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Q: I know that I can’t survive without email but I feel like my email controls me and it’s a constant game of whack-a-mole to stay afloat. What can I do to reduce my inbox insanity? A. We humans send well over 100 trillion emails a year. No, that isn’t a made-up number to emphasize [...]
If you’re a small business owner, chances are you don’t know what you’re doing at least part of the time. Running a successful venture calls on so many different skills that it’s pretty much impossible to be a virtuoso at them all. If you feel lost from time to time, take heart: Nearly nine in [...]
Grant Greenberg, PR and communications manager for workspace/business center giant Regus, works under a Miami-based CEO, a global PR chief based in England and a marketing chief who lives in Boulder but is based in Dallas. The 11 individuals he supervises – a social media manager, a freelance writer/consultant and nine staffers divided between two [...]
Q. I had a New Year’s resolution but I seem to have misplaced it. How to I get it back and make sure I don’t lose it again? A. Typically, washed up New Year’s resolutions go unfulfilled for two reasons: We put too much pressure on how we might feel many months from now. We [...]
Q. I run a small printing and graphics design business where three generations work for me. Some ongoing clashes seem to stem from generational differences, and I’m not sure how to handle that, as a business leader. Any practical suggestions? A. There’s been a great deal written in recent years about the different generations and [...]
Marilyn T. Smith, 64, hadn’t taken a personality test in decades. But she used them to learn more about herself when she sought career counseling from the Boston-based New Directions five years ago. A longtime employee of Hanover Insurance Group, she was tapped to help sell off the firm’s life insurance division. At the end [...]
Q: I can’t seem to focus on anything for more than a few seconds before my brain is taking me everywhere but the project I want to work on. How do I get my focus back? A. We all have random thoughts flying around our brains like witches on broomsticks. If only we could focus! [...]
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Q. I’m 51 with two kids (one in middle school, one in high school). I love my work, but I’m finding that balancing my family’s needs now that the kids are older is even more challenging than when they were little. I have a high-level role at a Fortune 100 company where it’s not acceptable [...]
You’ve always dreamed of working from home – the freedom, the flexibility, the comfy, comfy shoes. And it would seem you’re not alone: A record 4.2 million Americans now work from home at least one day a week, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Thanks to advances in technology and shifts in [...]