by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
I believe that life is full of happy accidents – times when our best plans go awry but we end up in a good, or even excellent, place anyway. For me, meeting my husband is probably the happiest and most unintended event in my life. For Minnesota-based 3M, the...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
I’m feeling Shakespearean. Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) In this speech, Juliet is essentially pooh-poohing the importance of names. She’s...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
The reality of work is that stress often accompanies it. Although some degree of stress can be motivational and inspire us to complete tasks, in extremes, there is a definite dark side. Excessive amounts of stress can adversely impact three areas of work and...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
What are your plans for this year? When December 31st rolls around, what will you have accomplished personally and professionally? Stephen Covey wrote some classic business books in the early 90’s, and many of his tenets are as true in today’s work world as they were...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Do you find yourself saying the same – or similar – things over and over in email? Do you dig through old emails to find that great response you sent so-and-so last month? Templates are time-saving tools where you save and recycle verbiage for future use. When I am...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
You’ve seen them, emailed them, downloaded them, and printed them – PDFs that is. PDF stands for “Portable Document Format” and PDFs are the standard way of transmitting files across different hardware, software, and operating systems. A PDF is a great way to send a...
