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...
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,...
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 a...
Assumptions and Roller Bags
On our recent bucket list trip to Australia and New Zealand, my husband Bill and I realized that his luggage rolled more easily and smoothly than mine. When taking a trip of this magnitude, suitcase performance is put to the test. Weeks after arriving home, I was...
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