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I recently had one of those days where I wanted to do it all…and I did..and I loved it! It was 12:00 pm I met with the CEO and COO of a company I will be training and consulting with this year. So I took great notes, did my research, wore my conservative “meet with [...]

We crack me up! Who’s “We”? WOMEN! I’ve really been paying attention lately to all the regiment, we go through, no…the PAIN we go through to beautify, maintain, add to, take away from our looks. Let me give you some observations. I’m sitting in the chair waiting to receive my pedicure and I start observing [...]

WOW!  I just returned from Indianapolis IN, I spoke at the Indianapolis SHRM.  While I was there I got to stay with my high school friend and locker partner Laura Borders.  Laura owns and runs the Spice Challenge Course in Indianapolis. http://spicechallenge.com/  When you go to the site you will see what I did!  I [...]

As I was preparing for my upcoming SHRM Conferences in Georgia, Indianapolis, Texas, Nebraska and NewJersey I was thinking about creativity since that’s what most of the�SHRM clients want!� So I remembered an article I wrote a while back but I still use this technique…enjoy! �Once when I was a kid, my neighborhood friends and [...]

As I was preparing for my upcoming SHRM Conferences in Georgia, Indianapolis, Texas, Nebraska and NewJersey I was thinking about creativity since that’s what most of the SHRM clients want!  So I remembered an article I wrote a while back but I still use this technique…enjoy!  Once when I was a kid, my neighborhood friends and [...]

Do you really know what your managers and employees are thinking or how they feel?� Even if what they feel or think is not true (in your mind) the thoughts and feelings are THEIR persepective. I’ve recently been working closley with a few organizations and I have to tell you….it has been an eye opener.� [...]

Do you really know what your managers and employees are thinking or how they feel?  Even if what they feel or think is not true (in your mind) the thoughts and feelings are THEIR persepective. I’ve recently been working closley with a few organizations and I have to tell you….it has been an eye opener.  [...]

Corban, 3 years old:  Morning-caught dumping his brand new bubbles in the back yard after playing with them for two minutes. Noon-decided that throwing rocks at his favorite Grammy, me, was great sport!  Afternoon- Corban started pushing his little one year old brother down for no apparent reason. The change–new little brother to share mom [...]

The advantages of constructive conflict are: new ideas arise, team members gain a better understanding of others ideas, new ideas may surface from all the other ideas discussed, and basic assumptions are analyzed and debated by members. When I present conflict management during my Executive Retreats or Emotional Intelligence presentations I always emphasize the importance [...]

This is my first blog…I know “Welcome to the 21st Century Candy!” I just used to email all my friends and clients to communicate but I think I’m going to like this way better…so comment back! My blogs will be one of three categories: Category Definition Rock Candy thoughts solid researched thoughts Caramel Candy thoughts [...]