“Trust is the glue of life. It is the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen R. Covey – Welcome to the third in a series of blogs exploring relationships. In the first we looked at building strong
Read more →“Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.” -Corrie ten Boom- Worry gets in to all the crevices of our lives. We worry about our jobs, our kids, our relationships, money, and a million other things every single day. It’s no wonder
Read more →“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
Read more →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
Read more →Good communication is essential across the board in life. Some of these skills and our comfort with them have waned in the wake of COVID-19. The need for effective communication applies at work, but any relationship benefits from well-thought out, executed communication. We also know from the
Read more →Over my career in investigations and auditing, I have witnessed many colleagues and supervisors where passion did not appear to exist. Maybe they were passionate about something, but it got left at the door when it came to their work. Without that passion, I believe we are
Read more →A Great Holiday Exercise “Memory…is the diary that we all carry about with us.” –Oscar Wilde This is a different slant on my ongoing blogs. I urge you to take some time and join me for a while. It’s a personal journey with lasting implications, while at
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