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...
Hello, My Name is Karen

Hello, My Name is Karen

by | Mar 10, 2021 | Leadership, Mindset

Hello! My name is Karen. If you had asked me 10 years ago if I would be apologizing for my name, I would have said,“…What?”   When my parents, mostly my mother, named me Karen, it was after my grandmother Karoline. It was a very popular name at the time, and in...