Three Person-Centered Ways to Show Employees You Care

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Contrary to the heavy presence of pink- and red-hearted merchandising displays, there’s still plenty of time to pick up Valentine’s Day florals and sweets for the ones you love. Thanks to the retail world and marketing opportunists, February 14 never arrives without several reminders to demonstrate affection for “the special people in your life”.   Read more

Add Group Coaching to Your Professional Development Toolbox

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If you’re someone who sees the value in professional development, you already know that there are a lot of ways to go about it. Degrees, certificates, seminars, self study, mentoring, and coaching, among others. Group coursework tends to offer the most value for knowledge transfer, like how to deliver an effective presentation. When it comes Read more

Add Group Coaching to Your Professional Development Toolbox

group exercise class

    If you’re someone who sees the value in professional development, you already know that there are a lot of ways to go about it. Degrees, certificates, seminars, self study, mentoring, and coaching, among others. Group coursework tends to offer the most value when aiming to transfer existing knowledge, like how to deliver an Read more

How to Emerge from the COVID-19 Crisis: A Leader’s Checklist

  The past few months have been at worst tragic, and at best disruptive. But even disruption can be painful. It tangles organized plans, challenges routines, and sabotages efficiencies. It disorients and destroys. And yet, disruption can also be a gift. It engages thought, identifies vulnerabilities, and introduces new possibilities. It provokes reaction and inspires Read more

The Fear of Plummeting from a Cloud Forest (and Updating a Website)

Case, fearless on the zip line course   If you share my fear of heights, you know the dizziness of standing next to a wall of windows several stories above ground. Or the gut-punch of finding yourself dangling atop a stalled Ferris wheel. At best, it’s unsettling. At worst, it’s harrowing. Lately, I’ve experienced this Read more

Struggling to Thrive?

A lot of the challenges that make work and life difficult are caused by factors beyond our control. But not all of them. Sometimes, in our rush for results and focus on fabulosity, we end up making things harder than they need to be.

I put together this simple quiz to provide a quick reality check and some actionable ideas to help you thrive. Check it out.