Beth Terry | September 30, 2007
Looking back across five decades, the synchronicity of life comes into full focus. On a small, short-term scale, events seem to have one meaning. Through the lens of decades, the necessity for that trauma, this drama, this experience, the heart-wrenching decisions, all comes clear.
I think about my career. I was accused often of not being […]
Beth Terry | September 28, 2007
Interviewing requires a balance of intuition, psychology, leadership, common sense, and luck. We need to think like a detective to determine not only if the person is a fit, but also figure out what they may not be telling us.
Before you advertise for the position, make sure you know what job you are filling. […]
Beth Terry | September 23, 2007
I’ve often wondered if I could be taught to sing in perfect pitch. Speaking I can do, singing has eluded me. I’ve taken lessons, and mercifully, none of my music teachers caused me bodily harm. But they were unanimously relieved when I decided to focus instead on speaking.
I have found my answer: perfect pitch is […]
Beth Terry | September 21, 2007
Employment of humans is tricky business. An interview is like dating. We need to be a detective, psychologist, analyst, motivator, and entrepreneur. In short, an all-around sleuth. Here’s a question I just got from a reader. Today I’ll handle the “What now?” Next week I’ll handle “How do I do this better next time?”
“Beth: I […]
Beth Terry | September 16, 2007
He came up to me chuckling at my “faux pas” as a speaker. I had called the chart on my easel a “Flip Chart.” He told me that he had always called it that, too, until a Professional Diversity Speaker had informed him that persons of Filipino heritage are grossly insulted by the term.
Sigh.
I told […]
Beth Terry | September 15, 2007
So often we try and solve problems for all the right reasons and with good intentions and don’t notice we are causing new problems with our solution!
I think about Hale’iwa, the beautiful, historical, and quaint little surf town on the North Shore of the Island of Oahu in Hawaii. (Pronounced Hah lay EE Vah)
Hippies, surfers […]
Beth Terry | September 13, 2007
They are the great connectors. Before radio, before TV, before the internet. Even before the mail service. . . Nomads have been connecting the world.
Nomads don’t sit still; don’t just try and do business in their own back yards. From time immemorial there have been traders, sales people, purveyors and conveyors of goods and […]
Beth Terry | September 9, 2007
I read an article long ago that said each of us has ‘tones’ that resonate with us, and not necessarily with others. The tones might be related to what we heard as we were carried around in our mother’s womb. Or they could be related to warm and wonderful events during our childhood.
Each of us […]
Beth Terry | September 7, 2007
You are the owner of your future, and like all business owners, it’s important to have a plan. Solid plans come from wrestling with yourself and asking the right questions. The answers lie inside you. Give yourself the gift of time to find them.
For almost two decades I’ve used and shared a simple program to […]
Beth Terry | September 5, 2007
We have four, maybe five, generations in the workplace right now. Five if you count the teens in part-time jobs. Generations used to be 19-20 years apart, but the defining moments in a generations’ late teens, early twenties seem to be the real delineators.
I’ve given up figuring out the exact nicknames for each. Seems we […]
The way I see it, Cactus is the most resilient plant in the desert. If you find yourself stuck out on the desert and you can get past the thorns, its fruit will save your life. The same goes for us human critters. If we can get past the thorns of our own life, what we find in our core will save us and sustain us.
