As many of you know, the State Policy Network Annual Meeting is just around the corner. Those who have attended understand that it’s one of the best free-market networking events of the year.  As such, I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate this month’s Talent Tip to networking.  If you’re like many people, your […]

Have you ever worked your tail off to prepare for something only to have your efforts derailed by technological difficulties beyond your control? That happened to me recently when I presented to a group of up-and-coming fundraisers in the liberty movement. Given the importance of fundraising talent to our nonprofit universe, I spent many hours […]

I’m terrible at break-ups. I once broke up with a long-term boyfriend by refusing to take his calls. No explanation. No note. No text. No smoke signals. I was just done. For some people (apparently me), breaking up is hard to do. The same can be said about letting employees go. Because it’s such a […]

When I ran distance races in high school track, I would often do a (very ungraceful)  tour jeté as I neared the finish line.  As you can imagine, my track coach was very displeased with such shenanigans. But I assured him that my goofiness would never cost me a race. After all, the end was so […]