YOU ARE A RARE LEADER: A look at creative leadership and Appreciative Inquiry

Recently, I had the great pleasure of spending some time with Dr. Carole Bergeron who has her PhD in Leadership and Change. Carole’s career ranges from nursing, senior care, and healthcare management, to consulting and higher education.    The first thing she shared with me is that YOU – yes YOU –  ARE RARE LEADERS. […]

Waiting for the microwave – and other opportunity moments

I could have Quillo’ed. How many times a day do you find yourself waiting for a minute? Perhaps it was in line at the coffee shop, holding for an elevator, or picking someone up from school. For me, today it was waiting for the microwave to heat up my lunch.  I took that minute – […]

Down to the penny: managing personal stress and financial wellness

What would you think if I were to tell you that your average staff person, who earns under $15 an hour, will spend 153 hours of work time per year stressing about their finances?  Nearly a full month of the year! Recently, HoneyBee, a new startup in California, shared that statistic with me. They also […]

The ripple effect: a matter of perspective

Imagine you have hired a consultant to address your workforce issues, and they report back to  you that 20% of your workforce is spreading negative information about the organization to their co-workers.  You would realize that is a big problem, because one in five people is a lot of people on your workforce! Now imagine […]

Information Overload

We have entered a time where competition for people’s attention is at an all time high.  Tristan Harris, former Chief Ethics Officer of Google, describes this as an attention economy!  Behind every screen are thousands of engineers trying to keep your attention for just one more click.  He also believes we are approaching the tipping […]

Positivity, coast to coast

A few weeks ago, I had an amazing opportunity to experience this wonderful country, coast to coast. From home in Indiana to three incredible days in New York City, I was able to witness the wonderful work being accomplished there by people committed to building community.  I met artists, organizers, musicians, people working on resumes […]

That First Impression – New Employee Orientation Day!

People are walking out of their first day of orientation – what do you think that they are talking about?  What is their first reaction of your organization, what is important, where do they fit in? Lots of forms, lots of rules, and lots of compliance paperwork.   One of the most exciting young leaders […]

What’s your address?

Often you get asked for your address, where do you work? We give a series of numbers or the intersection of two streets.  It describes where we are and where we spend most of our days. We really don’t think twice about it. I was having a good conversation with a dear friend and I […]

What is turnover costing you?

Six million people work supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the US. Estimates are that annual staff turnover in this workforce averages 50%. You and I will need to recruit 3 Million new employees this year.  This is like saying we must recruit the combined population of Philadelphia and Phoenix to our […]