Why not walk and talk?

If you’re like me, you probably sit too much. Well, I do try and move as much as I can, but there are times, particularly in training sessions, when I can’t jump up and down and run around. So do we have alternatives? According to Nilofer Merchant (link to...

A bit of legal English

Translating the German word “Rechtsanwalt” can be a bit tricky. According to the Macmillan Dictionary, “lawyer” is the word used for a trained legal adviser (in the UK and in the US). I find their explanation quite helpful: “In the UK,...

Annual performance reviews

You probably know what yearly performance reviews are. (If you want to learn how to conduct them, take a look here.) What do you think? Are they helpful? Geoffrey James claims that they don’t really improve anything and recommends Adobe’s approach. Instead...