Overwhelm and TIme Management
Holiday Stress and Tips to Lower It
Shopping, cooking, decorating, having family and friends over, can be stressful in itself, and yet, it all builds on top of our everyday stress. Holiday stress and tips to lower it can be an opportunity to rethink how you celebrate the holidays. Use these tips to lower your stress during the holidays to make sure…
Read MoreTips to Shake Up Your Next Zoom Meeting
We are coming up on the 1-year anniversary of the pandemic which launched our way of working today, the ubiquitous video/zoom meetings. If you’re like me, I’m bored with the zoom meetings I attend. Use these tips to shake up your next zoom meeting. Have a background contest. Use the virtual background video option in…
Read MoreEmployee Recognition During the Pandemic Isn’t Working Anymore
We are 5 plus months into this pandemic and I’m hearing from more and more managers and leaders that the employee engagement/recognition activities originally designed to help keep individuals engaged at the beginning of this pandemic because of working from home are not working anymore. This even applies to those employees that are going into…
Read MoreYou Are Your Own Competition
It always has been you against yourself in this world. In fact, you hold yourself to such a high standard, that you may become exhausted trying to live up to this ideal. We think we can guess what others are thinking or worse worry about what they are thinking, setting us up with assumptions and…
Read MoreHow to Be A Mindful Leader
Let’s start with defining mindful. Merriam-Webster defines mindful as: bearing in mind: aware or inclined to be aware. Another way to think of mindful is showing compassion, being able to see the other’s point of view all while reducing your stress and theirs. When you show up as a stressed leader, that has an effect…
Read MoreTips to Balance Work/Home Responsibilities
Time is a limited resource. Everyone only has 24 hours each day. No more, no less. You can always make back lost money you can’t get back time. Striking a balance between work/home responsibilities gains even more importance when you view them through the time lens. In addition, it lowers stress and increases happiness. Now…
Read More20-Minute Program to Achieve Stress-Free Work/Life Balance
We all have busy lives and are pulled in many directions at work and home. You come home exhausted, feeling you didn’t accomplish all the things you wanted to at work, and now you have to switch into home life. It can feel like you are on the hamster wheel going nowhere. You can take…
Read MoreStrategies to Avoid Becoming a Workaholic
We live in a country that seems to celebrate a workaholic lifestyle. With our always connected world, there seems to be an unspoken rule that you must be available at all times. Below are some strategies to avoid becoming a workaholic or creating a more sustainable work-life balance if you feel you already have a…
Read MoreHow to Protect Your Most Precious Asset
Money and investments are certainly high on the list of precious assets. However, you can earn back money you lost or find new investment opportunities. Another precious assest is professional relationships. Your professional network is extremely important to your success. However, to a large extent, your network is in fact renewable. You can repair wounded…
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