Karen’s Articles
Workplace Culture, Leadership, and Toxic Positivity
I recently came across an incredible article in The Atlantic that got me thinking about toxic positivity. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend checking it out here. If you've been following my blogs, you know that I've written a lot about appreciation,...
When Performance Suffers, Are You Actually Stealing?
Back in the 1950s, stealing in the workplace was pretty black and white. If your workplace was a production line creating widgets and you took a widget home, you knew very well that you had stolen this physical property. Nowadays however, not everything falls...
Recharging Your Batteries for Performance Management
It’s been almost a week since I left the National Speakers Association annual meeting in Orlando and I am still full of energy with all I learned. This event happens just once a year and it’s where I go to recharge professionally. Regardless of my business needs,...
Be the Rainbow
I recently came across a list of amazing quotes by acclaimed American poet, storyteller, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Since I often write blogs discussing the importance of gratitude and mindset in our personal and professional lives, I found it to be a...
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...
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