Stopping Self-Sabotage

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As leaders and managers, we often find ourselves in situations where we are our own worst enemy. We stand in our own way, sabotaging our own success. Self-sabotage is when we consciously or unconsciously prevent ourselves from reaching our goals. You can change your self-limiting beliefs by identifying them, understanding why you hold them, and…

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Strategies to Develop and Strengthen Your Leadership Skills

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Some people assume that being a boss or manager automatically makes them a great leader. I think we all know that isn’t true. The difference between a boss and a leader is that a boss merely manages their team, while a leader inspires and motivates them to achieve incredible things. Developing and strengthening leadership skills…

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Counter Zoom Fatigue With These Tips

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We all know now that zoom fatigue is real. With every day full of zoom meetings week after week 5 days a week, it is exhausting. You are not able to have the usual eye-to-eye contact; the person speaking is looking into the camera while everyone else is looking lower at their video. There is…

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How to Counter Zoom Fatigue

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We all know now that Zoom fatigue is real. With the continued every day full of zoom meetings week after week 5 days a week is exhausting. You are not able to have the usual eye to eye contact; the person speaking is looking into the camera while everyone else is looking lower at their…

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5 Tips on Reducing Stress and Anxiety

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A year plus into this pandemic, I still most days wake up and think about the movie “Groundhog Day.” Here we go again, wash, rinse, repeat. Ok, that has definitely increased one’s stress and anxiety. I continue to remind myself; I have never lived through such a time like this in my life. So, it’s…

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Make Your New Year’s Resolution a Reality

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2020. A year that none of us could have imagined. I can’t even begin to figure out how to process 2020. Much less my feelings. I think it will be sometime before I can lower my defense walls to allow that to happen. The sheer loss alone is unimaginable. We all have suffered such emotional…

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Tips to Lowering Your Stress During the Holidays

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The coronavirus has altered how we normally would celebrate the holidays, to say the least. It hasn’t though taken away all the preparations for the holiday season. Because of these added things to juggle along with our everyday lives, the holidays usually bring extra stress, and with the COVID-19 level of stress we are all…

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Strategies for Managing Up

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Managing up sometimes gets a bad rap. You’re not in elementary school anymore where you might have been made fun of, called a “suck up” or the “Teacher’s Pet.” This is a critical skill set in the corporate world and important to your career and job satisfaction. Whether you have the best manager in the…

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Summer Brain – How to Shake It Off

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Unofficially, when we pass the Labor Day holiday, summer is in the rear-view mirror and fall is ahead. During these COVID-19 times, the workload seems to only get bigger and the days longer. Yet, our attitude shifts a little during summer. We are outdoors more enjoying the weather, vacations/stay-vacations happen, if you have kids, they’re…

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