Get Your Spark Back
5 Tips to Help You Get Your Spark Back! Does life seem confusing to you right now? Is your daily life a fire drill? Are you burned out? Would you…
Refocus, Retool, and Rebuild for 2021 in Three Unique Ways
Based on the Discretionary Effort Engagement Leadership Model Who knew 2020 would be a year of upheaval, turmoil, and disruption? When I made my goals for 2020 in December of…
Keep Employees Psychologically Safe …
... Accept Them As Is “People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Your employees…
We Are Not Powerless In The Face of Uncertainty
Despite years of experience managing a wide range of challenges, nothing has prepared any of us for the circumstances of this moment in time. Without a playbook to reference, you…
Betwixt and Between
How to Align Workers for a Productivity Reboot!Betwixt is an archaic expression. It has survived only because of the phrase “Betwixt and Between.” In our context today, it literally means…
Unstoppable You!
Every year when it is time to put away the Christmas decorations and start the new year, I wonder what I will achieve in the new year. This year I…
Goals: The Urgency of “Doing”
When it comes to time management and goal setting, Leonardo da Vinci said, “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being…
Halloween, YES! Halloween, NO!
The country seems to be divided on subjects other than political issues. Take Halloween. Half of my friends love Halloween and half loath Halloween. Last year a team member said,…
Confidence and Your Career
“I am fearless,” Larry said to me. I was amazed by his self-confidence and it made me contemplate and rethink my own self- confidence. I decided to be more fearless.…
Concentration In Open Office Spaces – Does it Exist?
On Wednesday, April 18, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article titled, Warming Up to the Officeless Office. The article makes a decisive case from a bottom line profits viewpoint for eliminating personal workspace in favor of open space (basically tables and chairs) where employees work while at the office.