People will surprise you. When you least expect it, someone will bring up a topic that seems to come out of nowhere. Surprises often can make you feel attacked and trigger your fight or flight instincts. This first reactive inclination may cause a problem or make matters worse. Instead of countering, try engaging by using…
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2021 Personal Brand Trends
It’s hard to imagine a more welcome transition into a New Year. After an incredibly challenging 2020, we all want 2021 to be a year of recovery, rebuilding, and progress. Our personal brand is a great place to start. Thinking through where and how we want to appear can set the tone for all our…
5 Steps to Prepare for Tough Conversations in the New Year
In these polarizing times, many of us have a loved one whose opinion falls on the other side of a major divide. Do you have someone important to you who has become estranged because a social or political issue came between you? The New Year is a time for beginnings, and a new phase in…
10 Questions to Prompt Your Team Leader for Career Insights
Regardless of our career ambitions, we all have goals. We need to know how to leverage our unique talents and harness our weaknesses to achieve these goals. The most likely source of insight and guidance, particularly in the shorter-term, is our team leader. Not all leaders are attuned to the individual development of their team,…
Connecting and Conversing in the “Green” Room
Collaboration is key in business! Tina Fox, Women on Course, and Jen Dalton crafted insights that capture the importance of women, mentorship, and informal networking (aka golf) in Tina’s latest blog – Connecting and Conversing in the “Green” Room. Informal networking and mentoring are critical when it comes to the ability to build relationships, grow your…
5 Conversations that Can Hijack the Holidays
This blog includes excerpts from my book Listen: How to Embrace the Difficult Conversations that Life Throws at You. The joy of the holidays is the chance to gather with family and friends to celebrate. Meals are prepared, festivities planned, and we get to reconnect with loved ones. For many of us, holidays may be…