Karen’s Articles
Humor as a Leadership Tool: Insights From UVA’s April Fools’ Day Prank
As a proud alumna of the University of Virginia, I am fortunate to be on the university’s distribution list, receiving regular updates on campus activities. Additionally, as the aunt of Carly Abraham, a fourth-year student, I enjoy the spirited updates from my...
Making Meetings Count
Meetings are expensive. Although they can be very productive and move a project or a group forward, as the facilitator of a meeting or even the participant, meetings without outcomes are a waste of your organization’s time and money. It’s a good idea to know...
Unleashing the Impact of Meeting Facilitation on Culture and Leadership
Dear Readers, have you ever wondered about the essential elements of facilitation and their impact on your team's culture and leadership? In this blog, we delve into the basics of facilitation and challenge you to reflect on the last meeting you attended. How well...
Boost Your Facilitation Skills: Essential Basics for Executive Leaders
As a Certified Professional Facilitator and Leadership Retreat Guru, I am typically the person leading the program, so it’s a rare and special opportunity when I get to be a participant. I had one of those experiences last year, when I attended an event with the...
Leadership: Should We Stop Observing Black History Month?
Last year as a result of a blog I wrote about Black History Month, a reader suggested I stop promoting the observance. I was shocked, and then he provided the video linked below with Mike Wallace and Morgan Freeman from 2005. I found the interview interesting and...
From A Sunday Read to a Lifetime Adventure: Our Journey to All 30 Major League Baseball Stadiums
Decades ago, on a cold winter Sunday, I was in my “jammy clothes” reading Parade Magazine. This was back in the day when people read print newspapers. I read about a mother and son who had visited all thirty Major League Baseball stadiums. Our son Jeffrey was about...
The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture and Legacy
In preparation for the New Year and goal setting, I remembered a workshop I attended last year on the role of visualization in the process. The artful facilitator, Melanie, encouraged us to draw a circle and identify different areas of our lives. Health and fitness...
Leadership and Goal Setting From My Wise Scottish Geometry Teacher
In my January blog series on goal setting, I want to share my love for Mrs. Tillman, my ninth grade Geometry teacher. Mrs. Tillman had a heavy Scottish accent and her love of teaching, influencing, and Geometry converged every day in 4th period, right before lunch....
Is Goal Setting Part of Your Culture?
Bah humbug! Many of us seem like naysayers when we think about goals. Maybe you have resisted setting goals if you think of goal setting only as it pertains to your work or your finances. I will be writing a January series on goal setting, and I hope to encourage...
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