Christmas party

<p>With two different holiday parties to attend this past weekend, I got to thinking about the party I wasn’t invited to this season.</p> <p>I was sacked the week before my company held their annual holiday soiree. To be honest, my days of delighting in corporate parties -- or embarrassing myself at them -- are behind me. There’s something about not remembering how I found my way home that I’ve outgrown. But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to be invited.</p> <p>It’s like being the kid in the class who didn’t get invited to the cool kid’s birthday party. Even if you didn’t especially like that cool kid, no way did you want to be the one left out.</p> <p>Everyone knows school is a powerful social setting for kids and teenagers. So is work for grown-ups. We might think we work for a paycheck, or to feel a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment, but how many of us talk about the people we work with as ranking high on our workplace checklist? Read More »