Hello Readers and Happy holidays! It’s “the most wonderful (and stressful?) time of the year!” Check out the video message below, on laughing off and accepting the imperfections. FYI, if you watch the video on youtube.com, you’ll see the subtitles. I hope you’ll take the … Continue readingEmbracing imperfection & humor, and other ideas to make you and your business even better in 2024
Hello Readers, Take a few, deep breaths. Slowly. This calms your nervous system, which gets us to clearer thinking. You feel it working, right? Feel free to ask me why, or to simply notice and enjoy. This time of year is always busy and stressful, as we … Continue readingManaging Holiday, End-of-Year, and News Stress? Go from😣 to 😌. And Productivity can be a Trauma Response?
Hello Readers, Happy October, happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian colleagues, and welcome to autumn (in the Northern Hemisphere)! This is emotional wellness month. We’ve made it through “septemverwhelm” — my new term for that post summer holiday, school ramp up, activities catch up that is September– and are … Continue readingEmotional awareness month & leadership in a fast changing world.
Hello Readers, Welcome to the whirlwind of September! Do you ever wish you could manage the changes and challenges a bit more effectively (and maybe with less snapping at colleagues and family)? You have presence and resilience, but it feels like it’s often not enough to … Continue readingUpdate: Are You Stretched Thin This Whirlwind Month? Check Out These Resilience Stories + A Surprisingly Powerful Way To Help You Find Your Flow
August 12 – Hello Readers, I hope you are enjoying, or enjoyed, a recharging and perhaps even restful summer break! Recently, I shared general updates, and a bit more about my growing interest in the psychological aspects underlying personal and organizational effectiveness (& wellness). Today, I want to … Continue readingInteresting Relationship Between Character Strengths & Weaknesses
Hello Readers, In my updates last week, I said I would share more about my growing interest in the psychological aspects that underlie why 80+% of people and organizations are not reaching full potential… and some of the solutions. I don’t want to minimize systemic issues, although I … Continue readingTo help people and organizations reach their potential, we must look at the psychological aspects of effectiveness
May 31, 2020 we have reached the 76th day of shelter in place, and there is so much bad news of deaths, injustices, and fake news exacerbating it all. This is not an easy post to write, nor to read. So, you can choose, whether … Continue readingHow to keep hope amidst such heartache – channel critical thinking and be careful what you watch & believe – part 2/2
Spinning off into angry rants, cancelling friendships, putting health at risk. Wanna avoid some of that? After a few of those experiences, here are a few hard-earned lessons on filtering out fake news, and avoiding trolls. I’ve lived and/or worked in 14 countries, seen propaganda, … Continue readingIs fake news threatening your happiness? 5 Qs to help filter fact from fiction
Connecting Passion, Purpose and Best Practices. Many of us want to give back to society, perhaps to a cause that has touched our family or friends. Serving on the board of a non-profit offers us the chance to leverage and hone our business skills. We … Continue readingCreating resilience on a non-profit board
You’ve likely heard of Fortune’s “Great Places to Work” list, or similar. Increasingly, business and non profit management leaders are discussing how to increase innovation and reduce employee turnover and training costs… by keeping employees excited about their work and workplace. “When people feel like … Continue readingA path to greater employee efficiency and reduced burnout?