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

Thriving in 2018: Give the Gift of Feedback

gift with growing plant

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 facilitator of a gift exchange. While I too am contributing thoughts and impressions, I am the 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.