Do you present a blank face during meetings? Is your body language more akin to a fence post? Are your words less than two syllables when you talk? Then you may be suffering from “surface acting,” a serious occurrence of managing emotions. “According to a new study,

From IAVM President and CEO Vicki Hawarden, CMP: “We had an extremely productive IAVM Board of Directors conference call in October. The board unanimously approved the adoption of a new IAVM membership model, allowing a venue to secure a $3,000 group membership which allows up t

I wrote a blog post the other day about a trait that all successful leaders have. Today, I’ve come across another study that reinforces that trait—namely to know yourself. This time we’re talking about emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the awareness of and

Both female and male workers report higher job satisfaction when they believe a woman has a chance of becoming a chief executive in the organization. That’s according to a new study co-authored by Michigan State University economist Susan Linz. “Promoting gender equality at the

Many of us have a distinct memory of something that may not be the most monumental event in our lives, but somehow it stands out beyond all of the other daily experiences we accumulate. It might be a summer camp memory, sitting around a fire determining the maximum amount of marshmall