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“If I Don’t Drive the Bus…”

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On February 14, 2023

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Litigation Research, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Partnerships, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

I am writing this post on the birthday of one of my former bosses. As the absolute worst boss I ever had, this person will remain nameless. (This being said, many readers will be able to identify my former boss, having heard her use this expression on numerous occasions.) As much as I dislike her, […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On February 14, 2023

Many years ago, too many to consider, an uncle of mine took me for a ride in his Beechcraft Bonanza, V tail and all. I got to ride with him a few times – it was thrilling! One memory I have of flying with him was that the yoke was connected in the middle of […]

Psychologists Don’t Get Cheap Deals in Vegas – Lawyers Can

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On January 24, 2023

Category: Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Business Relationships, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Psychology, Trial Consulting

As a follow up to my previous post about psychologists and lawyers seeing the world differently, one particular distinction between people in these 2 professions is their understanding of statistics, including probability, and the impact of this distinction on the conferences they attend. I’m sure the reader is wondering what statistics and conferences could possibly […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On January 24, 2023

Category: Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Business Relationships, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Psychology, Trial Consulting

I recall how frustrated Jack was to finally find out why no “deals” were forthcoming in Las Vegas. And I recall being surprised that the Vegas “odds makers” went as far as to profile entire professions. But, I suppose calculating the odds is exactly what they do. It is interesting to think about gamblers and […]

Hitting the Ground Running

A Point of View

David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On January 12, 2023

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Research, Mental Health, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting, Work-Life, Workplace Technology

As noted in a prior post, Melissa and I have built in a “vacation” each year during the last 2 weeks of December, returning to work just after January 1. This is, in some part, due to the reality that we cannot do our “real work” of mock juries, etc., in that time period. In […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On January 12, 2023

During our recent vacation, David and I had lunch with childhood friends of mine, both of whom are retired. One of these friends has been retired for several years and the other, for several months. They both extolled the virtues of retirement, which, for them, has provided considerable benefits over their careers, which they spent […]

Making It Up As You Go

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On December 29, 2022

Category: Business Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Jury Research

For no imaginable reason, one of the (heavy) rock and roll stations that Melissa enjoys on Sirius XM Radio has been playing a song by the country star, Blake Shelton. I love the line from the song, “There ain’t no map, there ain’t no plan.” The song appears to be about a romantic breakup, but […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On December 29, 2022

Category: Business Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Jury Consultants, Jury Research

The key to making things up as you go along is acting like you know what you are doing. I have been doing this for as long as I can remember. The first time in my career that I acted like I knew what I was doing, when I actually had no idea about the […]

Things Easy for You Are Real Hard for Me

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On November 1, 2022

Category: Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Common Courtesy, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Jury Consultants, Life Outside of Work, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Partnerships, Small Business Success, Trial Consulting

As anyone who knows me soon realizes, I am not a “normal person.” I never have been and I never will be. My mom used to marvel that, despite the many differences between people my age and me, I had the ability to make, and keep, friends. I have usually been accepted by people who […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On November 1, 2022

I think sometimes about how the life Melissa and I share personally and professionally is built on trade offs of strengths and weaknesses. Long ago, a client/friend remarked “David must be here to carry Melissa’s luggage.” We were attending a conference where she was speaking, and this client/friend had invited her to speak. He was […]

Things Hard for You Are Easy for Me

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On October 25, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Careers, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

Everyone is different from everyone else. Some people find it easy to do certain things, while other people have to work hard to accomplish a particular task, and others can’t do it at all. It just depends. I perform high level work, in a challenging occupation, that most people cannot do, while some people who […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On October 25, 2022

I remember my mother quoting an elderly neighbor, who became a good friend of hers, saying “Mrs. Beach says, isn’t it good we are not all alike, life would be so boring.” Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and it is the combination of peoples’ strengths that move society forward, if not as a whole, in […]

Formality Never Hurts

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 29, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Common Courtesy, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Marketing your Business, Psychology, Small Business Success

In thinking about the job candidates who failed to get out of the starting gate due to their wardrobe choices, I reflected on how formality provides a guide for “good” behavior. Being formal in addressing people with “Ms.,” “Mr.,” “Dr.,” etc. is a good starting place. It is likely you will soon be told to […]

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 29, 2022

Social psychologists have an explanation for most kinds of people’s encounters with others. In the situations to which David refers, one’s self monitoring level is crucial to the impression they make upon others. Self monitoring is defined as the degree to which people regulate the way they present themselves, including their emotions and behaviors, in […]

Dress for the Interview

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 22, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Careers, Employment, Jury Consultants, Litigation Consultants, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Managing Employees, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants, Trial Consulting

Job interviews are something with which Melissa and I have had considerable experience over the last 30 years. We’ve revised our procedures over time, but we have always utilized an in-person interview as a final part of the process. Regardless of the position for which we are interviewing, we, as a professional practice serving a […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 22, 2022

I love people! I really do! I am constantly entertained and surprised by the things people do and say. Never a dull moment, that’s for sure! David’s post was prompted by our most recent job interview, which was of the shortest duration in the history of Magnus. Why? Because the job candidate, a young male, […]

You can go to Wal-Mart, Kmart…

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Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 20, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Life Outside of Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Partnerships, Small Business Success

David and I have different ways of accomplishing the same task. We are frequently engaged in debates about how to perform seemingly simple tasks. When we catch ourselves in the midst of another debate about some mind numbing chore, one of us usually says, “You can go to Walmart, Kmart (sadly, that’s no longer an […]

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 20, 2022

The good news is that it usually lightens the mood when these discussions ensue. Or I should say, it now does. My Dad’s tendency in this regard sometimes got irritating in that he questioned so many trivial items. This includes debating in which parking space I should park when taking him and Mom to dinner […]

Employees Should Cover Each Other

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David H. Fauss, M.S.M.

On September 15, 2022

Category: Business Frustrations, Business Partnerships, Business personalities, Business Relationships, Careers, Common Courtesy, Employment, Getting the Job Done, Getting Through Life and Work, Magnus, Magnus Insights, Magnus Research, Managing Employees, Mental Health, Psychology, Small Business Success, Trial Consultants

This is the 3rd in a series about “covering” or looking out for each other in a work environment. The need to do this is on a top down, down to top, and peer to peer basis. In the immediately prior post, I mentioned an employee who was hostile to another employee. The fact that […]

Another View

Melissa Pigott, Ph.D.

On September 15, 2022

Although it has been over 30 years since I have been an employee, as opposed to an employer, I can recall what it was like to have co-workers and colleagues. The best example I am aware of is my colleague, and now, long time friend, Dr. Susan Broome, who looked out for me in an […]

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