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Book Review: Surprise
Experiencing the unexpected is an important part of our lives. I didn’t realize how important it is until I read Surprise.
Leading is Teaching
When leaders spend quality time teaching their team and connect training to a greater context, it leads to happier, more skilled employees.
How We Can Connect While Working From Home
Connecting with co-workers requires listening and vulnerability, not sharing a physical workspace.
Book Review: Tell Me More
Tell Me More is about finding connection through better conversation, a great book for any leader.
Book Review: Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To
Choke, by Sian Beilock, explains how we can use brain science to help perform better under pressure.
Women Require Different Financial Plans
Women have different financial needs than men, which means they need different financial plans.
Book Review: Over the Top
Jonathan Van Ness’s fabulous personality and positive attitude demand admiration, but it hasn’t always been easy for the “Queer Eye” host we know and love.
Leadership Regrets: Moving On With Self-Compassion
Everyone has regrets, and practicing self-compassion is how you learn from them and move on.
Book Review: Rising Strong
In Rising Strong, Brené Brown examines what happens in the moment after we fail. How we process our emotions in that moment determines what happens next, whether we stay down or rise to the occasion.
Simplify Leadership With One Thought
Leadership is difficult. You can simplify it by focusing on one aspect at a time.
Setting Your 2022 Financial Goals
When making New Year’s Resolutions, you can’t forget the importance of making financial goals. Here are some tips to help get you started.
Book Review: A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space
A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space, by Eliza VanCort, is a practical guide on how you can improve your physical presence, build better relationships, avoid toxic behavior, stop aggressors, and support each other to create a better world for all women.
After-Hour Team Exclusions
Despite good intentions, after-hour team building events are exclusionary and should be avoided as much as possible.
The Childcare Crisis
If we want 50% of leadership positions to be held by women, then we must improve our country’s childcare system.
Book Review: Positivity
Positivity, by Barbara Fredrickson, explains how being positive can enhance your life and improve your leadership skills.
Complexity Requires Teamwork
A complex world requires leaders to rely on their team more than information and reports.
Book Review: Fierce Conversations
Every team has underlying issues that nobody wants to talk about. Fierce Conversations will help leaders address these issues.
Onboarding: How to Welcome New Employees to Your Team
Onboarding sets the tone for your organization. Use these five suggestions to ensure you’re setting up new team members for success.
What We’re Reading: The Art of Gathering
We work in groups to give us purpose and accomplish more than we can on our own. The Art of Gathering will help you maximize your group work and make every gathering count.
The Art of Talking to Yourself
Every leader has a responsibility to go beyond themselves to help everyone improve, but that will never happen when filled with self-doubt. The Art of Talking to Yourself is about accepting who you are and leaving self-doubt behind.