
“Quiet Promotion” and Why Silence is Scary When the Work Piles On
Authored by: Betsy Moore My oldest daughter was recently assigned a group project in 7th grade social studies class. Even the words, “group project”, still to this day give me full body hives thinking back to my own experiences of pulling all-nighters to finish up...

How Ditching The “I’ll Be Happy When…” Mindset Is Key for Stress Sanity
Authored by: Betsy Moore Rebecca Mason, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of San Francisco, worked for six grueling years, including three pandemic semesters, and finally earned tenure - what she calls the “Holy Grail of academe.” She writes, “I...

Spring Clean Your Meetings and Yes, Order Pizza
Authored by: Betsy Moore Open the windows. Deep-clean the closets. Declutter the drawers. Dust those bookshelves. Replace the pizza with a healthy smoothie. Find some time to get outside and exercise. Yep, spring is almost here and we are bombarded with spring...

“Who’s the Greatest Among You?” Leadership Journal Publishes Our Original Research Study
Co-Authored by: Chris Flickinger & Betsy Moore Who’s the greatest among you? Let’s face it, you ask this question -- in fact, we all ask this question – either brazenly aloud or bashfully within our own minds. You and I both know there’s a pecking order in life –...

Valentine’s “Day” is All Wrong
Authored by: Jennifer Barnett Did you know that National Employee Appreciation Day is in March? If you’re anything like me, your eyes were rolling before you finished that sentence. “Another made-up Hallmark Day?” Maybe I’m too cynical, but my attitude about such days...

SuperBowl Monday is the Least Productive Day of the Year – 10 Ways to Plan Ahead!
Authored by: Betsy Moore “Productivity paranoia” is a recent buzz phrase from Microsoft which describes the notion that “leaders fear that lost productivity is due to employees not working, even though hours worked, number of meetings, and other activity metrics have...

How to Hack into Root Problems
Authored By: Alex Neagoe If you think your dad was obsessed with the appearance of his front lawn, you clearly didn’t know mine. As a business owner of a mid-sized irrigation company, he spent many nights and weekends manicuring our grass. If we had lived in an HOA,...

Using Core Values to Level-Up Your Leadership
Authored By: Alex Neagoe It’s estimated that adults make 35,000 conscious decisions a day. Ahh, but here’s what is really interesting – every decision, action, or inaction that is taken, is guided by a set of internal standards. These standards are what we call...
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