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The past year or so has created dramatic changes in workplaces, the economy, and how we connect with each other. As a part of that, and...

Things are bad right now for so many people. I am not interested in hiding the "keys to the kingdom," as it were, so please find these...

Hi friends! I wanted to alert you to a new page link that you might notice: Resources & Publications. I wanted to start a little home...

I've been thinking a lot about fear over the past few months. In many ways, fear has a healthy aspect to it -- it alerts us to dangers...

Looking for some Applied Gratitude this Thanksgiving? Here's some games/activities you can do to help reflect gratitude in yourself and...

I remember drawing a sketch during a team meeting one time of a small unicorn, then a little ornate frame around it, and titled it...

We've all fallen into new routines over the last 6 months. They feel lonelier, more exhausting, more claustrophobic, and bare all at the...

The days all seem to be melting, don't they? Time has become a strange thing this year, as many of us work from home, and work and home...

"They should be grateful that they have jobs." This was said to me by a manager upon hearing that the large teams of people in their unit...

I was not a fan of the idea of "Yes, And" when I took my first improv class. In fact, I wasn't sold on improv itself, either. I had...

One group I consistently work with is professionals who, mid-career, want to change jobs or completely change industry. The question is...

Thankfully when it comes to jobs and career development, we don't have to worry about wondering what came first -- the chicken or the egg....

My mother and I were talking about career coaching and executive coaching last night, and she turned to me and asked, "Where do you even...

Many different takes on the structure of communication highlight the importance of listening: listening is half of communicating, listen...

We are in an unprecedented time, with huge numbers of people working from home now, and teams split up, many for the first time, in order...

I was speaking with a fellow professional coach type just last week about what has changed in career development in the last decade and...

I wrote a book, and you can find it on Amazon right now, in Kindle and Paperback formats! Not only that, but somehow it is a #1 New...

I am heading to a conference this week up in Durham, NC for Duke Women Alumni. I love this conference -- I've been before and it is...

Albert Einstein is a name we all know, even if we don't all understand his physics theories (I know I am not fully versed in them!). He...

I had two different conversations with people just this morning about out-of-town job searching, and another conversation on networking...