Employing Only a Handful

What’s it like from the employer’s perspective to have a smaller number of staff members?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 20, 2013business, employees, hiring, management, relationships Comments

How I Got over Being Shy

Have you overcome shyness? If so, what did you do?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 19, 2013business, goals, health, introversion, introvert, relationships, shyness Comments

Why Facebook Makes You Look Unstable

Another reason I feel Facebook-wary: It makes people appear highly emotionally unstable.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 16, 2013relationships, social media Comments

Women against Women

Women particularly target their aggression at other women.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 14, 2013feminism, relationships, women Comments

Yahoo! and Working from Home

Still people ask my opinion as a woman and as a CEO about the Yahoo! policy against working from home.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 13, 2013business, employees, feminism, hiring, management, women Comments

Triggers

Triggers generate unconscious reactions—even unwelcome ones.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 10, 2013 Comments

Past, Present, Future

We’ve all met the guy who still lives the glory days of high school.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 8, 2013happiness, health Comments

Reviews: Books on Introverts

For introverts, Cain and Laney's books will prove highly reassuring and validating. They're must-reads.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 6, 2013business, health, introversion, introvert, relationships Comments

Am I a Feminist?

What happened to the word “feminist?”

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 4, 2013feminism, relationships, women Comments

Team Sports

The character-building of team sports, the thinking goes, translates into current and future family and academic and career roles.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthMarch 3, 2013childhood, exercise, fitness, health Comments

Sunny Attitudes in Dark Times

People need sunny when everything else seems dark.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 28, 2013advertising, business, management, marketing, relationships Comments

Management: I Walk the Line

Two assertions highlight a difficult balance for managers: Letting people take charge of their work and giving them enough direction and guidance to ensure they can excel.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 26, 2013business, employees, hiring, management Comments

Last Meal

What would you eat as your last meal?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 24, 2013diet, food Comments

Learning to Love Exercise

How did I get from forcing my body into exertion to excitedly pushing my physical limits?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 23, 2013boxing, diet, exercise, fitness, health, running Comments

I Shouldn't Laugh, But...

What makes you laugh the hardest?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 20, 2013 Comments

The Benefits of Working in Smaller Companies

Small companies have distinct benefits for employees.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 19, 2013business, employees, hiring Comments

Grandparents are Wasted on the Young

Children’s worlds revolve around themselves. Parents and grandparents exist to serve the child—at least, so the child feels.

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 17, 2013childhood, family, relationships Comments

Choosing Fame

If I could wake up famous tomorrow, what discipline of fame would I choose?

ThinkingLeslie FarnsworthFebruary 14, 2013 Comments