By: Mike Prokopeak
With Thanksgiving upon us, it’s important to remember to trust in the people around you. Both you and your organization will benefit.
For many, the Thanksgiving holiday is a time to enjoy family and give thanks for the joys in their lives. For others, it’s a time to be endured, not enjoyed, peppered by awkward conversation around the dinner table.
In every personal relationship, there’s the equivalent of a trust account, said Stephen M.R. Covey, CEO of training company CoveyLink Worldwide and author of the business best-seller The Speed of Trust.
“Just like a bank account, you grow the account when you make a deposit and you deplete it if you take a withdrawal,” he said. “What’s a

The 1960 presidential debates between Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy were the first nationally televised debates in presidential campaign history. With the advent of television, the debates took on a visual dimension and for the first time, 70 million voters were given the opportunity to not only hear the candidates, but to visually compare them as well. Surprisingly, opinion polls revealed a sharp contrast between the voters who had actually watched the debates on TV versus those who had merely listened to them on the radio.