Staying motivated and resilient into the new year feels like biking on a long flat road, with a strong headwind. I’m pedaling hard but I seem to stand still. Here are five tips how to keep on moving
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Are you Living and Leading with Purpose?
Last week was the 10th anniversary of my father’s passing. I turn 50 in about three weeks. On Sunday my daughter and I visited the Met in NYC – exploring Greek and Roman art. She…
Thursday Tip – Accomplishment Journal
Remember to keep an accomplishment journal. It does not need to be fancy or well written – it can be a simple list or an e-mail folder where you save compliments and positive feed-back received….
Women Inspiring women
Women inspiring women!
Leading Ladies in International Development Panel
The Leading Ladies in International Development Panel Discussion is part of a larger initiative to inspire, promote and support female leaders and leadership: The purpose of the Leading Ladies initiative is to advance women in leadership, raise the profile of leading women overall and inspire young rising women leaders to pursue their career dreams. The “Leading Ladies” Panel project is focusing on different aspects of women leaders.
Career Change in Times of Crises – Turn the Need for Change into Purposeful Plans
Experiencing a global crises like we are doing today may lead to many of us beginning to question our choices in life. Because when faced with threats to our life and to our sense of…
Are We Talking too Much About Being Busy and Burnout?
How do we talk about our work and life? What’s the narrative we are creating? Is our story all about our stress and busyness? Are we glorifying being busy? I admit I fall into this pattern myself. It was my need to be busy, to work hard and prove myself that contributed (only one aspect of many complicated ones) to my burnout. Being busy was an important part of my identity. It still is. I’ve had to re-evaluate my values and beliefs and my sense of self to create a way of living that is healthier and more in harmony with what I need and what I must do.
The stories we create about our lives and who we are shape our lives and who we become. Perhaps it is time to change the narrative? Is there a happy and fulfilled busy? A busy that does not result in burnout?
How Do You Change a Culture?
“America: the land of the free and the vacation-deprived”, this according to an article in Huffpost on 6.7.2019. For an immigrant from Finland who has called the USA my home for 21 years my fellow…
Monday Morning Motivation, or not?
Do you welcome Monday morning? We love saying TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday), but what about TGIM? Does Monday have to be dreary and gray? No, it does not. But sometimes it is. I usually…
Resiliency Wins
Sunday Summary: Avoid excessively personalizing others’ poor behavior towards you or criticism of your performance at work. It’s not about you, it’s about them and their behavior. Relevant criticism is about your work performance –…