Water Cooler Wisdom

Harsh Realities from Dancing with the Stars

Okay, I confess. I’ve been hooked on Dancing with the Stars . I started watching this season because over the summer, while on a Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago, I met one of the professional contestants, Mark Ballas . It was especially Read More...

Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

Career Lessons from J.K. Rowling

Now that " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " is upon us, Andrew over at Jobacle.com has a really neat post on career lessons we can learn from J.K. Rowling , the most successful author in history. Use Delays to Your Advantage. It was during a four-hour Read More...

Posted Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Current Affairs, Personal Development, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

Why Taboo Conversation is Never Smart

What is with all of these high-profile people shooting their mouths off? First there was Mel Gibson , then Michael Richards , and now uber-publisher Judith Regan . What do these three have in common? They let their guards down in the heat of the moment, Read More...

Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments

Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Business, HR Issues, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Work

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Big Brother Is Watching

The Associated Press, via the New York Daily News , has reported that as of this Friday, U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees. The rules, approved by the Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments

Filed under: Current Affairs, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Work