And no, I’m not talking about your mental state early last Sunday morning when you stumbled into your apartment after a late-night jaunt downtown.  I’m talking about your writing.   I’m amazed by how many typos I see everywhere, on everything, lately.  Typos on resumes.  Typos on street signs.  Even typos on birth ...

This week, I was finishing up a project at the agency where I work part time.  My colleague and I have been working closely with another internal team on this initiative since May, and fortunately, things have gone relatively smoothly.  As the vice president overseeing the project, I always try to be responsive to the internal team’s ...

I’ve been taking on some new management responsibilities recently.  And you know what I realized?  The number one quality I appreciate most in a direct report is reliability.  By reliable, I mean a person who says she is going to do something, and then actually does it in the agreed-upon manner.     You’d think this one ...