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Posts:May 2015, Uncategorized
On Giving Back
by Barri Rafferty| May 29, 2015
Last night, I was honored and privileged to receive the John W. Hill award at the annual Big Apple Awards hosted by the New York Chapter of the Public Relation Society of America. It was a humbling experience and a moment to reflect on my career and what is important to me. My role models […]
Winning At Meetings: 7 Tips For Standing Out Without Falling Down
by David Gallagher| May 20, 2015
A lot – perhaps most – of what we learn at work comes by trial and error. Learning the hard way. On the job training. Over lunch with a client not long ago, we discussed the things we wish we had learned earlier in our careers that could have helped us later avoid awkward moments […]
Keep Calm and Carry On
This has been the overriding sentiment conveyed by Conservative central command since last Friday. Media stories in the last two days have claimed that the Tories suspected, a full week before the election, that the final polling numbers would work to their benefit and deliver a victory, but nobody seriously took that for granted. This […]
An Election Night to Remember
by Victoria Barton| May 13, 2015
A number of friends and family asked me why I bother staying up and watching the election results roll in, noting, “Why waste valuable sleeping hours?” For some elections I think their comments might be justified, but for last week’s general election, they were wrong. The evening was dramatic from the get go and it […]
A Modern Labour Fit to Govern
by Jo-ann Robertson| May 13, 2015
The Labour Party should not be surprised at the situation it currently finds itself in. When you have a leader that doesn’t connect with people, a strategy that people don’t understand, and policies that appeal to a minority of the electorate, then another term in opposition should have been (and was by many) expected. But […]