3 Books for A New You

3 Books for A New You

A new year has begun and we are all out and about, working on those resolutions to make ourselves better in whatever way we wish. Maybe we are looking to be more successful, start a new business, or improve our personal health. Whatever the change we are seeking to...
Beating the Winter Blues

Beating the Winter Blues

It’s cold outside, the weather isn’t wonderful, skies are often gray and our moods seem to follow suit. The winter blues are something we all struggle with in one form or another. Whether it’s stress from the holidays, loneliness, pressure at work, or a lull in...
Surviving the Holiday Countdown

Surviving the Holiday Countdown

Can you feel that? Of course, you can. It’s the time of year when everyone in the office can feel every little tick of the second hand, every single passing day on the calendar. It’s easy to be distracted. You have a million things to think about, festivities, gifts,...
Holiday Leave Survival Guide

Holiday Leave Survival Guide

It’s time to take that holiday leave. Whether just a couple of days over Thanksgiving or a couple of weeks for time with extended family, holiday leave is both an incredible blessing and a source of stress for many. One study by the American Psychological...
Creating an Attitude of Gratitude

Creating an Attitude of Gratitude

There is ample research on the topic of gratitude in the workplace and how it will transform your organization. In fact, a 2012 study from the American Psychological Association found that over half of all workers leave one job to search for another because they felt...
How to Kick the Smartphone Habit

How to Kick the Smartphone Habit

Chances are, somewhere on your person, is a smartphone. They’re everywhere, making our lives more convenient, but also having negative impacts on our attention span, sleep/wake cycles, relationships, work, and many other areas of our lives. Data from the Pew Research...
How to Make Meetings Not Suck

How to Make Meetings Not Suck

Can we all be honest about one thing? We hate meetings. The typical meeting is too long and covers the information we’ve already heard. On top of that, we have far too many of them. There are an estimated 11 million meetings per day in the United States, with the...
Three Great Books for Your Growth

Three Great Books for Your Growth

Look at any of the most successful people in any field, and you’ll find they have a few things in common. One of the biggest things they share is the habit of lifelong learning. They are constantly consuming new information, learning, and adapting to the world around...
Personal Development: The Key to it All

Personal Development: The Key to it All

Lifelong learning, personal development, skill-building, whatever you call it, we constantly hear how important this part of our lives is. If you study the most successful people in any field, you find that all of them take time for personal development. It’s central...
How to Find a Mentor

How to Find a Mentor

Look at all of the truly successful people you know, all of those tales of great people you’ve encountered, and you find they have a couple of important things in common. One of these is mentorship. Every great person had a great mentor, someone who provided them...