We are all disrespectful sometimes.

I am disrespectful sometimes.

I try not to be disrespectful.  Respect is enormously important to me – but it sometimes happens.

It occurs because we are all different. What I find “normal”, another person finds disrespectful.

An example is getting the bill after eating in a restaurant. In the Netherlands, where I am from, […]

This week I read an article in the New York Times that made me laugh. In the article Marilyn Katzman – a communication expert- discusses the use of jargon and clichés in the workplace.

I especially like this part:

My efforts to look intelligent – OK, my bluffs – were only to continue. I learned fairly quickly […]

One thing that I learned quickly after arriving in the United States is that’s better for my husband to watch football by himself. I just don’t seem to get all the rules.

But that doesn’t mean that I’m not interested in some of the leadership lessons of the football coaches.

Today, Jim Harbaugh will have his first […]