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Bringing Yourself Along Through Constant Change
Are you feeling loved and appreciated at work during this month of Valentine? 🌹 If the answer is yes, then keep it up, and do even more, especially during these times of never-ending change. Did you catch my earlier resource newsletter with four ways to support yourself and your team…
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When Constant Change is the Only Constant
Welcome to February and the month of ❤. Has anything in your professional world changed already in this new year? Dumb question? I recently had the privilege of co-presenting to a large group of executives about supportive leadership during times of constant change. We explored the Bridges Transition Model and how leaders…
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Using Reflection to Move from Self-Awareness to Self-Improvement
Here we are at the end of January and if you are a New Year’s Resolution Setter, I’m curious how you would assess your progress this first month. Research shows that 80% of these resolutions fail by the second week of February, and most people start losing steam right about……
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Not Your Obligatory ‘Set Your 2026 Resolutions’ Email
Is it me, or did 2025 just happen “like that”🤔🤞 (audio: finger snap)? I don’t know about you, but even though I created goals for 2025 at the beginning of the year, I sure didn’t spend much time reviewing and reflecting on them because I was too busy executing! Reflecting now,…
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Wishing You Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays! 🎁 I wish you lots of joy with your family and friends during the upcoming holidays. Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving with my family and our East Coast relatives. Miles apart for many years, we still maintain a distinctive family culture – one I would describe…
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A Day to Focus on Giving, Not Getting
Today is Giving Tuesday, created in 2012 to focus on giving, not getting—a reminder to give back after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. What started small now spans over 80 countries, with hundreds of millions donated annually in the U.S. alone. It’s about more than money. People worldwide volunteer, support causes,…
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Thankful and Grateful: A Medicine for Emotional Nourishment
As you prepare to take time off for the Thanksgiving holiday, I encourage you to think about the words from motivational speaker, Steve Mariboli who writes: “Be consistent in your dedication to showing your gratitude to others. Gratitude is a fuel, a medicine, and spiritual and emotional nourishment.” During these…
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2026 Workforce and Leadership Trends Worth Paying Attention To
Here we are already in November, the start of a season that brings gratitude, celebration, and connection, and a time of year to more fully experience the joy of both giving and receiving. Yet it also brings the stress of balancing festivities with end-of-year business demands. I hope you will…
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The Five Keys to Sustainable Leadership Success
Earlier this month, I defined a strong leadership bench as the depth of capable leaders throughout your organization that are ready for bigger roles. I also noted why succession planning at all levels is critical to long-term organizational success. In my experience, the most self-aware leaders recognize that they sustain…