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Human Interaction: A Skill Nobody Ever Teaches You

May 24th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 2 comments

What’s more important: knowledge, work habits or the way we interact with others?
Recently, one of my clients was creating a project team. Several people volunteered, yet when they found out that Ms. So and So was going to be part of it, they quickly retracted their offers. The project hadn’t even read more...

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Creating Systems for Success, Not to Impress

May 17th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 3 comments

Can you give a great presentation if you have a messy office?
Can you be a fabulous parent with laundry strewn all over the house?
On the one hand, it might seem like you’re too busy doing your “job” to worry about little details like filing or cleaning out the fridge. But after read more...

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Why We’re Weirded-Out by the “L Word”

May 10th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 1 comment

People are weird about love.

Everybody wants to be loved, but nobody wants to talk about it.

We’ll tell a stranger how much we love our iPod.  Yet we find it difficult to look into the eyes of our parent, spouse or child and proclaim the same read more...

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Is Fast Food the New Smoking?

May 4th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 3 comments

If you’re under thirty-five, you probably don’t remember the days when people smoked in meetings.  The image of a bunch of execs puffing away in a conference room seems like something out of an old movie. Your eyes start to water at the mere thought of it.
Yet I remember when, as a 21-year-old, read more...

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