Karen’s Articles
What Do You Plan To Fail At Today?
I am a member of a wonderful business book club and each quarter we read a new business book. We discuss not only the book, but what specific material in the book would be helpful to our clients. Many times after reading a book, I offer to conduct a book...
Improving Employee Engagement With A Survey: Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USBmyy38gSU So I just came back from having the most incredible meeting. We had done an employee engagement survey and what had happened is the organization felt like no one was going to participate, no one was going to say what they...
Improving Employee Engagement With A Survey: Part 1
https://youtu.be/Dc9bUzcSXqQ Can you take a look at the setting? This is such a beautiful place and I get to go in in a few minutes and share the results of an employee engagement survey. The particular group I’m working with came up with eight distinct categories...
Are You Lost?
A few years ago, I had the privilege of being a panelist at the DC chapter of the National Speakers Association. After all the panelists had a chance to share their tricks and expertise, the audience was encouraged to ask questions. As it turns out, there...
9/11 and Mister Rogers
9/11 was scary. There was a time when people would ask, “Where were you on 9/11?" and they would share their stories of fear, horror, and how that fateful day changed them forever. Often the people who are best at helping with fears are people who work with...
Who Pays For Dinner?
I was sitting at book club last night and my friend Carla turned to me and exclaimed, “Write about laptops and devices!” What? I was puzzled. “Write about bringing laptops into meetings and how disrespectful that is. People think they are multi-tasking and...
Barbara and Meditation
Approximately 10 years ago, I was working with a consultant to help me grow my business. I’ll call her Barbara. She came to me with outstanding references and she had some excellent suggestions. Not too long after I met her, she suggested that we spend some...
Last Week You Were Still There
And this week, you are still there and your colleagues wish you had left! That’s right. Last week, I wrote a blog called “Why Are You Still There”. When I wrote the article, my intention was that readers would think about all the reasons their work was...
Why Are You Still There?
I was facilitating a retreat last week and Nida, a participant, told me that her manager makes her absolutely crazy. As Nida described her manager, Adam, he did indeed sound like a jerk. Adam sent directions for all of Nida’s tasks via email. Even when starting a...
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