My friend Pam Slim over at Escape from Cubicle Nation has a great post on how to tread the fine line between expressing admiration for someone and fan worship.  Straight from the ECN blog are 4 “fan traps” to avoid.  I’ve been known to do some of these things in my interactions with bestselling authors, and people who haven’t yet ...

Last week, Yahoo! ran a piece about people in the public eye who made big professional strides and damaging missteps during 2006, and how we can learn from their experiences.  Here are some of my thoughts on the subject, some of which were included in the article.   Amelie Mauresmo, who won two tennis majors this year after years of ...

[ImageAttachment]   Much as we may grumble about our colleagues, they’re there for a reason.  Your company or department’s workload is too much for one person.  Sometimes, you’ll even get a direct report or two (or even a whole group) to help manage the never-ending stream of tasks.  Because there are only so many hours in a ...