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It’s spring time! Time to dust off the shelves, sweep behind the couch and clean out our...ears? As we build and enhance our networking skills and learn the best ways to find, grow, and keep our business, we need to work on one of the most critical … [Read more...] about Spring Cleaning for Your Ears!

I really enjoy spending time in other countries and have been blessed to be able to do it on a fairly regular basis. If there is one lesson I have learned, however, it is that when traveling international, understanding the customs and culture of the … [Read more...] about Minding Your World Travel Manners

In Thursday's Wall Street Journal there was an interesting article by Christina Binkley titled "Wall Street Women: Dress Code of Silence" about women and workplace fashion. My own work takes me all over the country into companies that range … [Read more...] about It’s Business Casual, Not Barbecue Casual

Today all Starbucks stores gave away free 12-Ounce cups of coffee from 10 a.m. until noon to thank their customers for their patronage. This "coffee break" as they are calling it, is a great way to garner publicity and to show that they are … [Read more...] about Starbucks Gives Back to their Customers

During the times that I have walked through department stores in New York in the last couple of weeks, I have become much more AWARE of the "Cosmetic Connectors." As I hurried through the main lobby, if I so much as made a glimpse of eye … [Read more...] about Cosmetic Counter Carnival

I have a friend in New York who runs THE best catering service in the city! His name is Paul Neuman (not "Cool Hand Luke"...but he is definately a star in his own right!). I know him through a mutual association we belong to and he recently … [Read more...] about Catering to the Customer!