: About Me

In this fast-paced world we live in, all of us know how hard it is to grab and keep another person's attention. I work with people who want to communicate memorable messages powerfully and quickly. My site is www.TotalCommunicationsCoach.com

I've worked for over 18 years as a corporate consultant, providing management and leadership training. My expertise lies in human relations training. The classes I teach deal with strategic interviewing, assertiveness, presentation skills, team building, leadership, giving and receiving feedback, dealing with difficult people and business etiquette.

My book, Strategic Interviewing: Skills for Savvy Executives published by Greenwood Press, introduced the concept of strategic interviewing and gave managers tools to uncover the best candidates through the interview process.

My coaching business focuses on communication coaching. The goal is to help people position themselves for leadership in their organization by improving certain human relations skills, including performance review, discipline issues-hiring and firing, delivering public presentations, communicating upward.

My passion is ...

people

My parents always told me ...

I was a very disciplined person.

My childhood ambition ...

Was to be a teacher.

My favorite memory ...

Writing and developing a play we put on in our garage.

Why I write ...

I love the opportunity to create.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Welcome to Higby by Mark Dunn

My first job ...

Employment interviewer

My best moment ...

When I first saw my husband

My inspiration ...

My husband

Business > Human Resources Understanding the realities and dilemmas of office romances

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Now that we no longer have a male-dominated workforce, we are facing new questions and dilemmas. Perhaps the questions are not so new, but they have taken a new turn. In the past, say 15 to 20 years ago, office romance of any kind was considered taboo. Today, however, according to Bixler and Dugan in their book, Five Steps to Professional Presence, there are more office romances than in any other environment. They say office romances are as common as laptops. What we need to do therefore is examine the question, should you or shouldn't you within the framework of risk. Like it or not, any ...

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