"A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it."
Ida Tarbell

...Ida Tarbell’s father was a small oil refinery owner and she grew up listening to his stories of how people like Rockefeller were trying to put the small oil companies out of business. From this experience, she became an activist and her book, The History of Standard Oil (1904) was one of the first works to bring down a major American corporation (Mark Twain was her mentor and encouraged her investigative journalism) .
...As the year draws to a close I always get in a reflective mood and take a look at what I am doing and why I am doing it! I guess I share the same kind of passion Ida Tarbell had for the protection of the underdog. I began my interest in gender communication in the early 70s with issues like gender equity and the elimination of discrimination both at home and work as the underlying motivation. My interest, consulting, speaking, research and writing still consume this goal. I suppose for the last 30 years I resonate with Ida’s claim that once you get hold of a subject you care about, you are not easily detached from it.

Heads Up!
Look for Audrey’s article in the October Colorado Human Resource Association newsletter “Ouch! That Hurts: Dealing with Difficult People”

Business Altitudes Magazine January 2007 issue of the Denver Metro Chamber will feature an article by Audrey “Your Generation or Mine: Managing the Generation Mix.” It addresses the primary four-generation mixes that compose the workforce: Silent, Baby-boomer, Generation X and Generation Y. Learn their key characteristics, what matters to them and how to work with them.