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• At the End of the Day, You Have to Be Yourself

  Last week, I gave a talk on twenty-first century recruitment and retention at the American Society of Training and Development’s annual conference in San Diego. While I was there, I attended a few “train the trainer” sessions on improving your technique Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills, Professionalism

• Get By With a Little Help from Your Friends

  Although 2008 has been pretty good so far, 2007 was a doozy, and it has taken me a little while to recover. I’ve experienced a crisis of confidence, and only recently started talking to my friends about it. My radio show co-hosts, Christine Hassler and Read More... Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills, Personal Development, Troubleshooting

• 7 Qualities That Predict Leadership Success

  Last week, I participated on a T&D Magazine webcast with Bill Byham , the CEO of Development Dimensions International , a leading human resources consulting firm. It got me thinking about a great DDI white paper I saw recently written a white paper Read More... Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Management, People Skills, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Is Your Mom Following You to Work?

  Anita Bruzzese has an interesting post on mothers’ influence on career success . Anita cites the work of a psychologist, Stephan Poulter, who has written a new book, The Mother Factor: How Your Mother's Emotional Legacy Impacts Your Life. The book’s thesis Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, Personal Development, Work

• Self-Righteousness Should Be a Sin

  The other night, I was watching a re-run of an episode of Wife Swap . I’ve seen this show before, and more often than not one of the characters is a stay-at-home-mom who acts very self-righteous about the fact that it is her job to take care of her children, Read More... Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Life Balance, People Skills, Daily Life, Work

• Caution: Falling Ice

  Chicago has already gotten hit with around eight snowstorms this year. It has also been quite cold, and next to every building you walk past downtown, there is a yellow “Caution: Falling Ice” sign. I understand the purpose of most signs like this. After Read More... Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills, Professionalism

• Beware of Subtle Self-Sabotage at Work

  We’ve spent some time on this blog discussing the warning signs that you may be in firing range at work, or that you’re unhappy in your current job situation. This week, CNN.com has an interesting piece on ways we might unknowingly sabotage our own efforts Read More... Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, People Skills, Personal Marketing, Productivity, Troubleshooting

• Is Showing Sympathy Outdated?

  A few months ago, I wrote about the possibility that chivalry was dead in the modern world . Recently, though, I’ve wondered if some types of consideration might be dead too. Here’s where this is coming from. In early November, my mother and my husband’s Read More... Posted Friday, December 21, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills

• Are You Plagued By Relationship Laziness?

  People sometimes ask me how to sustain better relationships with the people in their lives. My #1 suggestion is something that, unfortunately, several people I love fall down on regularly. It’s this: when it comes to your relationship with your co-worker, Read More... Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, People Skills

• Do You Know How to Take a Compliment?

  My husband watches a lot of sports on television, and he usually sticks around for the post-game interviews. He recently noticed a common thread in these conversations. Inevitably, a reporter will be congratulating an athlete on a spectacular play, and Read More... Posted Friday, June 15, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, Communication, People Skills

• Check Your Effectiveness Every Day (a la Seth Godin)

  A few weeks ago, my husband and I were in a car accident in which our 1997 Saturn SL2 sedan unfortunately met a bad end. As a result, our plans to purchase a hybrid had to be moved up a year. We visited several dealerships in the Chicagoland area, and Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Best Practices, 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

• If Everyone Likes You, Then Nobody Likes You

  An online friend of mine scored a great gig as a columnist for a popular portal site, but has recently had to cope with negative comments that readers are posting after her pieces. Some of the comments contain nuggets of constructive criticism that my Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Business, People Skills, Blogging, Work

• Keep a Lid on the Drama

  Corporate America pisses us off occasionally – or even more than occasionally. Nevertheless, it’s in your best interest to refrain from showing exactly how pissed off you are at work. Even if you have a legitimate cause, anger never reflects well on you. Read More... Posted Friday, May 19, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills Attachment(s): http://www.lssofny.org/Counseling/Anger_Management_for_Men/anger.jpg