4 Ways Self-Care Can Help You Drive Career Progression
Many people associate hard work with sacrifice, sometimes even at the expense of their own well-being (especially in today’s challenging times). Contrary to what many people believe, however, self-care can actually facilitate success. Self-care is a practice that entails making time for meaningful activities outside your professional life while contributing to better performance at work. […]
Identifying and Using Your Creative Strengths at Work
Do you know what your creative strengths are? Well, now is as good a time as any to get to know yourself better. Knowing your creative strengths can help you better define your key skills and get you on the road to success. Creative strengths are character traits and cognitive capabilities that help provide unique […]
How Can Coaching Help You?
Learn more about International Coaching Week and Mental Health Awareness Month and how to celebrate YOU. Did you know that International Coaching Week is coming up? It may not seem like something you normally mark your calendar for unless you’re a coach. However, we’re sharing a little bit about it and coaching — because we’ve […]
Looking to Make a Career Change? Here Are 8 Things to Do
Working in one job without a career change and happily waiting for retirement is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Did you know that according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics people change jobs an average of 12 times in their lifetime? The numbers say there is a big chance you’re also going […]
Happy International Women’s Day!
The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 is #ChoosetoChallenge, calling on us all to think critically about our own thoughts and actions and how we can better promote gender inequality and celebrate women’s achievements. But first, let’s get real for a minute. We are collectively tired. Unless you’ve been on a magic island, you […]
Actionable Steps to Focus on You
In a blink of an eye, we are already in February of the new year. By this time, some of you are in full swing implementing your resolution (go you!). Some of you may have given up or perhaps didn’t start at all. Perhaps it was so overwhelming to have so many different resolutions to […]
Tapping into the Networking Power of Alumni Groups
New graduates and those in career transition often ask me about good resources for networking. Connecting with alumni groups and associations is often one of my top recommendations. Surprisingly, what should be most obvious is often forgotten as an effective path to connecting with others; there is value to investing in this group of people […]
The Gift of Coaching: 4 Unique Benefits of the Coach-Client Relationship
I recently had a client tell me, “You’ve changed my life.” To which I responded, “You changed your own life because you were ready. As your coach, I had the opportunity to come alongside you, to light the path, and to support you as you navigate your own way.” “I saw an angel in the […]
Managing Stress: Great Leaders Create a Good Relationship with Stress
A leaders’ number one job is to develop high-performing teams under all circumstances. When stressful circumstances affect your team, they look to you to help them manage the situation in a way that ensures wellbeing and high performance. Managing stress improperly can result in less than desirable results for everyone. Stress affects everyone. The deadlines, […]
Leading Teams Through Disruption, Part 3: Constructing the Right Stories and Changing the Narrative
One of the most powerful skills that great leaders possess is the ability to move people through stories. The stories they tell have a way of compelling others to action in a powerful and inspirational way. The new reality of the pandemic requires leaders to create a new narrative first for themselves, and then for […]