by Jeff Balash | Apr 1, 2023
We all want to make a good, sorry, I meant a GREAT, first impression. We’re also all insecure to varying degrees. So, most people try to impress at the outset. They talk too much. They exaggerate. Some even boast. What they uniformly fail to do is to LISTEN....
by Jeff Balash | Mar 1, 2023
Early in my career I was fortunate to have a terrific position at Avon Products: Director of Export Operations and New Markets. Revenues in today’s dollars would be $400 to $500 million. We sold Avon products to distributors in countries where Avon didn’t have a...
by Jeff Balash | Feb 1, 2023
Our socio-economic-political world has traditionally been focused on the US and Europe. Witness the continued importance of NATO with respect to the Ukraine. However, notice that NATO is now considering including Asian countries as part of this alliance: Australia,...
by Jeff Balash | Jan 9, 2023
The Socratic Method dates from the 5th Century BC. It is, in the words of Wikipedia, a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and...
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