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The Holiday Gift of No Arguments and How To Pull That Off

We’re entering the season of URPs or UREPs if it helps to remember the “E” for episodes (Unwanted repetitive episodes) in our conversations.  As you may have read in The Secret Handshake and It’s All Politics and in the story … Continue reading

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When Is It The Thought That Counts in Gift Giving? And When Is It Not?

If you’ve traveled on business, you may be familiar with the research I conducted on international gift customs some years ago.  It became the “seminal work” in this area about which travel expert and publisher Fred Hornbruch wrote other references … Continue reading

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Are We Asking The Right Questions About Women Getting Ahead At Work?

The Sunday New York Times front-page story “Wall Street Mothers, Stay-Home Fathers” is a look at how women can make it to the top by engaging in an increasingly popular form of “marrying well” — having a stay-at-home husband. An interesting article, it nonetheless … Continue reading

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Shadow Campus “Masterful Debut Mystery Novel” Writes Forbes’ Dorie Clark

Take a look at Dorie Clark’s Forbes.com thoughts on Shadow Campus here.

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A Few Useful Tips To Avoid Impasse in Negotiation

Negotiation can be pretty rough-and-tumble, as we have been witnessing in Washington the last several weeks, but skillful negotiation isn’t about sending the other side away feeling like a loser.  There is no talent to that and little long-term reward. … Continue reading

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New Facebook Page for Shadow Campus

Yesterday I posted a new author Facebook Page.  Stop by to visit at www.facebook.com/kathleenkelleyreardon and click “Like” if you want to keep up with what is happening with the book and the characters.

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First Book Club Visit for Shadow Campus

The First Book Club Visit for Shadow Campus I should have done a video of this book club visit because it was so enjoyable.  Held in East Greenwich, Rhode Island it is a book club sponsored by the YMCA.  It … Continue reading

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Hand-Raising at Harvard: Will It Help Level The Field?

How does a top business graduate school level the playing field for women? How does it retain female faculty in a culture that the university admits has been unwelcoming to women? If it’s Harvard Business School, it begins to change … Continue reading

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Persuasion: The Lost Art at The Top

My blog, “Why Should We Believe Them This Time?” is on Huffington Post today.  It’s a question that must be in the minds of not only Americans but people around the world trying to assess whether this time our leaders … Continue reading

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Leadership Tutorials for Women

If you’ve stopped by to read the Leadership Tutorials for Women, you can go to that section by clicking “Categories” in the right column of this page and then “Tutorials for Women.”  You’ll find them a lot more quickly that … Continue reading

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