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Grand Visions Won’t Lead to Success
It’s that time of year where you’re probably having grand visions of the year ahead. But those visions alone will not lead to success. Last year I shared what you must have in place to fulfill those visions.
Advancing Women in Leadership and How Organizations are Getting It Wrong | Part 3
Several amazing women served as role models as I was a young, emerging leader. Though I’m grateful that a few also served as mentors, it wasn’t enough to accelerate my development or growth. This leads to the third mistake that
Advancing Women in Leadership and How Organizations are Getting It Wrong | Part 2
It’s unbelievable to imagine that when I was promoted to leadership nearly 20 years ago, I wasn’t offered this one thing – and it continues to be left off the table still today. So while organizations claim that advancing women
Advancing Women in Leadership and How Organizations are Getting It Wrong | Part 1
I was devastated to learn that working from home would no longer be offered as an ongoing benefit when I was in my corporate leadership position. It was with this policy change so many years ago that I discovered the
Check the Negativity
As much as you may want to be in a state of gratitude and joy as the holidays are upon us, the reality is that we’re currently surrounded by an extreme amount of negativity. I have a process that I
Who Should Make the Decisions?
Amazon recently reported that, with their return-to-office plans, there will not be one single policy, but rather the decisions will be empowered at the team levels. Our organization is aligned because what we know to be true is that most organizational
Empowerment Through Choices
I finally outsmarted my mom when I was about 9 years old. It was after a swim lesson, and she was allowing me to choose whether or not I went back the next day. As an adult, choices provide empowerment. If
Struggle to Meet Deadlines?
Why do most adults struggle to meet deadlines? Or maybe you meet them, but at times you find yourself scrambling at the last minute or pulling all-nighters to hit that target date. The reason isn’t as guilt-ridden as you may believe. In
Why Are We Still Burned Out?
CNBC recently titled an article, “Companies prioritized mental health during Covid, so why are we still so burned out?” Is it realistic to believe that the manner in which they prioritized and for the window of time that they did would
First Step to Mitigate Burnout
In last week’s video I shared the signs that indicate you’re on the verge of burnout. So what happens if they’re happening to you? What next? Since burnout occurs when workplace stress is not properly managed, your first step will take place at
How To Know If You’re Burning Out
I believed that what I was experiencing were signs of approaching burnout, but it turns out that I was already over the edge and what I was experiencing were SYMPTOMS of burnout that consumed me mentally and physically. If you’re
Trapped at a Dead-End
I’m frequently asked, “Colleen, what can I do if I’m feeling burned out or stuck yet I can’t leave my job?” I wondered the same thing immediately after I crashed that December evening in my office! For the several months
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