10 Soft Skills Essential for Thriving in the AI Era                                  “While we do not know the full effect or the precises rate at which AI will change our business–or how it will affect society at large–we are completely convinced →

  Thrive in 2024: Be Polished. Be Prepared. Be Powerful.   Polish: Improve, refine, or add the finishing touches to. Power: Ability to act or produce an effect. Presence: A noteworthy quality of poise and effectiveness.     Countless opportunities have been lost for well-qualified individuals simply because they have not paid attention to their →

The Art of Holiday Tipping in 2023                               Who to Tip, What to Tip, and How to Tip   The holiday season is the traditional time of year when we express gratitude towards those who help to make our lives easier and →

Be a Polished Professional at the Office   “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”    -      Steve Jobs   The same thoughtfulness you extend to your family and friends should be extended to those with whom you come into contact at the office. →

 Tennis Etiquette: Modern-Day Manners for Tennis Players   The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are at their worst.                                                   →

  Airplane Etiquette: How to Be a Polite Passenger    “If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.”                                                                                                        -Francis Bacon   Your journey to faraway places and traveling home for the holidays begins the minute you enter an airplane. Make it a pleasant and →

                           Tea & Etiquette with Her Majesty          ”It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.”                                 →

Sportsmanlike Conduct and Networking on the Golf Course “The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman.”                                                               →

Prepared and Poised to Launch a Successful Career    “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”     -Michelangelo   The definitive checklist for everything new college graduates need to know and do to →

How to Make Small Talk and Polite Conversation at Social Events It has been some time since many of us have been to an in-person social event with new people or business colleagues we have not seen for a while.  With that in mind, I wanted to share a past post I wrote that it →