Don’t Panic: Stress Management in the Workplace is 6 Simple Steps Away

Don’t Panic: Stress Management in the Workplace is 6 Simple Steps Away

Popular medical dramas tell us that a handsome emergency room doctor can ease a beautiful patient’s panic attack with simple breathing exercises. He saves her life, they fall in love and before you know it, you are wiping away tears of joy as they ride off into the sunset after a lavish and impromptu emergency room wedding. A panic attack in real life is not glamorous. Panic attacks are distressing, exhausting and may be difficult [...]
Get Inspired with a Playlist of Leadership Podcasts on Spotify

Get Inspired with a Playlist of Leadership Podcasts on Spotify

Leaders lead.   Obviously, right? But what is less obvious is how much weight that one word holds — Leadership.  With responsibility for the success of your team and organization resting solely on your shoulders, it is difficult to find time for self-improvement. There are always matters requiring your immediate attention and individuals seeking your expert guidance.   Doing something for yourself may feel counterproductive, but building time into your busy schedule for learning, adapting and growing [...]
Building Mental Resilience: The Foundation of Well-Being

Building Mental Resilience: The Foundation of Well-Being

From our first breath to our first steps to our first inevitable bumps, bruises and scrapes, we are taught to protect our bodies. Most of us enter this world with the help of doctors and nurses as we get our first glimpse of the exciting, and somewhat terrifying, world we will spend the rest of our days living in.   From that first hospital visit, we continue to return for preventative care. We endure being poked [...]
Don’t Get Trapped by Toxic Productivity: Break the Cycle for Success

Don’t Get Trapped by Toxic Productivity: Break the Cycle for Success

My grandpa was a workaholic.  And his family and community applauded him for it. They would say things like, “he is a great provider” or “he is working hard for his family”. And it was true. His workaholic ways allowed my grandmother to stay home and raise the kids, but his well-being paid the price. He spent his golden retirement years in poor health and living with regrets. Family and friends will intervene with an [...]
Be the Hero Who Defeats Change Management Failure

Be the Hero Who Defeats Change Management Failure

Hollywood is doing it all wrong. How many horror movies have they churned out, where on a dark and stormy night, the heroine runs right into danger (in sky-high heels, of course) and chaos ensues until the unlikely hero swoops in, saves her and defeats the villain? They both ride off into the sunset, looking picture-perfect, and live happily ever after. Too many. We think Hollywood is missing out on a surefire formula for a [...]
Launch a Playlist of the Best Leadership Podcasts on Spotify

Launch a Playlist of the Best Leadership Podcasts on Spotify

When I first heard the word “podcast,” it brought to mind an image of a happy green alien zooming around outer space in a little pod-shaped spaceship. As he dodged shooting stars and comets and whipped in circles around the moon, I caught glimpses of Earth far, far away in the distance. Obviously, real-life podcasts have nothing to do with aliens or outer space unless, of course, that’s the topic du jour. But there are [...]