite books is Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language, by Richard Lederer. Lederer is a former English teacher and writer about writing who collects language gaffes […]
Read moreIn a recent team development workshop, a client asked about the habit of responsiveness and whether we had seen a trend of the responsiveness habit increasing due to the demands of today’s society and business pace. It was a great question and we have some data on responsiveness for teams and individuals, but I had never thought to link the two until […]
Read moreHot topics right now include men and women re-entering the workforce. What does that mean? Let me tell you first hand. I was faced with two kids entering college in the not too far future with expenses that had increased 110% more rapidly than what was initially anticipated! I have a college degree, worked my way to management in my […]
Read moreA huge Mom Corps Dallas welcome to James Mathis and Michael Young of Aspen Equity Partners! Be sure to catch their guest post the first Wednesday of every month. They will provide the previous month’s market snapshot (thank goodness) and provide a relevant financial tip to help all of us realize our goals. “Then one day you find, ten years […]
Read moreWe recently had a client partner tell us they, “hire for personality and train for skill.” Another one, a CFO, said, “Finding talent is the biggest challenge we face, not talent with the skills to do the job, but talent we can trust with our business.” Ask yourself four things. Does my current team: Inspire my trust? Respect my business? Desire […]
Read moreOne of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits is Weekend Update where Seth Meyers interviews (or tries to, anyway) the Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party. In these skits, Seth interviews an opinionated young woman who has trouble explaining herself. Her grammar is not bad – she has been known to correct Seth, for that matter […]
Read moreI obsess over words and spend ridiculous amounts of time selecting the right words or phrase for what I am trying to say or write. As someone who often writes communications for others, I agonize over what the words I choose say to a reader or a listener and how they make a reader or listener feel about the speaker […]
Read moreA cover letter and resume should draw attention to your skills and qualifications, not detract from them with randomly capitalized words. Imagine if You received a Cover Letter written like This. Reading this is like riding a Roller Coaster. By the time you get to the End of the Letter, you would be thinking Twice about bringing that person in […]
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