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    Defining Moments - Short, Memorable, and Meaningful Experiences
    • 2 days ago
    • 6 min

    Defining Moments - Short, Memorable, and Meaningful Experiences

    “Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” -Chip Heath & Dan Heath In The Power...
    Values-Based Leadership
    • Jul 1
    • 4 min

    Values-Based Leadership

    Professor Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says a values-based leader aims to...
    How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops
    • Jun 2
    • 3 min

    How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops

    Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...
    Book Review — Promotions Are So Yesterday by Julie Winkle Giulioni
    • Apr 13
    • 8 min

    Book Review — Promotions Are So Yesterday by Julie Winkle Giulioni

    “The time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, or title changes is dead.” -Julie Winkle...
    Exploring Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and The MBSR Online Course
    • Feb 8
    • 20 min

    Exploring Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and The MBSR Online Course

    To ensure that I don’t overwhelm the reader, I have divided the article into SECTIONS: In SECTION 1, I’ll talk about the concept, origin,...
    Book Review – LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders (2nd ed.)
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 13 min

    Book Review – LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders (2nd ed.)

    “Leadership is a future-oriented ability to establish direction, align people, and help others to work together. We believe a leader is...
    How to be a Good Internal Consultant
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to be a Good Internal Consultant

    As an internal consultant and a member of an internal consulting team (although “internal consultant” or “internal consulting” is not in...
    Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 11 min

    Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The

    “What we have found, again and again, is that people tend to underperform because they do what is comfortable, what is familiar, or what...
    Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Unc
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 19 min

    Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Unc

    According to Adrian Gostick, one of the main reasons for writing the book had to do with his (now) 25-year-old son, Anthony (Tony)...
    What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere
    • May 17, 2021
    • 10 min

    What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere

    What Is Burnout? Burnout isn’t just being tired or “fed up” with work. “Burnout is far more than feeling blue or having a bad day. It is...
    How to Give Direct and Clear Feedback
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    How to Give Direct and Clear Feedback

    From front-line leaders all the way up to C-suite leaders, I have seen, time and time again, how managers have made a mess in delivering...
    Can video conferencing apps mimic or replace human-to-human connection?
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Can video conferencing apps mimic or replace human-to-human connection?

    I was contacted by a journalist writing a story about workplace communication, why human beings need human-to-human connection in the...
    To Engage and Retain Employees Provide a “Mini” Job Rotation During Employee Orientation
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 6 min

    To Engage and Retain Employees Provide a “Mini” Job Rotation During Employee Orientation

    Have you noticed that, in many companies, employees often have no clue what many of the other employees in other functions do to support...
    What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 13 min

    What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training

    I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...
    3 Reasons Physical Offices & Face-to-Face Meetings Are Not Going Away
    • May 11, 2020
    • 13 min

    3 Reasons Physical Offices & Face-to-Face Meetings Are Not Going Away

    The traditional, physical office is not going away any time soon despite advances in technology allowing people to work remotely, either...
    How to Work Remotely During COVID-19 and Maintain Your Emotional Health
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 5 min

    How to Work Remotely During COVID-19 and Maintain Your Emotional Health

    I have been asked about tips and strategies to help individuals be effective in working remotely during this COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
    Book Review: The Self-Evolved Leader
    • Feb 3, 2020
    • 7 min

    Book Review: The Self-Evolved Leader

    “The Self-Evolved Leader was written to take you on a journey, from making the critical shift in perspective needed to break the cycle of...
    Steve Jobs Had Moderately Low Emotional Intelligence
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 12 min

    Steve Jobs Had Moderately Low Emotional Intelligence

    I thought this might be an interesting case study. I’ve come across many articles where writers (both lay and scholars) have stated that...
    People with Secure High Self-Esteem Don’t Need or Seek External Validation
    • Dec 25, 2019
    • 4 min

    People with Secure High Self-Esteem Don’t Need or Seek External Validation

    The older I get, the more reflective and observant I become. It might be because I’m older and a bit wiser, but I think it’s more about...
    Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pygmalion Effect – A Leader’s Attitude and Expectation Set the Tone

    In the book, Extreme Ownership, Leif Babin (a U.S. Navy SEAL officer who was a SEAL instructor overseeing the Junior Officer Training...
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