This month, hearings are being held in Washington related to the reported hacking of the U.S. electoral system by Russian operatives. In addition, every few months we read of high-profile cases that tell the story of employees or cyber criminals arrested for stealing identities and other data from large organizations. There is one clear message for business owners: hacking and …
Workplace Safety
The Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Excel Industries lawn products company in Kansas, and the WDBJ TV station shooting in Roanoke, Virginia in which two on-air reporters were killed by a former employee, are all tragic reasons why businesses large or small must have an emergency action plan in place. Despite these and other workplace shootings incidences, many U.S. …
Understanding Emotional Intelligence. What it is…and do you have it?
Do you have emotional intelligence, more commonly referred to as EI? Emotional intelligence refers to the ability to identify emotions and manage them. People with high EI not only know their own minds, but are also really emotionally aware. They know what others are feeling, they can help others to cheer up or calm down, and they can regulate their …
Organizational Essentials: Cultivate, Sow, Feed and Weed
May is usually the signal to get out in the garden and begin the process of connecting with the earth, cultivating the soil, considering what to grow–and everybody’s favorite pastime–pulling the weeds that have sprouted up over the winter and early spring. It is sometimes backbreaking work as we reshape disorder back into a space that delights and intrigues us. …
Networking Not Working? Try These 4 New Ways
Gone are the days where networking consisted of an awkward after-work mixer with nametags and not enough cocktails. The new networking culture is not nine to five, it’s twenty-four seven. The good news is that you can now network from just about anywhere at any time, day or night. The flip side is that now that opportunities to build …
