Empowering Potential

Earlier this month I visited a friend and former colleague. She’s a successful leader who recently relocated as part of a cross-country move. Like other thriving professionals, she is motivated, productive, collaborative, and fulfilled. But, if I had to name a single defining … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 6. Have Fun

How do you respond to the idea of doing nothing? Does it feel like a passive state to which you easily default, happily surrendering your efforts to do? Or does it feel like an effort, a list of actions that must be completed before you are able to not do? In either case, doing … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 5. Breathe

  It’s feedback season in COMM-253 at RIT. And every student in the professional communication class is giving and receiving. This is my favorite time of the semester. Seeing honest praise and constructive criticism circulated thoughtfully makes me feel like the … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 3. Share the Gift of Feedback

Sometimes we find ourselves in situations we’d prefer to escape. And we know that we will meet unsavory tasks and painful scenes in the future. While we can’t avoid this, we can change our response. In any situation, the internal story we tell ourselves about what is happening … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 2. Own Your Story

Much to the disappointment of the ambitious, we can’t do it all. So, the best way to set ourselves up for success is to make sure we’re doing the right things at the right time. Being mindful and evaluating our behavior helps us decide what’s most important so we can invest our … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 1. Set Priorities and Adjust Expectations