I Hope I’m Not being Bias About Biases

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” -Mark Twain- I don’t know about you, but early on in my career the subject of bias was rarely if ever discussed.  Now, I hear about

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7 Ways to Turn Worry into Excitement to Get More Things Done

“The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.” -Barbara Brown Taylor- Everybody worries sometimes. Right now, you’ve probably even got a few worries on your mind. You might be thinking about a relationship or a situation at work, causing

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4 Ways You Can Overcome Self-Doubt

Inaction breeds doubt and fear.  Action breeds confidence and courage. -Dale Carnegie- Another opportunity is here to present a topic that is essential in the field of investigating, auditing, and definitely interviewing.  Any topic I address is targeted at our work life, but the applicability of this

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What Is A Decision?

There are those that contend, that in its simplest form, life is a series of choices. This is certainly, in some sense, true. Except that it’s not that simple, because life itself is not that simple. The complexity of life or, rather, living a life, means that

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Decision Making Skills

If you are in the business of doing interviews in investigations, audits, inspections, compliance, or the human resources arena decision making is a foundational part of your profession.  However, the skill-set of well-thought-out decisions based on empirical evidence seems to be waning.  All too often we see

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Training For Change – April 2014

It is such a blessing to be able to get out and provide training that generates results as soon as the attendee returns to the field. We know that research specifically identifies that employees that receive refresher training in interviewing are significantly more effective than their peers

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