When we were young, my sisters and I would roll our eyes as we were forced to hear my father recite one of his favorite aphorisms: accidents don’t just happen; they are caused. These lectures were generally preceded by incidents we described as accidents. As a man of...
Once upon a time, colleges and universities were the place to explore and express new ideas, and to have vigorous debate and discourse, often about highly polarizing issues that included abortion, war, civil rights, and religion. There was intensity and passion,...
By Leia O’Connell, MSW Contributor, Career Coach Fresh out of college (many years ago), I remember starting my first real job search with little to no guidance. The basics of how to use a job search engine were obvious, but I did not truly understand the mechanics of...
Bella, a fifth grader fighting a life-threatening blood disorder, was paired with the Denver University Division 1 women's volleyball team as part of Team Impact. She was given a locker and helped out at practices. Because of her illness, she has to wear hearing...
Multitasking gets a bum rap. Conventional wisdom is now claiming that multi-tasking is a bad thing. That you really can’t concentrate on more than one thing at a time. I’m here to tell you that… They are right. Partially. I fully agree that multitasking has its...
Every one of us can choose our attitude and it’s often self-fulfilling - the way we think about a situation can change the way we experience it. It could be the difference between you getting, keeping or losing your job and finding a fulfilling career. And it does...
Hazardous wastes constitute only a small segment of the entire waste produce of our nation. At the same time, it’s truly important for us to remove hazardous wastes in a proper way so as to keep all environmental and human health concerns at bay. It’s necessary for...
As most of us know well, England voted and chose to leave the European Union in what became known as “Brexit”. An immediate reaction to that decision was an immediate and significant decline in the financial markets around the world. Yet, in just the few weeks...
When I tell my story about recruiting women for high-level government jobs back in the 1970s, I often hear - from younger women - that they had no idea the hurdles we had to overcome to strive for equality for women in the workplace. I grew up in a world these young...