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Fear of holding hands: collaborative consulting
Consultants can choose from among three main approaches to their work, whether internal to an organization or externally hired. Edgar...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Sep 28, 20122 min read


Express yourself – just don’t scream!
Do you work in a place where bosses and employees flare up and yell at each other when conflicts arise? Or are you in the type of...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Aug 30, 20122 min read


The Bold and the Beautiful – Helen Gurley Brown as communication pioneer
She was one of “us,” as a journalist, advertising copywriter and executive, publisher, innovator, at a time when women’s voices in...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Aug 21, 20121 min read


Workplace Engagement Requires Mutual Respect and Trust
With the premise that no worker-boss relationship can be truly equal, Forbes contributor Meghan M. Biro offers five behaviors leaders can...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Jun 6, 20121 min read


Creating harmony requires rest
In music, as in life, the rests are just as important as the notes. Together, they create harmony, masterpieces. If you are in between...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
May 21, 20121 min read


Clara Barton – Pioneer, Humanitarian, Unstoppable
Clara Barton circa 1865 by Mathew Brady, Washington, D.C. There are at least two major centennial celebrations in the Washington DC area...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
May 8, 20122 min read


Mike Wallace: the PR pro’s nemesis and teacher
Crisis communicators honed their skills and established their reputations by how well they could handle a Mike Wallace type of media...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Apr 30, 20121 min read


Creative thoughts about… creativity
Do you think of yourself as not a creative type? Many business people don’t see themselves that way. However, some researchers believe...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Apr 20, 20121 min read
Reg Gilliam: Friend and mentor, champion of doing the right thing
Reginald E. Gilliam, Jr., a trailblazing lobbyist, commissioner of the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission during the Carter...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Apr 12, 20121 min read


Women Matter 2012: Making the Breakthrough
Since 2007, McKinsey & Company’s Women Matter research has been making the business case for increasing the number of women in senior...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Apr 10, 20121 min read


I just need some space!
The proliferation of social media and all the many technology tools we have are mostly designed to make us more productive – in our...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Apr 6, 20122 min read


Celebrating 100 Years of Cherry Blossoms in Washington
As the nation of Japan somberly contemplates where they stand one year from the tsunami and earthquake last March, this great country and...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Mar 23, 20121 min read
Congratulations PR Week Award Winners!
Business and communication professionals can find inspiration for your next campaign, solution to a pressing problem, courage for a...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Mar 20, 20121 min read


Occupy Wall Street and CSR – a new era
DW Simon Survey Results DS Simon Releases The Occupy Wall Street Survey “Occupy Wall Street” has dramatically increased the importance of...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Mar 15, 20122 min read


Sit Ups and Slurs
NBA star Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks has hit the big time, and we know it because companies are falling all over themselves to...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Mar 5, 20122 min read


When sorry is the hardest word… turn to the experts
Ben & Jerry’s isn’t just a great ice cream maker; the company seems to be a fabulous newsmaker, too. Their latest headlines were made...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Feb 28, 20122 min read


You Can Go Farther
Seek new horizons. Once upon a time, we believed the world was flat – that beyond a certain point, there would be nowhere to go. And...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Feb 20, 20121 min read


Mean girls grow into mean bosses… stop the cycle!
With all the current – and appropriately intense – attention being paid to bullying (in schools, in the workplace), Selena Rezvani’s...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Feb 12, 20122 min read


Causes and You
A few short weeks into this new year, and corporate crises already have started to make news. PR pundits are analyzing the Carnival...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Jan 24, 20122 min read


Resolution Solution
So it’s ten days into the new year… how are you doing with your resolutions? According to a survey onducted by time management experts...

Jaya Koilpillai Bohlmann
Jan 10, 20122 min read
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