Ten Tips to Beat the Afternoon Slump My Mediterranean roots have intensified as I’ve grown older. I’m not referring to my food love affair, which started with my first breath, or tendency for passionate discourse (dramatic to say the least), but rather my desire for afternoon siesta – a result of my waning energy throughout Read more »
Using Acting Principles to Expand Your Network In theatre, there are always three components to every performance: pre-show (preparation), performance (show) and post-show (variable). I loved and enjoyed the first two components, and spent most of my time dreading and hating the last one—post-show. Walking through the lobby to leave the theatre could result in Read more »
Risk, Reward and Emotional Intelligence for the New Year “If you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit.” Sarah Parish Great rewards can be gained by taking a smart leap every now and then, yet despite the positive outcomes, research shows that many people skip past that Monopoly Read more »
Don’t Let Your Leaders Walk Away from Training Hungry for What They Need “If we are to keep our businesses relevant and our consumers happy, we must embrace empathy and let it be the force that drives us forward.” Jason M. Boyers – Forbes 2013 It certainly looked good when I ordered. It Read more »
The Benefits of Coaching for You and Your Team “Coaching is taking a player where he can’t take himself.” – Bill McCartney, College Football Hall of Fame Coach -2013 Living in NYC for 15 years, I loved the spectrum of resources available to take wherever I wanted to go. Amtrak and Metro North took Read more »
Boost Innovation and Engagement with an Environment of Trust During the first two months I lived in the Bronx, I craved corn muffins every day. Every. Single. Day. I lived about 10 blocks from the Riverdale Diner and Stella Doro factory, so the rich, buttery aroma of baking muffins and biscotti greeted my dog Read more »
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Buddha I’ve always been a big daydreamer. As a child I often struggled with attentiveness and focus in school. Depending on the time of day, subject, and activity, a class could feel like Read more »
Champion Contrast and Boost Emotional Intelligence In Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical “Into the Woods,” Little Red Riding Hood learns about the duality of life, proclaiming, “Scary is exciting,” “even flowers have their dangers,” and “nice is different than good.” The best actors thrive in duality. Conveying a single emotion is not just one-dimensionally dull, Read more »
You’ve been mandated to increase productivity in your division. Your choices for training, schedules, team selection, and project management need to show results. Suddenly, the process speeds up! You’re inundated with mandates and overwhelmed with deadlines. You feel like Lucille Ball in the candy factory with chocolates speeding by on a conveyer belt. What’s the Read more »
view·Point noun \vu-pȯint\: a way of looking at or thinking about something Aisle, not window. As someone who travels extensively for work, I’ve developed a set of personal travel edicts, and one of those is my preference for aisle seat when flying. Don’t misunderstand: I love peacefully gazing through the window at a new terrain Read more »