You’re always looking for ways to stay healthy and thriving. Maybe you go to the gym, practice meditation, and embrace the idea of mental health day. Essentially, you’re into anything that can make you feel calmer and more centered. What’s better than something that reduces your stress? An action that makes both you and someone else feel better. […]

When you’re a manager, there are a lot of articles and books full of advice and tips to make yourself a leader. There are steps to take and processes to learn that all relate to how you can manage effectively and be seen as a leader. Sometimes, the solution isn’t as simple as what you […]

How often do you think about your break room? When is the last time someone asked you that question? If the answers are something close to ‘never,’ it might be time to pay attention. The break room at your workplace is more than just a place to get coffee and store lunches, and you should be […]

Like most people, you’ve likely faced this morning dilemma: you wake up not feeling well, but you don’t know if you should call off work. You’re achy all over, with a constant flow of sneezes and coughs, but you don’t necessarily feel terrible, and there’s work to be done at the office. You’re the manager, […]

With the New Year just around the corner, it is essential to reflect on the lessons learned and, more importantly, work to apply them to eliminate the risk of repeating. While many take this time to reflect on their personal lives, make sure you consider what happened at your company as well. Here are some lessons […]

The end-of-the-year means different things for different people. In some cases, it truly is a wind-down period. For others, everything is just ramping up. Preparing for the holidays on top of balancing work and your personal life can leave you feeling frazzled and easily annoyed. Your goal is to make it through, so then it […]

Meetings are an effective way to gather people together and make a plan, said almost no one. Too often, you leave a meeting saying ‘this could have been an email’ instead of feeling like it was time well spent. That’s not to say productive meetings do not occur, just that they are the exception instead of […]

As a leader, you want to make sure that you are giving back to both your team and the community. You invest time in both because you know it will lead to employee loyalty, satisfaction, and increased productivity. In your list of ways to improve, have you considered volunteering?      Getting teams out into the […]