March is Listening Awareness Month according to the International Listening Association. Being a good listener is absolutely essential to being an effective leader. When you really listen, you: Remember names and facts correctly. Hear "between the lines." Show respect. Learn more about what's going on within your workplace. Maintain eye contact. MORE >>

Sometimes as a manager you have to let people go. It's an ugly truth and ideally it won't be a big part of your job, but sooner or later you will encounter a situation where a team member is not working out. Knowing how to handle that MORE >>

Yesterday, as we prepared to go the gym for our morning workout, my wife discovered that she had misplaced her car keys. We searched for ten minutes and finally found them in the car, still in the ignition. Unfortunately, the battery was dead because she was listening to the radio when she left the car the day before. Problem solved. Or worse. MORE >>

Sometimes a single experience, lasting but a few moments, can alter your perspective for the rest of your life. While visiting my mother-in-law in her nursing home, my husband and I met two of her best friends, a couple married 63 years MORE >>

Last week I read a fascinating article from Reuters out of London that reported a panel of 41 scientists from around the world met to discuss the various theories of why the dinosaurs, which had dominated life on Earth for about 100 million years, suddenly became extinct 65 million years ago. Let me state this another way. Post by Dennis E. MORE >>