What To Do When You See “Negative” Body Language “One of my colleagues hates me,” my client said as he sat down. “I don’t know what to do. Her behavior is so incredibly frustrating that it’s getting hard for me to focus on my actual job.” “That is definitely a...
FEELING BURNED OUT? Sometimes burnout is the result of a toxic work environment or a bad boss. Sometimes employees do it to themselves. The Careers in Government blog recently published a post of mine on this very topic. Click here to read about three things you can...
FAST, NOT FURIOUS By the time I got through security at the airport earlier this week, my flight was already boarding. I walked quickly down the corridor, as fast as I could without actually breaking into a trot. Meanwhile, a tall man to my right ambled along...
How to Avoid an Emotional Hijacking “You’re just so damn calm!” the man yelled at me over the phone. “It’s like you don’t even care!” My jaw almost hit the floor. Me? Calm? TOO calm!? In the present circumstance, I was feeling a whirlpool of turbulent emotions....
You Are Not What You Say You Are What are you hiding? If you’re willing to sit a moment with the question, you’ll probably come up with a list of things you’d really rather not acknowledge, let alone discuss. Maybe it’s a health issue. Or maybe you never...