Featured Blog Posts – December 2010 Archive (4)

Merry Xmas

Hi All, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your families. Wish you all a safe and Happy Holiday season. Working through the silly season here in Sydney. To those on duty stay vigil stay, stay safe. Chris

Added by Chris Walker on December 24, 2010 at 5:11am — No Comments

Charisma: Does Measuring It Make It Valid?

Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus assert in “Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge,” that “charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.” A recent report on the measurability of charisma co-authored by Kenneth Levine, Communications Studies Professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, suggests that traits like: empathy, good listening skills, eye contact, enthusiasm, self-confidence and skillful speaking are measurable by social scientists. After surveying… Continue

Added by Edward Brown on December 13, 2010 at 4:42am — No Comments

But Judge

Traffic court is fun. It's like a box of chocolates. You never know what your gonna get. (She nods to Forrest Gump). But before you get to the courtroom there has to be a ticket, and before the ticket is the alleged violation.

So flash back to about six weeks before court. I'm driving around town in my mobile crime fighting platform, minding my own…

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Added by Cheryl Pettigrew on December 9, 2010 at 9:51am — 1 Comment

GOOD COP - BAD COP

We used to have a night club out on the beach that had a real party atmosphere. All the young people and some old people who were on good medication would go to drink and dance.

In fact it is the…

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Added by Cheryl Pettigrew on December 3, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments