Managing Remote Teams for Trust and Success
October 26, 2020
Managing remote teams has never been more critical than it is right now. For remote teams to be successful, they need to operate in a culture built on trust, collaboration, and teamwork. They need to know the rules and expectations from the beginning.
Rewilding for Business Success and Mental Health
October 15, 2020
Back in March, when the Covid-19 pandemic was reaching global proportions and folks everywhere were forced into quarantine, I found myself tunneling down one of those internet rabbit holes reading about zoos. In retrospect, this was all too appropriate...but at the time I didn’t make the connection between my locked-in circumstance and the life lived by captive animals across the world. You see, I was reading about the subject, not because felt caged, but because a major construction project was under way across the street and the daily noise was making me crazy.
Resilient Leadership Traits That Grow Law Firms
October 8, 2020
In this present moment, it’s not hard to see why resiliency matters. The combination of economic uncertainty, a raging pandemic, and palpable political tension will test anyone’s composure. It’s not just exceptionally tough times that demand a steady hand, though. Resiliency is a practice and getting good at it means nurturing a resilient character day in and day out—both when adversity is great, and also when it’s not.
Overcoming Attorney Excuses to Reach 2020 Goals
October 5, 2020
It’s the end of 2020, and we are all feeling a bit worn out. Are you using external forces to conjure up excuses for why your goals for this year are going to be left on the cutting room floor? In today's podcast, I am so excited to be talking with Liz Wendling about excuses, and getting things done in the present moment. We discuss how to save 2020 by figuring out what will help you thrive as year-end approaches. So...what do YOU still want to accomplish in 2020?
Year-End Success Strategy for Business Teams
September 28, 2020
It’s that time of year again. We all feel it. It’s not the cool autumn breeze. It's the pressure of the year-end sprint. And 2020 is either going to be the year that crippled us or shifted us and our businesses. In this episode, we focus on which one of those describes you, and what you can do to skyrocket your success 2020 and beyond. I will introduce four impactful yet simple things that can be implemented into your daily life so that you absolutely SLAY the end of 2020.
Break Excuse Habits to Boost Productivity
September 23, 2020
We live in an accelerated world. If you’ve read Juliet B. Schor’s pathbreaking book, The Overworked American, you know that US workers log more hours and less vacation than the average medieval peasant. This was true in 1991 when Schor’s book was published and, if anything, it is even more true now. The supercharged pace of daily life creates a world of unrealistic expectations. We overextend ourselves because hard work is a moral imperative. Amidst this “always-more” mindset, excuses provide a lifeline. After all, being too busy is a legitimate—even revered—state of affairs, and so it provides a clean getaway from stressful tasks. In warp-speed economics, excuses save us from ourselves.