Employee rewards and recognition can easily miss the mark and do the opposite of what was intended. Reward and recognition are often: Case in point: I have a distinct and super cringy memory of an employer giving an employee a bottle of wine in recognition of their efforts …. the same … [Read more...] about Rewards, recognition, and celebration- it’s the 100th Learning and Development Roundtable
Daily life can often be a massive challenge. From overloaded to-do lists to crunched time, and from feeling like we’re being pulled in every direction to the dizzyingly fast pace of life – it’s enough to make even the most patient person have a meltdown (or multiple meltdowns). Added to … [Read more...] about Easy, peasy tech tools to save your sanity at work and at home
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘feedback?’ Whether we’re on the giving or receiving end of feedback, most of us get a pit of dread in our stomachs, with a million butterflies threatening to fly up our throats and suffocate us. Or maybe you’re saying to yourself that you … [Read more...] about The surprising skill you didn’t know you needed when giving feedback
Learning and Development Roundtable - Mindset “After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea.” Do you know what it is? It’s the power of your mindset. How you think about yourself, your … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable Mindset – the number one skill you need to know
I’m a seasoned, passionate, deliberate, strategic learner. I have been all my life. And you are too. Think of how much learning you’ve done since you were a wee baby. If we didn’t learn we wouldn’t be able to walk, talk, socialize, work, play, etc. Education and … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top favorite reads from 2022? Part one
You’ve made your new year’s resolutions, you’ve been back at work for a month or so now and everything is ticking along smoothly. You’re future’s so bright you’ve got to wear shades. Overwhelm, exhaustion, and juggling 100 plates in the air simultaneously are all things of the … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Six skills to help you manage change
As I said in part 1, the year before last it was clutter. Last year it was gratitude In 2021 I decided to take on a year-long experiment. I decided to get rid of three things every day. Yep. Every day I ditched at least three items of clutter. Did I manage to do it? Spoiler … [Read more...] about What I learned from a whole year of sending weekly gratitude cards, Part 2
The year before last it was clutter. Last year it was gratitude. In 2021 I decided to take on a year-long experiment. I decided to get rid of three things every day. Yep. Every day I ditched at least three items of clutter. Did I manage to do it? Spoiler alert. You … [Read more...] about What I learned from a whole year of sending gratitude cards to folks, Part 1
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The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
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There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
