Karen’s Articles
Boo! Are Performance Appraisals Haunting You?
One of the first questions I ask when I start working with a new client is, "Are you using performance appraisals well, and how does performance management work in your organization?" I guess that's more than one question, isn't it? Once in a while I hear that...
Graduate-Level Facilitation or Basic Civility?
Last fall my colleague Jennifer Ledet, leadership consultant, and I enrolled in a Facilitation Course which led to our certification as facilitators. In that high-level program we learned advanced facilitation techniques such as: how to gain consensus across time...
Your Brain in 2018 is Your 1950’s Widget
I know you wouldn’t steal your company’s computer. You know the one I mean. The one your employer bought for you that you store everything on and haul back and forth to the office. Fortunately, MY readers don’t steal. They are honest folks. And of course, in 2018,...
Is She Breathing?
How do you know if a person needs encouragement? If they are breathing! If you know me, you know I believe in the power of appreciation and encouragement. None of us get enough of it. So, if you read many, or any, of my blogs, you know I write about this a...
Define Leadership
My favorite definition of leadership: Helping every person reach their potential. What’s yours?
Stepping on Shells and Toes at Work
I was able to combine a speaking engagement with a trip to the Oregon coast with my extended family recently. I hadn’t seen that part of our beautiful country, and what can be better than a week with family? We were walking on the beach and enjoying the beauty when...
Cushy Place
Last night I met with a young man for a business coaching session. He had come to me to discuss his career options, but as we were talking, all I noticed was he was very depressed. When I asked him what he was grateful for, he had a hard time coming up with...
YOU! STAND UP! AND PUT YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR HEAD!
As you read this blog — and every other blog — stand up. No, really...actually stand up. Right now. Stand up. If you need to stand up more often, read more of Karen's blogs. You can find six years of blogs to read and keep you standing. And then take a look at...
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