Last week I conducted several discrimination prevention trainings. Since it has been on my mind, it seemed like a good time to write a blog about it. Discrimination prevention begins with supervisor training. Training your supervisors is important because the hardest...
Year: 2012
Lessons from Perry Mason
I am not a big TV person but I was happy to recently learn that the old reruns of the Perry Mason show are on a channel called Me TV. I loved Perry Mason when I was a kid. I actually credit Perry with my ultimate job as a lawyer. Perry Mason was my hero. What can we...
Happiness Brings Success and Don’t Let the Birds Overhead Make A Nest in Your Hair
I am reading a fascinating book and have to share. The book is The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. Achor has an intriguing principal about happiness and success that is backed up by loads of research. Traditionally we have been told that if you work hard you will...
Are Lawyers Getting Nicer? How I Got into A Fist Fight in Court When I was A Baby Lawyer
During a recent arbitration, while on a break, the court reporter made an interesting comment to me. She said she was in a deposition and she had to ask the lawyers to speak up. I was intrigued about the concept of lawyers needing a prompt to speak up, so I asked her...
Why Do You Think My E-mails Are BAD?
My partner Charles told me yesterday that he is tired of people asking him about my emails. “What, I ask him, does that mean?” “Well, he said they want to know if you are mad.” Oops, are my emails that bad? Why do people think I am mad when I send an email? Is it...
We Have Come A Long Way Baby
Sometimes we forget that the world has made progress in the matter of discrimination. Consider gender discrimination, i.e. being treated differently because you are a woman or a man. In the New York Times, on Sunday, March 18, 2012, there was a front page article on...
Interviewing is Painful: Tips for Interviewing and Being Interviewed
I recently interviewed for a new secretary. It made me think about how painful interviewing is for both the interviewer and the interviewee. The interviewer, Me, doesn’t want to make a mistake and hire the wrong person. It has to be someone who can do the job, get...
Why is it so hard to be upfront
I am writing this blog article to share a recent experience. There is an individual in my office that many times drives me crazy. I felt like she never listened to my concerns and didn’t take me seriously. Every time I had a conversation with her my blood pressure...
Do Not Copy Steve Jobs’ Management Style
I recently read the biography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537#reader_B004W2UBYW I didn’t know much about Jobs and I found the book fascinating. I loved the way Jobs was totally focused on creating...
Why is it that sometimes we just feel like a grump?
I am asking this question because I woke up today in a grumpy mood. Why? Who knows. I certainly don’t. Why is it that sometimes we just feel like a grump? I can hear my Mother saying, “If you complain because you don’t have shoes, think about the people who don’t have...