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Where The “Whole” Leader is Supported and Appreciated.
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My mission is simple. It’s to get you to a place of feeling good when you think and speak so that you lead from a place that lifts you and others around you.. I know conscious, authentic communication (the kind that makes you feel vulnerable) may make you feel nervous at times, but I promise if you stick around here, you’ll get better and better at it. You just need the tools to own the room with confidence, influence vs. inform and make genuine connections with the people you work with.
It’s time for us all to ditch the facade of being what we’ve been programmed to believe is “professional.” AKA: What you think other people want you to be and step into the clarity of just being you. After all, it’s you and your expertise that got you the job and the clients in the first place. 😃
And if you’re wondering what spirituality and science has to do with becoming a better communicator and leader …. buckle up! You’re in for the inside-out self-improvement journey of a lifetime.
How to Respond to Microaggressions
Throughout my own career, often being the only Black person and/or woman in the newsroom, meant that I have experienced my share of microaggressions. The result? I was always pissed the eff off and ultimately feeling as though I didn’t quite belong. As in, always.
The Great Resignation is Also The Great Reflection
Turns out the desire to get a bigger paycheck isn’t the most important factor when it comes to where you choose to work.
In general, corporate culture is a much more reliable predictor of industry-adjusted attrition than how employees assess their compensation. An MIT Study found a toxic corporate culture is 10.4 times more powerful than compensation in predicting a company’s attrition rate compared with its industry. So… if you dread going to work, even if the pay is good, you’re more likely to look for employment elsewhere than if you simply want a bigger paycheck.
More Human Being, Less Human Doing
I received a message this week from someone who asked if I could send her my weekly blog articles via DM. She was a little sheepish: I know you send them via email, but I just can’t face my inbox. I know the feeling! I have a few thousand unread emails myself. Not to mention the Slack messages, Asana messages, Basecamp messages, text messages, DMs across platforms… the list goes on.
We all have too much information coming our way…
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means For Your Energy!
Whether you’ve seen the recent Jennifer Hudson biopic on Aretha Franklin or not, you are undoubtedly familiar with the refrain: R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
Respect! This can be a make-or-break factor in career success – whether you feel you are receiving enough of it, unable to give it, or simply not being met in a reciprocal way.
Disrespectful behavior in the workplace takes many forms, from subtle comments…