Breaking into Hospitality

Maybe you’re an accountant who has always secretly envisioned yourself as the sommelier of a five-star restaurant. You could be a stay-at-home mom who harbors sugar-plum visions of becoming a pastry chef. Or maybe you’re a retiree who’d rather spend your golden years behind the table at a big-name casino than on the shuffleboard court. …

Overcoming Negative Talk in the Workplace

Whether you call it venting, kvetching, sounding off, ranting, bloviating, or just plain old complaining, negative talk is a very common human response to stress or adversity. We’ve all done it at one time or another, and sometimes, the catharsis it affords can be just what the doctor ordered. However, what might be a perfectly …