Pause and Reflect: It’s Labor Day

Pause and Reflect: It’s Labor Day

by | Sep 1, 2021 | Mindset

As the pandemic has made all of us reflect and re-evaluate many aspects of our lives, I started to think more about our relationship to work. On a recent trip to Asheville, NC, I saw many help wanted signs. The service industry is desperate for employees, but they are...
Mission Burrito

Mission Burrito

by | Aug 17, 2021 | Mindset

Years ago when I was on a tour in the Mission District of San Francisco, we stopped to eat burritos. We were told that we were eating the famous Mission burritos. None of us had heard of them. Incredulous that we had not heard of the Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel,...
Voltaire and Appreciation

Voltaire and Appreciation

by | Aug 10, 2021 | Leadership, Mindset

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire I have been sharing a series of blogs on the importance of gratitude in our personal and professional lives, and on the benefits of routinely...
Spuddle

Spuddle

by | Jul 27, 2021 | Mindset, Performance Management

The word spuddle means “to put in a great deal of effort and achieve only very little.” Let’s face it, all of us spuddle sometimes. It’s just a matter of how often and for how long. I spuddle when I have a proposal to write, when I have eaten a big lunch...
Ask a Stupid Question

Ask a Stupid Question

by | Jul 20, 2021 | Employee Engagement, Mindset

I attended the National Speakers Association Conference last week and as always, I learned so much. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the conference that I would like to share with you. The quality of the answer is dependent on the the quality of question.   —...

How Will You Observe Juneteenth?

by | Jun 15, 2021 | Diversity and Inclusion, Mindset

I grew up in the South, but didn’t know about Juneteenth until just a few years ago. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in...