Category Archives: Interpersonal Communication

A Refreshing Approach to “Onboarding”

A staff writer at the Washington Post, Karen DeYoung, wrote a story in late November about an initial meeting between President-elect Obama and Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  We write here not to make a political comment about either of these individuals, but to praise the meeting methodology reported [...]

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When the Roles are Reversed

There were eight of them at the front of the room, seated in a table arrangement that resembled a half-round.  They were all “Millennials,” members of the mostly 20-something generation now entering the work force.   They were completing a summer of interning at a Fortune 300 corporation, where they had engaged in a variety of [...]

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