Difficult Conversations: At Work and At Home

How to talk about difficult topics in an increasingly volatile environment.

Carol Barkes is a trend-setting mediator, business executive and educator specializing in the use of neuroscience to improve business performance, interpersonal communications, negotiation and conflict resolution processes for optimally successful results.
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Dating Etiquette in the Workplace: What You Need to Know

When you are dating your coworker, keep business trips, PDA appropriateness, and superior/subordinate issues in mind.

Diane HamiltonProfessor, Author, and Business Leadership Expert weighs in on this important topic.

Follow these tips and avoid the common pitfalls associated with office romances:

  • Don’t Make People Feel Uncomfortable. I have taught more than 1000 business courses, and many are HR-based.  Workplace romance is more common than most people think.  It might surprise you to know that many workplace romances include top-level people.  Recent research published by SHRM showed that nearly 40% were owners and executives. What is interesting is that 1 in 5 workers responded that they have observed relationships at work that they consider inappropriate.

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What Employers Want From New Graduates Might Surprise You

Available: Dr. Diane Hamilton, author of “It’s Not You… It’s Your Personality: Skills to Survive and Thrive in the Modern Workplace” and “How to Reinvent Your Career: Make More Money Doing What You Love.”

Dr. Hamilton Can Say:

·         Book knowledge is great, but can only get you so far. A recent study showed 75% of newly hired executives are having trouble with interpersonal skills (the ability to build relationships, collaborate, and influence others).  

·         What employers think they want is not what they really want. People are hired for their knowledge and fired for their behavior.  After two years Continue reading “What Employers Want From New Graduates Might Surprise You”

Make Money Doing What You Love: 5 Steps To Career Reinvention

If you have lost your job or are in a career that you dislike, there is hope. In the book How to Reinvent Your Career: Make Money Doing What You Love, you’ll find out how to rediscover yourself and manifest the career of your dreams.

Dr. Diane Hamilton, can say:
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The Truth About Financing a Small Business. (I Did it with $300)

Geeta Nadkarni helps coaches and infopreneurs to explode their businesses.

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The Truth About Financing a Small Business. (I Did it with $300)

What Nadkarni can say in an interview:

  • I launched my business with $300 in my bank account knowing my husband was going to lose his job and was about to lose the one income sustaining our family
  • Six months later we were making 6 figures and my spouse retired from his 9 to 5 job.

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