What I want you to do is to go back to how you felt on the first day of your job. You probably felt a mixture of excitement and uncertainty. You would have had an orientation and got to know a lot of exciting things through orientation. One of the topics flashed on the orientation slides would have been ‘Company Values'. You may not even remember this because most likely it meant nothing to you...

My work gives me an opportunity to listen to a lot of good business stories. So naturally, I add those good stories to my story bank by writing the key details and tagging them with the most important point. However, sometimes I come across a business story that makes me want to work with the person that's telling the story. This happens when the incident being narrated exposes the entire fabric...

A few days ago my husband and I went to see a film. Before the movie started he went to buy a small bottle of water. When the cashier told him the bottle of water was $3, he returned the bottle and took back his money. I was aghast ! We had just paid $20 dollars for the movie tickets so $3 was nothing. And this was also the man who never hesitates to spend on holidays. How do you reconcile these...