Karen’s Articles
What Coffee, Traveling, and Adoption Have In Common
It’s November, the month of gratitude. Although I would suggest that all hours, days, and months are good times to pause and feel gratitude. Focusing on what is good, and what is working in your life, helps to shift your brain and notice all that is right. I have...
Baseball, Barbies, and Bouncing Back
I grew up with three older brothers and they all played sports. The TV, with only 3 channels, was ALWAYS tuned to sports. I was dragged to more games than anyone can count, and so I played with my Barbies more often on bleachers than in my own home. I vowed that...
Taking Your Organization’s Pulse
After blogging my short videos about the importance of employee engagement surveys, I heard from a reader, Allen Bowman. He wrote, “I thought your note was particularly relevant, as we do bi-annual, organization-wide, employee engagement surveys, and we’ve...
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...
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