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• Do You Read Between the Lines?

  An acquaintance of mine was looking for someone to clean her house once a month. Because the safety of her home and her family is important to her, this woman held interviews in her home. She asked the standard questions that one would think to ask a Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, People Skills

• What if YOU are the Jerk?

  Bob Sutton’s book, the No A**hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't , has been generating buzz since it was published last year. Sutton, a professor of management science at Stanford University , argues that a**holes—those Read More... Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, People Skills, Professionalism, Troubleshooting

• How to Break Up with Your Boss

  In their January/February issue, Details Magazine has a provocative article on how to break up with a boss who’s holding you back. The article tells the story of Michael Rogers: “Michael Rogers had lunch or cocktails a couple of times a week with the Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, People Skills, Professionalism

• Likeability Trumps All

  With Iowa behind us and the New Hampshire primary tomorrow, everyone I know who’s remotely interested in politics was tuned in for the Republican and Democratic candidate debates, sponsored by ABC News and Facebook , that took place this weekend. Myself Read More... Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, News and Politics

• Actions Speak Louder Than Words

  Scot Herrick over at Cube Rules is doing a great series of 30 career management tips. I especially liked the post this week on watching what people at work do more than what they say. Scot tells the following story: “My father, when I was very young, Read More... Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, Personal Marketing

• It Seems the Theme This Week is Respect

  I recently wrote a few career advice articles for Yahoo!, and on Friday one of them was on the home page. I’ve talked a bit with my colleague Penelope Trunk about the joys and perils of writing for Yahoo!, and the “spirited” conversations that take place Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, Blogging

• Beware of Misplaced Frustration

  This week I was in San Francisco, and while I was there I took my grandmother to a hair salon that had just opened in her town. We’d made an appointment for 10:30, and we waited and waited until 10:45 and then 11:00 had come and gone. There was only one Read More... Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills

• The Secret To Being Happy

  My friends at the Me2 Revolution at Edelman turned me onto this cool blog about happiness . The author, Gretchen Rubin , who is a former lawyer and Supreme Court clerk turned bestselling author, writes about her experiences test-driving every principle, Read More... Posted Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, Work