9 surprising “qualities” shared by top executives.
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From the monthly archives:
September 2007
To celebrate the close of summer, I thought I would post an ode to my favorite form of summer dress: Office Inappropriate.
As the warm weather leaves us, jackets replace tank tops, real shoes replace flip-flops, and conservatism replaces poor judgment. Which is too bad, right? Because what fun is conservatism?!
This summer, some of my greatest [...]
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How to Self-Destruct will be available for purchase very, very soon! Like, in a matter of days! (Delivery of the book itself is expected in mid-October.) While we all wait with bated breath for the e-commerce site to go live (Seth G, that’s your cue!), how about finding out what advance readers are saying about [...]
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How to Self-Destruct has a new look, new content, new reviews, new distribution… and it’s on its way!
3,000 advance copies are being printed right now; these will be available exclusively through the Seiden & Associates’ website. (The book will be available in bookstores starting in spring of 2008!)
Over the course of this week, I will [...]
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Today is the sixth anniversary of 9/11.
It was a Tuesday, as it is today, and–I suppose that like most Americans–I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing the moment I learned that an attack was underway. I am still proud of having had the presence of mind to go online and [...]
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if you don’t build a core set of skills [before] moving too quickly from interest to interest [it] can be sort of like falling in love with first gear and wanting to try it out on every make and model car you can find… One day, years from now, when you’re ready to drive 70 mph like all the other cars on the highway, will you kick yourself for never having had the patience to learn how to use the four higher ones?
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I just received my class evaluations back from the negotiations course I taught this last summer semester (at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology). The following comments, from seven of my students, made it back to me. Here’s what they had to say:
“I loved the course! I look forward to using my new skills in [...]
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What is critical thinking?
Critical thinking is thinking that takes you beyond what’s handed to you. It’s more than analyzing someone else’s opinion and deciding to agree or disagree… critical thinking is figuring out what’s *missing* from that person’s argument and showing how a more complete, or how a better, different, or more thorough approach would [...]
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