Connection Doesn’t Take a Vacation
June arrives with a cocktail of out-of-office replies, summer travel plans, and an inbox that’s somehow just as chaotic, but less responsive. If anything, it’s even more jammed, with auto-responses piling up like carry-on luggage at an overbooked gate.
As someone who sends a monthly blog to over 10,000 professionals, I see my fair share of OOO replies. And let me tell you, some of them are anything but boring. These aren’t generic “I’ll be back soon” notes, they’re personality-packed gems I’ve actually received over the years. They made me smile. They made me remember the person behind the title. And…
4 Powerful Question Strategies Smart Communicators Swear By
What truly separates people who consistently get insightful, detailed answers from AI, colleagues, or clients from those who receive only surface level responses? After years…
5 Ways to Be the Leader People Actually Want to Follow Right Now
“Hope is not a strategy.”
You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it, and let’s be real, it’s not wrong. If you’re leading a team, trying to close…
How Empty is Your Wellness Tank?
Quick Quiz. Which of the following three scenarios best describes you at this very moment?
Full Tank: You stop working at an appropriate hour having checked…
How Worried Are You Right Now?
As a professional eavesdropper, I recently overhead two people discuss everything that is going wrong in the world today (including being late to board our…
5 Keys to Get Growing in Your Career
Spring is a time of new growth and, I believe, a time of infinite possibility and personal development. However, just as you can’t expect a…
“I Know Just How You Feel” “You Do?”
“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at…
4 Keys to a Healthy Workplace
It’s January, and we all know what that means: a friend will announce that she’s promising to cut all carbs from her diet or she…
Are You Truly Celebrating the Season?
2022 brought uncertainty, inflation, supply-chain shortages, bigotry, uncomfortable change and all too often, vitriol. The demands on everyone’s time only seemed to increase causing many…
Do Your Rituals Serve or Sabotage You?
Whether your caregivers read you a nightly bedtime story or your work team regularly meditates before a meeting, you experienced the power of rituals. These…
5 Strategies to Leverage Your Professional, Digital Connections
When was it that people first started to chat about their digital connections? I’m sure Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn would know. LinkedIn was…