Category Archives: Reading
Disruptive Employees & Weak Leadership
As a manager, I don’t know how to handle three staff members who have no respect for authority. These young women feel entitled to speak their mind, use profanity and tell their superiors what to do. They apparently believe they … Continue reading
One Check Away…
Years ago, I remember reading American Project: The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto by Sudhir Venkatesh The book recently called to me (yes, I believe books pick you, not the other way around). I pulled it off my academic … Continue reading
Inspiring the Souls of the Incarcerated
Ms. Giddens’s visit — which included leading an afternoon workshop with inmates and performing an evening concert for them — was organized through Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections program, which sponsors educational outreach at Sing Sing, helping participating inmates learn to … Continue reading
Honor the empty seat
Originally posted on Real Life of an MSW:
“Loneliness is the most difficult when we are surrounded by people. It is ourselves we are missing?”- calendar page Under the best of circumstances, holidays can be hard for families. Do you…
A Good Career Without the Debt
I recently reflected on my post Good Career Without the Debt, after a client and asked if I thought they had white collar internships. I assured him they did, and I thought back on a the article Earn and learn: Apprenticeships aren’t … Continue reading