We’ve been talking with teams lately about shifting from Awareness to Action. Below is a simple practice of bringing something from Awareness to Action. It’s a simple 5-Step process we utilize here as a Team. Whether you apply it towards showing gratitude, as a step towards self-care, or integrating powerful work through boundaries or structural… Continue reading Moving from Awareness to Action
Change and Hope are just on the horizon. That’s a good thing, because we need it. Our collective pain is high right now. We can see it in the stats and research on burnout and overwhelm, drops in employee engagement and the lowest productivity in decades. But more importantly, we can see it in ourselves, our colleagues, families and even communities. We don’t… Continue reading Change & Hope: Tackling Burnout
As you know, my sweet spot is the interplay of three key spaces: Boundaries, Balance, and Outcomes. I love this space. I think it’s because it is both challenging – and so very rewarding… There’s an inherent tension amidst these three worlds. Each of these items can be viewed and addressed independently, and yet, that’s… Continue reading Psychological Safety
There seems to be a lot of push back on Self-Care, and claims that it’s not a good solution to Burnout. Yet, my experience shows that Self-Care (or Energy) is really at the core of building our personal capacity to set Boundaries – which are at the root of avoiding Burnout. Self-Care has gotten a… Continue reading Energy at Work: A Reframe
Bold Powerful Questions change us, and in doing so, change our world. As we start this New Year, we are asking ourselves – what Bold Powerful Questions need to be asked? And what actions need to occur to create space for these questions in our personal and professional lives? Old habits and perspective shifts require… Continue reading Bold, Powerful Questions
Just this last spring, Harvard Business Review published an article titled “Leading an Exhausted Workforce”. I absolutely loved this article. I loved that the author so blatantly calls out that we are still – yes still – exhausted. It’s what I see. It’s what I hear. On a regular basis. The acknowledgement and validation of… Continue reading Calculated Steps
We all get trapped and tripped up with communication. It happens. The question is – how often does it happen, and what can we do about it? The answer to that question is based on our own personal Self-Awareness and desire to build Communication Skills around it. Communication at work can be broken into a… Continue reading Find Your Work Voice – What’s Your Style?
When we work at a fast pace and run hard all day, it can be difficult to be really present. It can be even harder to find and extend out those moments of joy or celebration – to really pause and hold ourselves there. We get lost in our fields of busy. Work. Kids. Fur… Continue reading Grit & Gratitude – Fostering Resilient Leadership
It’s spring, and the Alaskan ground has been slowly thawing itself. I feel that way myself too – finally the warmth of the sun has reached my core. Our work worlds need more of this. This thawing, and the deep rejuvenation of a warm, spring sun. Working with clients in stress management over the past… Continue reading Drop the Busy & Let the Sun In
The best teams I’ve been part of always had two traits: 1) the team members were highly connected with each other and 2) they were wildly open – due to the trust and goodwill deeply embedded in the team. Working on these teams was a gift. The work was fun, good humor abounded, and the… Continue reading Powerful Work Cultures: Connection, Creativity & Trust
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