Karen’s Articles
How Do Your Pockets Perform?
Many times I run across articles, Ted Talks or quotes that are far better than anything I could ever write. I wrote about mansplaining in 2021, but I haven’t had Paula Stone Williams' experience and oh, is she eloquent! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYx7HaUlMY...
Does Your Organization’s Culture Promote Leadership and Mentorship?
Part of being a good mentor in the workplace is reaching out to the people who made an impact on you in your life and letting them know. It's never too late to say, "You made a difference for me!" -- Karen Snyder For more of Karen's workplace wisdom, check out her...
High Performers and Stragglers
I was in my flower garden, another way to say I was in one of my happy places, and I was planting another clematis for what must be the 20th or so time. Why do I keep cajoling, prodding, and trying to grow a clematis in this spot when my other flowers are,...
What Does Your Culture Say About Sharswood and Juneteenth?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPk2F3rxetk Sharswood As we are on the cusp of Juneteenth, I remembered this excellent segment I watched on 60 Minutes. It elicited a lot of emotions for me, some good and some quite disturbing. What do you feel when you...
Suidees Cards, Leadership, and Culture
When I was an undergraduate at the University of Virginia (UVA), I took a career planning course (taught by Dr. Margot Baker) that changed the trajectory of my life. In the course, one of the assignments was to write our own obituary. Some classmates thought it was...
How Will You Observe Pride Month?
I came home exhilarated! It was such a fun day full of love and acceptance. I met my friend and colleague, Ann Murdoch at the Capital Pride Parade in Washington DC last year. Ann had helped arrange a spot in the parade for one of my clients, and we marched, danced,...
The Zumba Instructor
In order to create a respectful and inclusive workplace culture, organizations need to provide regular diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training. But once you have had that basic training, how can you mix it up and make it relevant year after year? At...
Assumptions and Roller Bags
On our recent bucket list trip to Australia and New Zealand, my husband Bill and I realized that his luggage rolled more easily and smoothly than mine. When taking a trip of this magnitude, suitcase performance is put to the test. Weeks after arriving home, I was...
Performance Management: Is Your Workplace in a Pickle?
Like over 30 million other Americans, I have been playing pickleball. I am bad. I don’t say that to be coy, modest, or kind, I am truly not a very good player. What I love about both my husband and the group I play with is they are very, very encouraging. I hear on...
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