What’s love got to do with WHAT?

What’s love got to do with what? I’ve been thinking a lot about the “Great Resignation.” Oh hell, who isn’t thinking about it?  When you can’t get through to customer service, can’t get waited on in a retail establishment, stand on a line that’s way too long, who isn’t wondering what is really going on…

What Direction Are You Skating In?

Last week on Linked In, someone I follow did a poll and asked the question, “Have you ever worked in a toxic environment?” 91% of the people replied they had. Me included.   Wow! That means that many many people have had to endure being belittled, bullied, berated or worse. Many many people have left…

What Kind of Leader Will You BE?

The landscape has changed. Big time. Just like after a hurricane, a fire or an earthquake, leaders are looking over new terrain. While the press is calling the well-publicized employee exit “The Great Resignation” a colleague of mine really said it best when she called it the “Great Realization.”   People are realizing that they…

How Full is Your Love Tank?

Last week for the first time in a year and a half I got to see my daughter, her husband, my two fabulous granddaughters (and my new grand-puppy.) Wow! We spent a whole week together celebrating my birthday. There was lots of snuggling, cooking, and laughing.   We made our favorite Italian dishes, took a…

Gallup Delivers Disturbing News

Just before I sat down to say ‘Thank You’ to all of you who took time out of your day to complete the survey I sent recently, I got an email from Gallup connecting me to their latest – and somewhat disturbing – report.   Usually employee engagement and well being go hand in hand,…

Where Does It Hurt?

If you are like most people, there is a part of you that is just exhausted. A pandemic, a controversial national election, grief, isolation and more feels like it’s pulling us all down. If you let it. When you look outside yourself, it appears like we are swirling in one controversy or another. If you…

Heart Shape for the Nature

Are You Spreading the Love?

Valentine’s Day is here! It’s fun to go into or past stores and see the shelves stacked with shiny red hearts, yummy chocolates and cards that express love in so many different ways. What’s even more fun is knowing that this celebration of love goes all the way back to 5th century Rome.   Some…

Do You Feel What I Feel?

If I were to ask you what one single leadership skill you’ve had to exercise the most in the last year, I’d venture to say that EMPATHY would be up there. What else would be on your list? Resilience. Strategy. Connection. Communication. Patience, Humanity? All of the above and more?   As I talk to…