The Breakup

For all of my insistence on relationship building, let’s face it, there are times when it is time to say good-bye.  That goes for customer/vendor relationships, companies that downsize or need to change personnel for a variety of reasons, pro athletes that get released or traded to other teams, even networking contacts that have outgrown […]

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Words Matter

My company, Kauffman FastTrac, is hosting its quarterly certification event for our new clients today.  During lunch, I had a most interesting chat about the new nature of conversation with a group of folks from academic institutions spanning the globe – their universities are located in places like California, Kansas and Turkey.  Each expressed an […]

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The Roots of the Trees

Go with me on this one.  Apparently, actress Sigourney Weaver is starring in a new television drama, Political Animals, on the USA Network, so she has been interviewed several times over the past few weeks by a variety of journalists.  Today, I heard an interview that she did with Dave Davies on Fresh Air.  During […]

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