Be Grateful for Second Chances
We can be hard on people. We give up when they screw up. We put them down when they are trying hard to rise up. We are quick to criticize small errors. We are slow to forgive. We ignore. We roll our eyes. We exclude. We are all guilty at times. When we are quick…
The Challenges of 21st Century Leadership
Guest Post by Ali Jafri Despite the fact the countries are slowly recovering from recent financial crisis, CEOs across the globe still feel that financial environment is far from stable or comfortable. It has always been a tough challenge to find strong business leaders offering a unique combination of personality and skill necessary to take the…
Why Title and Experience Don’t Matter: 3 Questions that Anyone Can Ask
Guest Post by Patti Johnson Unexpected contributors Emma Scheffler had big plans to play soccer and have a high school experience to remember. She and her family learned why she hadn’t been feeling well during a four day stay in the hospital. She was diagnosed with diabetes. Could she carry on with her love of…
8 Practical Ways to Become a Better Version of Yourself Professionally
To get a better version of yourself, the following 8 tips may be helpful. We all need to improve what we do and how we do it. Create a better version!
Each Year, Hope and Change
When a new year starts, we hope and we are hopeful. Hope delivers a fresh page to write a renewed story of our life. When a year ends, we are worn to a certain point and reflect on change. Change is invasive and evasive in that it impacts us in many ways yet we choose…
Building a Culture to Embrace Millennials
Are you ready? More than 80 million Millennials will be entering the workplace, and it is happening soon. Next year, 36% of the workplace will consist of Millennials. The question is really: Is your organizational culture ready? Embracing a Millennial Personality Organizational cultures will need to adapt. It isn’t about changing principles. It is about…
20 Somethings: Being Grounded While Gaining Ground
Being a 20 Something is an exciting, uncertain, and growth-oriented time. Although my twenties are well past, I remember them well. I thought I could accomplish so much in less than ten years. No different, really, for Millennials today. Age-related time supersedes generational time in some ways. 20-Somethings: 101 Secrets After reading 101 Secrets for…
How to Handle Negative Feedback at Work
Getting feedback is a part of work. Some may be negative feedback. We need to be prepared to handle it, and here five ways to handle negative feedback.
Getting Teams Unstuck
Guest Post by Sean Glaze When I was in college, I went riding with a friend of mine in his truck down a few back roads. It had just rained, and we thought it would be fun to explore a bit. The problem was that we soon found ourselves in the middle of nowhere and stuck…
Getting Real About Leadership
Guest Post by Bill Treasurer There are some differences between the leadership theories and ideals that you learn in college or graduate school and the actual practice of leading in the workplace. In graduate school, I learned that you should flex your leadership style according to the developmental level of your employees. In the workplace…
Six New, New Things I Learned from Wisdom 2.0
Mindful curiosity can take you on new paths of understanding and discovery. About two years ago, I became aware of Wisdom 2.0. I always had a conflict when the conference was held, but this year it was a clear path. After just completing almost three days of attending sessions and engaging in wonderful conversations with…
Challenge Your Status Quo
This simple sentence published by Ali Davies in Google+ stuck with me. “Being willing to challenge your own status quo is an essential part of getting on the path to creating change.” A very true statement and a very challenging one, too. Personal change can only happen if a person wants to change. Leaders can…