Category: Business
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Avoiding Anxiety and Difficult Conversations During the Upcoming Elections
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Can you believe it’s already September? ? I hope you had an eventful summer and were able to take time for some relaxation and self-care as well. Given the undeniable impact of the events and changes that have been happening both domestically and globally over the past few years, months and now…
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Can Workplace Trauma Help Build Emotional Resilience?
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1.) LEADERSHIP TIPS FOR 2023: Hello again. Welcome to Spring and this month’s edition of 5-Bullets. You know that I’m a big advocate for workplace mental health and I’ve focused a lot over the past few years on anxiety and burnout at work. Lately, with all the news about corporate…
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What Leaders Can Do to Be Better in a New “Flexbred” Future
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The future of work isn’t hybrid, the future of work is flexibility… “There is no going back to business as usual. Expectations about work will never be the same again. People want something different.” Those are the declarations of leadership expert, best-selling author and co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry,…
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What I Learned From This “Maverick”
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I recently saw the movie Top Gun: Maverick and I loved it as much as I did the original Top Gun in 1986. I was thrilled to see the special role for Val Kilmer, an actor for whom I hold a special place in my heart, and one that has…
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5 Ways To Help Close The Generational Gap Around Mental Health
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In case you did not know, May has been named as the month to acknowledge the importance of focusing on mental health, and many organizations are using it as an opportunity to promote mental health in the workplace. As someone well-versed in the current state of corporate anxiety and burnout,…
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How Leaders Can Fight the Anxiety Epidemic and Address Burnout
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Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day. It kicks off Mental Health Awareness Week, and in particular, a focus on Anxiety and Depression disorders. There has been a lot of attention lately on the topics of mental health and anxiety (including articles like this that I’ve been writing all…
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8 Recommendations to Reduce & Combat Burnout
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In her Feb. 10th article in Harvard Business Review “Beyond Burned Out”, author Jennifer Moss concludes, based on the findings of her survey of more than 1,500 respondents in 46 countries, that burnout is a global problem because: ● 86% of respondents said their work-life was getting worse; ● 57%…
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What Makes Women Leaders Different and Why Should Organizations Take Notice?
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I recently read an excerpt from a research paper from Catalyst regarding, Women In S&P 500 Companies, noting that while women make-up 44% of the overall S&P 500 labor force, and 36% of first or mid-level leaders and managers in those companies, they represent only 25% of senior level executives,…
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Making Life Better For Those Around Us Now and All Year Long
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As we begin to close out another year and enter the holiday season, this quote is a good reminder of the way to live one’s life, not just now, today, because the calendar tells us to, but every day, all the time. Yes, life can certainly be both hard and…
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Be a Conscious, Stress Free Leader
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Welcome to a new year and the Jan/Feb edition of LOL: Lessons on Leadership, Lumina & Life. We hope your year is off to a great start. I personally have spent the last few weeks purging everything – emails, clothes, paperwork, old electronics and notebooks – making room for new experiences,…