The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do anything is getting them to hear you out. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stress-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can’t break through emotional barricades. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and …
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Hand & Associates: You received your post graduate residency in psychiatry at UCLA, went on to teach at UCLA’s internationally renowned Neuropsychiatric Institute for more than twenty years, became a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and was named one of America’s Top Psychiatrists for 2004-2005 and again in 2009 by Washington, D.C. How and …
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Gene Boccialetti As anyone might infer from my last name, I’m a product of an immigrant Italian family. All four of my grandparents arrived at Ellis Island from Italy between 1910 and 1915. My paternal grandparents came from the north of the country, the Marche region. My maternal side came from Naples escaping cholera, poverty …
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To succeed in upper management, consider walking in the shoes of your lower-level workers. Scott Moorehead, Carolyn Kibler and Don Fertman did exactly that at different stages of their careers. They gleaned potent insights that made them more effective leaders and authentic communicators. Such lessons could hasten your advancement, too. Facing increased turnover during the …
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Coaches Corner/Jane Cruz I grew up and began my career in the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Los Angeles to take a job at Universal Studios. That move exceeded my wildest dreams and reflects what has been a fairly consistent theme in my life. The daughter of Portuguese immigrants, I was the first …
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Forbes announced major news in the $135 billion worldwide corporate training industry this week: after four years of budget cuts, spending increased on corporate L&D increased by 9.5% last year. This is a major uptick shift in corporate HR spending. Companies now realize that they simply cannot find the skills they need in the workforce …
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