Blog: Discussions on Mentoring and Management

SHARE Your Talents: Why does community based learning matter anyway?

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It’s Fall. For those of us on a Los Angeles university campus, this means midterm exams, switching over from sandals to boots, conference paper deadlines,…

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Why Mentoring Relationships Can Fail or Succeed

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It is almost midterm exam season again so I have being thinking a lot about success strategies and failure. In particular, why do mentoring relationships…

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Guest Blog for Career CoPilot

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Many thanks to Dan Keller of www.careercopilot.com for graciously allowing me to guest post. This is a great site full of terrific career advice –…

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Organizational behavior Olympics

If the Olympic Village Had a House Mom…

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The 2012 Olympics are playing out in London and the results thus far have been thrilling. As an audience we are given in-depth access the…

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Webisodes: The Mentoring Programs Start-Ups of the Entertainment World

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In the corporate world organizational structure is a mapped out and mentoring programs are a thing. Employees are broken up into departments and assigned specialist…

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The Evolution of Casual Dress Friday

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Back before I fell in love with organizational behavior, mentoring and success strategies, I worked in a corporate office for a short time. The company…

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Organization Behavior and Television MashUps

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In September of last year my post What Do You Need From Work touched a nerve with readers generating more than 200 responses! You showed…

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BEST LESSON I EVER RECEIVED FROM A MENTOR: YOU MUST ASK TO GET

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Yesterday, I experienced a corporate miracle. Priceline.com made an exception to their no refund policy and issued me a refund. I was so gratified by…

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“Feed the Hungry” Program with Local Elementary Students

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Here’s an article that I was featured in recently from LMU/LA! CBA Management Professor Ellen Ensher recently organized a joint LMU/Westside Neighborhood School social justice…

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The Avengers and Team Development: 3 Valuable Ideas

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The Avengers and Team Development: 3 valuable Ideas Ellen A. Ensher, Ph.D. aka Professor Couch Potato Last night I went to see The Avengers. This…

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Everything You Need to Know about Presenting You can Learn from Shark Tank!

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Everything You Need to Know about Presenting You Can Learn from Watching Reality TV’s Shark Tank! Spring is in the air which means students around…

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What do Mentors Really Want from Proteges?: 4 Quick Ideas

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What do Mentors Really Want from their Protégés?: 4 Quick Ideas I get asked “What do mentors really want anyway?” I wish there was a…

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