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Business Jargon – I Have No Idea What You Just Said!
June 2018’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! Your Human Resources Solution article, which discusses how to lose tired jargon and improve your business communication with plain English. When business jargon is par for the course, it tees up annoyance and confusion with vague phrases people are tired of hearing. Take your communication to […]
Your 3-Hour Meeting Is Going to Be Awesome!
March 2018’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! Your Human Resources Solution article, which discusses how to keep your audience engaged during a meeting. You’ve got your agenda, slideshow, and handouts and your audience’s attention for the first 52 minutes of your 3-hour meeting… maybe. Surprised? It gets worse: within those 52 minutes, your […]
Shine Like a Star at Your Next Video Interview
Shine like a star at your next video interview—here’s how!
The Sound of Silence
Do the benefits of earbuds outweigh their potentially career-damaging consequences?
Beat June Gloom–Stay Home!
June 2017’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! article, which offers tips for beating work’s pre–summer vacation grays. June Gloom is more than cloudy skies. It’s that feeling you get when the kids are out of school but you’re still working, the surf is up but you’re stuck in the office, and that sassy summer outfit […]
The Name Game
March 2017’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! article, which offers tips for gracefully getting past forgetting a name. How many times have you been in that awkward situation of trying to entice a person to say their own name so you can introduce them to someone else? You could try the classic, “Hey […]
The Battle for the Iron Throne . . . Coming to a Cubicle Near You!
December 2016’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! article, which compares office politics to Game of Thrones. Jocelyn Schamber of Fuzzy Red Pen Copywriting guests. Cersei Lannister said it best: “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.” It may often feel much the same at work. Whether you want to play […]
Talking Politics at Work . . . and Then the Fight Broke Out
When emotions run high, it’s easy to land on the battlefield when you don’t mean to.
Six-Time Rewind: Voicemail That Enhances Professionalism
Don’t let that 10-second voicemail turn into an image-ruining battle.
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
Your relationship with Time: “It’s Complicated” or solidly “In a Relationship”?
Understanding the Unsaid
You don’t have to be telepathic to know what people are thinking.
Think Outside the Business Jargon Box
Do you have no worries thinking outside the box?
YES! News
The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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