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How much joy do you have in your life?
A little joy can go a long way in improving your mental wellness.
Make time for learning every day
Learning is as much of a part of life as eating, breathing, and loving.
Leaders help people find their voices
What do you support? Let it be known as you’ll never know who you’ll help find their voice too.
Success is rarely the result of it being easy
Becoming a great leader takes hard work, resiliency, and a hunger to improve the world around you.
The exchange of value between a company and their employees
There are many ways value is exchanged between companies and their employees.
Don’t jump until you know how to land
Failing is not the place to start.
How are the people truly doing?
Help another person feel heard and supported.
How sustainable is your team’s pace?
The pace will not be sustainable if the people are working more hours because they’re working from home.
Looking in the mirror of leadership
When a leader responds from fear, they unintentionally gift the fear to their teams. When a leader is unwilling to be vulnerable, they unintentionally make it unsafe for others to be vulnerable. When a leader is unavailable to the team, the team will be unavailable to...
What are you assuming?
What are you assuming in your day to day work as a leader? The people you lead are happy working here?You know the best way to get the work done?People trust you?The process they're following is optimal?People like your involvement? What would you change if you knew...
Recovering when layoffs are a reality
The only way to rebuild trust is to start back at the beginning and earn their trust.
The quickest way to be successful is to make others successful
If you want to succeed, focus on making people successful.
Make sure everyone’s story can be heard
Our individual stories don’t divide us. Our stories connect us. So, let them be heard.
Tame your negative ego
Don’t forget to tame your negative ego today so it doesn’t run the show.
When it all works out
“When we embody it and empower it, it always works out … always!” — Rick Tamlyn
Do you have a sticky problem?
What if you knew you are bigger than any problem you encounter?
Your greatest work
The greatest work you can do today is to do a little inner work.
Forget your five year plan
Rather than worrying about your five year plan, what’s your plan to make a difference today?
Gaslighting people won’t create long-term solutions
The lights will quickly dim if you gaslight people to convince them to return to the office. Why not work with them to find a lasting answer?
You can’t prescribe a time and place for innovation to happen
Innovation results from allowing creativity to exist, regardless of when or where it happens.
Are you trying to solve problems with the status quo?
When you try to solve problems using the status quo, you’re going to continue to live with the same problems you’re trying to fix.
Investing in yourself
How will you invest in yourself today?
There’s nothing wrong with you
Are you feeling stuck, inadequate, or uncertain? What if there’s nothing wrong with you?
The power of your hunger
Hunger is that empty feeling when you know things could be better. What are you hungry for today?
