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Do Women Overuse Exclamation Points?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThey sure do! But a Wall Street Journal article (She’s Not Mad. She’s Just Not Using Exclamation Points) says women are expected to use more exclamation points, and they face a...

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The Psychology of Music

The Psychology of Music Did you know that some psychologists apply the scientific method to music? They have found out many surprising things by doing so. According to Richard Parncutt, Professor of...

Amazon’s Core Product

Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou may never have thought about this but what exactly is Amazon’s core product? Most people would probably say that it’s books? But Wharton business economics and public policy professor Katja...

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Your Interviewer May Be A Robot

The video below is from a Wall Street Journal article, Your Next Job Interview May Be With a Robot. As companies try to save money on hiring, they are using robots to...

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7 Key Active Listening Skills

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEveryone wants to feel that others are listening to them. But, most of us do not learn to listen. We learn to speak. All parents are excited when their children say...

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The Nutty Professor: Pedagogy of Class Humor

This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on BizCommBuzz. The longer I teach, the more I am thankful for my sense of humor. Not only do...

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Spectrum of Sexual Misconduct at Work (SSMW)

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat kinds of behaviors constitute sexual misconduct at work? Kathleen Reardon, professor emerita at USC’s Marshall School of Business, has developed a spectrum of sexual misconduct at work. She writes in...

College Students and Social Media

Who’s Looking at Your Social Media Images?

Recently 72 officers in Philadelphia were placed on desk duty because of social media posts on their personal sites. This brings up a lot of questions, but also lessons we can share with...

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