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Work – Maybe You’re Just Not Doing It Right

Feb 27, 2013 | 4

Is work just some task you do in exchange for compensation? No! It's the sum of that plus your workplace relationships, environmental factors, expectations you and your boss have and more. If you aren't happy maybe it's because you're just not doing it right.…

An open letter to Principal Thomas Smith Mahanoy Area HS

Jan 28, 2013 | 4

What is the role of High School Principal? Is it to be a dictator, plumber or role model and manager? This story about Principal Thomas Smith of Mahanoy Area high School will test your knowledge...…

It takes a couple of hits to create the Right Path

Oct 07, 2012 | 1

Last month I attended the biannual NEPA Blog Fest at Rooney’s in Pittston, PA, and apart from Gene Stilp’s ginormous wheelchair and pink pig, the most interesting experience there was my conversation with artist Bri Wells. Bri walked right up to me, thrust out a friendly hand to shake and told me an intriguing elevator…

The College Internship 360

Sep 02, 2012 | 4

A college internship is not to be a blah experience in which you need one for credits and there happens to one filing papers available in the caverns of a storage facility somewhere... Welcome back to school. …

Dear Work Diary

Jan 16, 2012 |  

Why do you need a little black book you write work stuff in with a key you hide? Read on to see how a work diary can help manage your career and annual performance review.…

10 reasons you are an email PIA

Oct 14, 2011 | 1

Lists.. They are everywhere, and at the top of list accouterments is that block of note paper with the sticky edge.. Print this on a posty and stick it to the rim of your monitor so you won't be an email PIA, or better yet - forward it to one who is.…

Do you have a pitch in your pocket?

Aug 13, 2011 |  

I want you to be so successful the exclamation point gets tired of being used. One tool to get you there is an elevator pitch, the :30 second audible business card you'll need to develop. Here's a tool to help you develop it. I'm against the exploitation of animals for human gain but I'm clapping like a circus seal - it's so cool.…

Experiential learning and networking through internships

Jul 28, 2011 |  

There are lots of blogs, websites, advisors and resources dedicated to providing opportunity to college and university students - or as I prefer to call them... emerging professionals. Having just launched a 5 college countywide internship initiative I am keenly honed in on anything related. Today I bring you the confounding results of a student poll on the subject of internships...…

Acknowledging Family Patterns in the Workplace

May 15, 2011 |  

How often at the office have you wondered how her family stands her, or his wife puts up with him? How the kids don't run away from the commander's field camp or dream how nifty it would be if so and so got a prescription for anti-anxiety meds? Perhaps you wonder why you have difficulty with relationships at work or why you find so many people are intolerable. It's what happens when we bring our family to work...…

Commencement Address to Spring Class ’11

Mar 31, 2011 |  

This evening I was invited to give the commencement address for ITT Technical Institute in Dunmore, PA. I found myself on a stage at a podium in the beautiful Scranton Cultural Center (circa 1928), originally a Masonic Temple, surrounded by enough mystical emblems of professions and heavy wooden doors to keep conspiracy theorists busy for a long time. Before me, in the audience, sat a very handsome group of new graduates nervous at the occasion and ready to pursue their dreams...…

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