by J.M. Lacey | Nov 18, 2024 | Company organization
As a business owner, I am keen on keeping operations uncomplicated. We often hear businesses stress the importance of transparency, but when they conceal their motives or share only partial information, there are times we wonder what they are keeping from us. As...
by J.M. Lacey | Jun 16, 2024 | Communication tactics
As writers, communicators, editors, and word “nerds,” we tend to pick up on words and phrases that are out of place, text that makes us cringe. The figurative red pen in my head is continually moving with replacements, sentence restructure, and other edits that...
by J.M. Lacey | Jun 12, 2024 | Writing
Back in the day, I was a reporter for a local newspaper, and I learned a lot about writing captivating news stories about boring subjects. My conversations with my editor were few and far between because he worked in another office. During the rare occasions he called...
by J.M. Lacey | Jun 2, 2024 | Company organization
A few weeks ago, a friend and I were ecstatic to attend a poetry event and quickly purchased tickets when I found out about it. It was two events that comprised of North and South Carolina poet laureates presenting a panel discussion, followed by a poetry reading...
by J.M. Lacey | May 22, 2024 | Company organization
Picture the scene: you walk into an office’s lobby to conduct business, perhaps pay a utility bill, and you hear loud voices before you open the door. When you open the door, you see employees bickering with one another. The discussion is heated. You hear a door slam,...
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