Happy New Year! 🎊 I hope you had a joyful and refreshing celebration of Christmas and New Year, and are feeling more ready and excited to welcome 2025 with open arms. As I welcome the New Year, I am very much ready for an upgrade… of myself, that is! 🙋🏻♀️ Last year, I went through […]
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Typically, towards the end of the calendar or fiscal year, organizations go through an annual tradition of performance evaluation. Yep, you read it right, tradition. Sadly, many leaders and employees alike only see this process as a requirement to comply with to get evaluated and hopefully get a pay raise or a promotion. Unfortunately though,
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Is your workplace inclusive? I hate to break it to you, but creating a culture of diversity and inclusion is not just about running a webinar on D&I or monthly events that support different groups in the organization. Building an inclusive workplace, where everyone feels welcome, seen and valued, starts with inclusive leadership and a
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“Where did time go?,” I asked myself as I celebrated my book’s 4th anniversary, ate my boys’ birthday cakes and confirmed client engagements for 2024. You might be asking yourself the same question too, amidst finishing work deliverables, making mental notes of holiday parties you committed to and making last minute family vacation plans. Breathe.
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Leaders face different pressures and challenges everyday that make them susceptible to stress. As a leader, you’re always on the lookout to support and serve others, and often fall short in addressing your own needs. The increasing demands of the business and the expanding scope of the job often makes you doubt your capabilities which
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As I reflect on how quickly 2024 is moving by, I couldn’t help but reflect on a topic that’s very real, relevant and yet also quite fragile – our age. Having worked for more than a decade in a multinational company with great culture, I never felt too young or too old for any of
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“Make people awesome.” This is one of the 4 principles of Modern Agile and it perfectly aligns with many of the things I believe about leadership and people / career development. This is what led me to exploring and learning agile people practices. Building a high-performing team and leading successful organizations takes a complex, interconnected,
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“Employees don’t leave bad companies, they leave bad managers,” so they say. So why aren’t organizations investing in developing ‘good’ managers? Or should I say, why aren’t managers investing in developing themselves? In a Harvard Business Review article, “How Managers Unknowingly Sabotage Their Growth”, Ian Daley cited 3 challenges managers face when it comes to their own
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It takes a lot to build trust. In preparation for my birthday, my husband searched for hotels and other places we could consider for our family’s celebration. He carefully read through their websites and checked online forums for reviews of other customers. He wanted to make sure that we spend our time and money wisely.
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When the going gets tough, the tough gets going, so they say. It’s easier said than done, don’t you think? It is especially tough when your account balance is running low, your boss keeps giving you more work yet you’re underpaid, none of your prospects have called you back, or you just can’t seem to find
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