Would you rather be cherished or respected?
Earlier this month, I attended a lecture by Dr. Pat Allen, world-renowned relationship expert and the author of Getting to “I Do.” She started her seminar with the following question: …
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New Sexual Harassment Training for the #MeToo Era
The roadmap for managing and preventing workplace harassment is always changing. Now in the wake of the #MeToo movement, all workplace leaders, trainers, and engaged employees demand new, and more …
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Compassion in Action
I was once told that empathy is compassion in action. Compassion is being sympathetic of another person’s pain or circumstance. You understand their pain intellectually; yet it’s not relatable. Empathy is …
What I learned from a Peeping Tom
This weekend I had an encounter with a Peeping Tom. (And, I’d like to add, my goal for this message is to turn this encounter into a leadership lesson.) Last …
How Not to React
Our brains are hardwired to react. A reaction is the automatic response driven by biases, survival and prejudices of the unconscious mind. This sometimes works for animals in the wild …
#Yes I Will Talk: Google Employees Walked, Now It’s Time to Talk (and Take New Action)
(Note: the following article was co-authored by Raye Mitchell Esq. and Alicia Dunams. It has been abbreviated. You can find the entire post here.) On November 1, 2018, over 20,000 …
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Michelle Obama (6 lessons)
This weekend I dove headfirst into Michelle Obama’s memoir “Becoming,” which now, after selling 1.4 million copies in all formats during the first seven days since it hit shelves on …
How Do You Eat an Elephant?
… one conversation at a time. Yesterday, I facilitated a corporate training in Silicon Beach (the Silicon Valley of Los Angeles) on “Addressing the Elephant in the Room.” What’s an …
Alicia Dunams Interviewed on Good Morning LaLa Land
Alicia Dunams, author of I Get To: How Using The Right Words Can Radically Transform Your Life, Relationships and Business, appeared on Good Morning LaLa Land, and shared the power …
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Bestseller in a Weekend featured in the news!
Local Author Fosters Passion With New Book Port Washington resident and founder of both Foster, Inc. and FosterWomen Hayley Foster decided it was finally time to curate all of her …