Dr. Natasha Josefowitz was a professor of management for 30 years and is an internationally-known business consultant and keynote speaker. For ten years she had her own weekly program on public radio and a monthly television segment.
Dr. Josefowitz is the best-selling author and award-winning poet of 21 business and poetry books. Her articles and poems have been published in over a hundred newspapers, journals and magazines.
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — We live in a world where nearly everything is programmed to survive by killing one other. Imported plants take over native species, big fish eat little fish, and big animals prey on smaller ones. Ant colonies war with each other; primates do the same. Within our bodies, […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — I just read something surprising in the August 25, 2013 New York Times Magazine: our genes have a moral sense, unbeknown to our minds! They can reward us when we act unselfishly and punish us when we think of our own needs first. These are the unexpected findings
A key to better health: Be nice! Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Assertion. Is it a skill? Is it an attitude? Are we born assertive? Do we learn it as children? Can we acquire it as adults? Most of the literature on assertion assumes that people are unassertive because they don’t know how to be assertive—they lack the skill.
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In these hard economic times, many of us have had to witness the firing of beloved colleagues. I thought it might be useful to review current employment practices, which are different from what many of us grew accustomed to over the course of our careers. Under California
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz LA JOLLA, California — You have received an invitation to a party. It’s a month away, so you put it aside. There is plenty of time to answer; you have more urgent calls to make. A friend became a grandparent; you meant to send a card but never got to a store
The social importance of positive feedback Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — A few days ago, I was standing at the ticket booth of a theater asking to have a couple of tickets reprinted because my friend had left them in his car. I tried to be funny and said to the ticket seller, “my stupid friend forgot
Jokes, Irony, and Sarcasm Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — One of my friends recently told me she felt she was always searching for something, but didn’t know exactly what she was looking for. She doesn’t have a mission in life, she said, like a passion to paint or write. She has a job she likes, but
Is having a mission or a passion over-rated? Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — I am in the age group that decries new technology. We are not only the un-wired generation, we are now becoming the un-wireless generation. When I had young children, I wished to be married to a pediatrician, now I wish for a computer professional. When my grandchildren
Complaints about technology through the ages Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross wrote of the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. She attributed these to people dealing with their own imminent deaths. The popular media seized these stages and attributed them to people grieving the death of a loved one. This is
Defining the states of grief Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I am often struck by the differences in value systems between the U.S. and the other countries I travel in. Because we can understand each other, live in similar circumstances, have more or less familiar political, organizational, and family systems, we assume we also share a similar
Do people always want to move ‘up’ at work? Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There is a generation of people with older children who may still need some parenting and aging parents who need to be intermittently—or frequently—taken care of. These people are called the “sandwich generation” because they are being pushed by the demands of both the younger and older
Relieving the burden of the sandwich generation Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — If you have just been hired to replace someone who seemed to have had no faults and was well-liked and respected in the company, it may look like an impossible act to follow. But there are strategies for handling succession issues. You do have a challenge ahead of
Taking the place of a well-loved manager Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I often hear from friends who complain about their children who work with them in the family business. I also hear from their children, some of whom are young adults, others are middle-aged, complaining bitterly about over-supervision and a lack of autonomy and trust. One young woman
Parents and Children Working Together Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — When faced with a conflict with someone else, people often do not know how to proceed. Having a method to deal with problems can be helpful. Whether there is a problem at work with an employee or a problem at home with spouse or a child, taking one
Three approaches to solving problems Read More »
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