Karen’s Articles
10 Reasons to Conduct Regular Performance Reviews
Performance reviews can be an opportunity for individuals, departments and organizations to improve. The best performance reviews create a meaningful dialog between employees and managers. The process encourages a sharing of ideas, opinions and information...
Make Your Webinar Visually Engaging
We’ve already examined reasons why a webinar is a more engaging way to conduct meetings than a conference call. Now, what are some ways you can make your webinar even more effective? First of all, remember to take full advantage of the additional sense your...
Make Your Meeting A Webinar
With a webinar, two rather than one of the senses is engaged. Rather than relying completely on sound, the presenter can also engage the sense of seeing. You also have the ability to: See who is on the call (take attendance) See who has left the call ...
Paper Airplanes
On the way to our sixth-grade son's middle-school awards ceremony, we celebrated by going out to dinner. About half-way through the meal, he said, "I don't know what the big deal is. All they give you is a piece of paper." We suspected he didn't really mean it, but...
Equal Participation in the Workplace
Studies show that compared to men – women talk less in meetings, make fewer suggestions, are interrupted more and given less credit for their ideas. Overall – women have less influence in the workplace than men – even at the very same job level. Have you ever...
Self‑Defeating Behaviors
Oftentimes, when working in or with a group, a member’s individual needs interfere with the groups’ effectiveness. Whether you are leading the group or you are a member of the group, the groups effectiveness depends on the ability to notice manage and redirect...
With Age Comes the Gift of Loving those Younger
My Great Aunt Edith lived to be 96. She died 7 years ago. Until the very end, she got up every day. She lived for more than a decade in senior housing. She dressed herself. She walked, or as my kids would say, she scuffled. She gave, she listened, she loved. ...
So You’re Not Stealing…But Are You Sharing As Effectively As Possible?
Ok – so I’ve challenged you to think about whether or not you’re stealing from your company when it comes to the sharing of data and information. (Here is the blog if you need a refresher: Are You Stealing ‘Widgets’ From Work?) ...If your answer to this question is a definite ‘no!’ then you must Read the full article...
Holiday F Words
At holiday gatherings, my family of origin played word games (video games hadn't been invented yet). It's natural, then, that I'd use words to facilitate your fantastic family festivities. Here are a few words related to work, work groups, and celebrations. (Some...
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