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Jul 10 2023

Is “Toxic Positivity” masking your true feelings? – Mary T. O’Sullivan

by Mary T. O'Sullivan, MSOL, business leadership writer “The best way over, is through.” Robert Frost There’s a new term ...
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Jul 3 2023

The American Experiment: The Result of Good and Bad Leadership – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan ‘One of the most significant [examples of patriotism] comes from this country’s founding era, when small ...
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Jun 26 2023

What I learned about Leadership from playing Pickleball – Mary T. O’Sullivan

by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business leadership “… you don’t become masterful at living and leading just ...
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Jun 12 2023

Red Herrings, another topic left out as a learning tool – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “If you're defending a lie, you can only defend it with obfuscations and other lies. You ...
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Jun 5 2023

The reality of retaliation in the workplace – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.” ...
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May 29 2023

The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, ...
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May 22 2023

Learning to say “NO” doesn’t make you a bad person – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.”– ...
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May 15 2023

The perils of working in a family-owned business – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The employment of relatives in the same area of an organization can cause serious conflicts ...
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May 8 2023

Ageism, another way to discriminate – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.” ...
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Apr 17 2023

There’s no escaping toxic environments – Mary T. O’Sullivan

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business leadership  “Gallup research indicates that there’s approximately $500 billion in lost ...