Karen’s Articles
If You Woke Up And “It” Was No Longer There
November. The Month of Gratitude. The next time you can’t sleep, try this appreciation exercise. My amazing mentor Glenna Salsbury taught it to me years ago, and I rely on it often. Imagine that anything you fail to be grateful for today, is then gone tomorrow. Are...
Weeds and Stragglers
I have a small flower garden outside of my office window. The purpose of it is clear: to give me and my team something beautiful to look at as we come and go from the office and while we are working. Typically, I do all the planting, mulching, and weeding myself....
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 an...
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 when...
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 also...
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 club...
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 of...
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 was a...
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