Maintaining Trust
I saw an article this morning about Amazon employees staging a walkout to protest recent return to in-person work mandates, layoffs, and...
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Melissa Sims
- May 18
Managing Distraction through Mindful Attention
As leaders, you are likely inundated with a plethora of daily distractions, which can cause you to lose focus, feel scattered, and at...
Melissa Sims
- May 5
Do You Value Your Time?
There are an incredible number of quotes about time - just search “time quotes’ in google and you’ll see what I mean. But there are less...
Melissa Sims
- Apr 21
Whole Person Leadership
We recently touched on leadership philosophy and how your values integrate with your leadership style. You may have heard of the term...
Melissa Sims
- Apr 5
Personal Core Values in Leadership
Identifying (and Sticking to) Your Values in Your Journey of Leadership Your leadership journey and the foundation of your leadership...
Teresa McKee
- Mar 22
Failing With Grace
Albert Einstein once said, “Adversity introduces a man to himself.” When you are relied upon for answers and solutions from your team,...
Teresa McKee
- Mar 10
Supervising the Chronic Complainer
Just as with all repetitive thoughts, the brain goes through a neural “rewiring,” which reinforces thought patterns. So when someone is...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Feb 24
Practicing Mindfulness when Communicating
When we want kids to express themselves in ways other than a tantrum, we say “Use your words.” But I often wonder, do we adults really...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Feb 9
How To Show Your Team You Care And Appreciate Them
Employee engagement is directly linked to an organization's success. Showing employees that you care is not just good for their morale...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Jan 27
Self-Care for Leaders
Self-care is about loving who you are and looking after yourself. It’s about treating your wellbeing and happiness seriously. That means...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Jan 13
Managing vs. Leading
The terms “leadership” and “management” are often used interchangeably. While there is some overlap between the work that leaders and...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Dec 15, 2022
Setting Clear Expectations
One of the most important things you can do as a leader is to establish expectations. After all, if you don’t show your team what success...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Dec 2, 2022
How to Work with Difficult People
Based on a research study by the Society for Human Resources Management, they found that the number one thing that makes people happy at...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Nov 14, 2022
The Accountability Dial
The Accountability Dial is a framework for how to challenge your team by asking thought-provoking questions instead of giving one-off...
Vanessa Barajas, MPH
- Oct 25, 2022
Increasing Openness through Fail Festivals
Transparency in organizations can be described as an honest, two-way openness between employees and management. When transparency is part...
Teresa McKee
- Sep 7, 2022
The Great Reshuffle
Understanding America’s labor shortage is important for all leaders, whether you currently have openings, are debating whether or not to...
Teresa McKee
- Aug 12, 2022
Managing Emotional Labor
Great leadership is not easy, especially if you’re doing it well. But it may feel harder now than it’s been in the recent past, and it...
Jessie Brennan, MPH
- Jul 28, 2022
Perfectionism Got You Down? Try Some Self-Compassion
Perfectionism is defined as the compulsive need to achieve and accomplish one’s goals, with no allowance for falling short of one’s...
Jessie Brennan, MPH
- Jul 10, 2022
Conscious Conflict
Like much of the country, I have spent the last couple of weeks on vacation, jet setting across the country on what I’m calling “The...
Jessie Brennan, MPH
- Jun 30, 2022
Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time
I read something recently that initially surprised me, but rang true once I thought about it: the performance demands that most people...