Crucial Conversations for Women in Business

  Justin Hale, IAAP Summit 2016 Speaker Sessions during IAAP Summit 2016 include: Crucial Conversations  (7.25, 10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.) Crucial Conversations  (7.26, 1:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.) Crucial Conversations for Women in Business A few years ago we did a study finding that the most difficult issue for women in the workplace to discuss…

When “Start” Begins to Creep into Your Writing

  by Barbara McNichol Editor of Word Trippers Do you have a habit of frequently starting a sentence with the word “start” or “begin”? Recently, in a 5,000-word document I edited, those two words appeared 14 times, while only five were deemed necessary. To be more direct with your writing, skip the “start” part and remember…

Leading Up: Getting Your Idea Through

by Chip Lutz, CSP Leading Up When you’ve put your heart and soul into an initiative, you can’t help but feel some personal gratification when it comes to fruition (even if you don’t get the credit). Not getting credit!? What’s that about? When something is for the good of the team and/or the organization, it…