Andrea Edwards, CSP - The Digital Conversationalist It’s a completely weird time for all of us, which is a polite way of saying it, and regardless of where we live or what our current circumstances are, the majority of us are being negatively impacted right now. Dreams have been dashed,…

“The scheduled maintenance light came on; what do I do?” As we enter the twilight of 2020, I thought of the comment above. My daughter would freak out every time a light flash. My reply was that it is simply time for the scheduled maintenance. Every auto manual lays out a…

How Your Company  Can implement a Good Mental Health Strategy It’s becoming increasingly critical for companies to implement a good mental health Strategy as Covid 19 and increasing job losses and businesses collapse. Cases of mental distress calls are multiplying daily with suicide and sickness figures mounting. Mental health is…

The notion of work is veering from task completion to problem solving and managing human relationships. The successful execution of this is only possible by altering the very conception of work, workforce and workplace and at a pace where organizations are able to upskill and reskill their workforce at the…

Let’s take a quick look at each phase: I created a process to help my client learn and take action. It’s turned into a way to guarantee innovation and progress. It’s also a track I use regardless of the kind of work I’m doing or the event I’m conducting.  I’m…

This is a term used to describe a state when a person holds two conflicting thoughts / ideas / beliefs / values etc. The core beliefs people hold can be extremely strong and may create a estrangement of thoughts, that, under stress, can co-exist. An example is smokers. They smoke,…

“You should never be afraid to let your personality and style comes through.” That has been a foundational statement for me during my career. My first job out of college was working in the sales division for IBM. I always tell people that IBM was the Google of its day. As…

Success is overrated. Mediocrity, on the other hand, is underrated. Mediocrity, is palpable. It’s all around us and its prevalent in every aspect of our lives. Most people are living in mediocrity and only the top few percent make it beyond that. So, let’s start by understanding what mediocrity is.…

by Maggie Williams The Growing Need to Focus on Mental Wellbeing  n Covid Times in the Workplace In these unprecedented times of Covid 19, when the whole world has been in lockdown, and society, governments and businesses have been challenged like never before, mental wellbeing is now at the forefront…

There are only three agenda items at our executive meetings: People, sales, and profit. In what order I asked? “That is the order,” was the response. Everyone in the room looked on like an approving parent. The conversation above was a Chief HR Officer for a major retailer in the…

Human beings are creatures of habit. Once a thought has been lounging around in your head for some time, it is difficult to dislodge it. Incubated over time, it becomes part of the way we approach people & situations and the way we live our lives. We start searching for…

By Ian Berry First place home, second place work, third place everywhere else. All have changed DC (during corona) haven't they? I sense more changes AC (after corona) as well as taking the good from DC (during corona) into the future. First place Home Many people are telling me that…