Be An Industry Disruptor
Shelley Armato, CEO, MySmartPlans
5 Powerful Phrases For Difficult Discussions
Liz Uram, Leadership Communication Expert, Lizuram.com
How To Make Effective Decisions
Lauren E Miller, Stress Relief/PE Educator, Grab and Go Stress Solutions
SOS For Working Moms
Angela DeFinis, President & CEO, DeFinis Communications
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Welcome to the August issue of Personal Excellence! Let us start by talking about success. Do you think there is a shortcut to success? Maybe or maybe not. However, I believe that success becomes sweeter only if there’s a tale of struggle preceding it.
About a decade ago, I was facing a similar situation to many people right now in the wake of the recent pandemic. At the time, I was working in Real Estate, and due to the market crash, had lost everything I had and more.
Everyone has the potential to be an industry leader. These leaders are the ones who transform the world—who disrupt their industry and launch massive and positive change.
Do you ever come up with your best responses an hour after a conversation has ended? Do you ever say to yourself “I wish I would have said…” or “I wish I wouldn’t have said…”? Do you ever get tongue-tied when you are put on the spot?
Do you have a decision to make in order to move forward professionally in a positive direction? You’re not alone, in the midst of uncertain times we actually have the opportunity to make decisions that can result in a positive impact on business.
As more and more mothers are working from home and engaging in online presentations and virtual meetings daily (all while dealing with kids and pets underfoot), it’s clear that the current set up is designed to fail. Unfortunately, there are few rules of engagement to apply when your kitchen table is suddenly your office.
As I noted in an Employee Benefits and Wellness Excellence article in November 2019, the term work – life balance has been around since the early 1970’s. The term rose to significance as more and more women entered the workforce and sought to balance their role at work with their role as a wife and a mother.
We have a tendency to look at learning as a one-way street. In reality, learning is a two-way street and much more. There are learning opportunities and teaching moments around us every day. Through The Stovall Center for Entrepreneurship at Oral Roberts University, I’ve had the opportunity to lecture in several classes.
It was supposed to be a joke. Frank loved to joke with people, but he usually stayed away from injecting humor into his writing, especially at work. Today was different, he thought the team could use a chuckle. He added those two sentences at the end of an otherwise important email to his team.