Photo by Austin Kehmeier on Unsplash All employees with qualifying disabilities are legally able to request accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, making those accommodation requests can often take a lot of time, be complicated, and often embarrassing for the person asking. On paper, it’s a pretty straightforward process but in actuality, it’sContinue reading “Easy Accommodations You Can Offer Without Being Asked”
Category Archives: Leadership
My Job Search Deserves Basic Decency. So Does Yours.
Just two hours before, I had received an email confirming the time and who I would be interviewing with tomorrow. It would be my 6th interview with the company about the job. I had spent hours over the weekend filling out the Caliper Profile as asked. I had already spoken with everyone conceivably related to the marketing position and even a stretch, VP of IT, so this next interview must surely be the last, as it was with the President.
Are You Leaving a Quarter of Americans Out of Your Marketing?
26% of American adults have some sort of disability. Many of these disabilities make it difficult or nearly impossible to navigate digital marketing. I’ve detailed a number of ways that your marketing team can make your materials accessible to all.
Analysis and Application of Conflict Resolution Techniques in Media – The West Wing
Analysis and Application of Conflict Resolution Techniques in Media – The West Wing
Rainier Case Study – Acquisition Assessment
This case study reminded me of the many times that a charismatic and visionary leader I worked with overextended the company out of passion. When I first began writing, I was considering letting Bill continue after Philadelphia because he clearly wants it to happen. But a good leader looks at the reality in front of them.
Leading While Female: Being Undermined in the Workplace
The hungry vegans aside, the event was going well. He continued to hover. It took a moment before I turned back to him, confused about what more he needed from me.
A Reflection on “Everyday Leadership” Tedx Toronto with Drew Dudley
To me, a leader is someone who uses small acts in everyday life to make better the world of people around them. When it becomes a practice that informs every decision you make, you don’t always remember the act that affected someone else’s life, like the lollipop example that Drew shared.
Are Introverts Smarter than Social Psychologists? Critical Thinking
I’m quite disappointed to say that I don’t hold water with the claim made by the study and trumpeted by the Inc. article that my introversion makes me better at predicting social psychology behavior or at understanding behavior in group settings. In large part because both sides are playing fast and loose with terminology.
A Reflection on My Leadership Styles
Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Of the six styles featured in Leadership That Gets Results, what is your primary default leadership style? Coaching is my strongest. Weirdly this comes from all of the reading I did as a kid. I feel like I’ve read all of the wrong ways to do things and what hasContinue reading “A Reflection on My Leadership Styles”
Why Bother Getting A Degree Now?
For people of my parent’s generation, college degrees equal money and power. Don’t get me wrong, acquiring both of those things would be lovely. But that isn’t the reason that I’ve committed myself to spend every other Saturday for the next two years of my life in a room with the same group of people. I did it to show myself that I can.
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