17 Benefits of Thankfulness and Gratitude
Thankfulness and Gratitude In the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving this week. That usually means overindulging in food, football, and family. It’s also a time to increase our gratitude for the...
View ArticleJimmy Wayne: Using Struggle to Drive Success
Find Your Way In this episode of “Aim Higher,” I had the chance to sit down with someone who is a country music star, bestselling author, philanthropist and a truly humble, creative and generous...
View ArticleAim Higher: How leaders are coping with COVID-19
Coping with COVID-19 Sitting down with my colleagues for this “Aim Higher” podcast panel was, in a way, both very soothing and very stressful at the same time. It was wonderful because it’s an...
View ArticleTake Back Your Time for a Happier Life
Manage Your Time Ever feel like you have too much to do and not enough time to get it done? If you answered “no,” you are in a rare category. Four out of five of us say we are time-poor, unable to get...
View ArticleMaster the 4 Powers of Presence
Cultivate Leadership Presence Have you ever been in the presence of someone who is…present? I mean, fully and completely present. It’s so often the case that we are with people who are multi-tasking,...
View ArticleWhy Wellbeing Matters to Leaders
This is guest post by Karen J. Hewitt. Karen has spent the last decade creating leadership movements for health, safety and wellbeing that save lives and boost business performance. Her book People...
View ArticleAim Higher: Leadership secrets of stress management
Manage Your Stress Research: 8-out-of-10 people say that they experience stress regularly at work. On this episode of “Aim Higher,” my panel of leadership experts discusses stress. Which, as we...
View ArticleQuestions from Mail Bag: Stress, Persuasion, and Blame
Aim Higher: Expert advice on stress, persuasion, and blame. Have you ever had a boss who stresses you out? Do your ideas seem to fall on deaf ears? Or do you feel like you get blamed for things...
View ArticleLower Your Stress, Think With Clarity, and Lead with Ease
Change Your Lens Many capable leaders have resigned themselves to pervasive stress and being overwhelmed. They push through with brute force — day after day — in a state of perpetual exhaustion. But...
View ArticleThe Power of Vacations
The Power of Vacations Why do we work so hard, so long, and vacation so little? The health, creativity, social, and productivity benefits of time off are well documented. Yet many of us feel guilty...
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