Re-opening our business doors is a wonderful, positive, step forward towards a better future. Your workforce may be returning from remote work or coming back from furlough. Their future is also looking brighter, plus, returning to work may alleviate the stay at home stress experienced by some of your employees. This is the perfect time to introduce new tools to help increase your bottom line.  This methodology is called ”Job Crafting*” and it is an incredibly valuable way to take proactive steps to increase positive energy and vibe in your jobs and at your workplace. (Please hit the link ..read more

As states across the country are reopening for business, business leaders are forced to rapidly adjust to the changing landscape around them. Public health concerns are at the front of every conversation now.  Every day the news media leads with shockingly new numbers – stock market numbers, unemployment numbers, COVID 19 numbers which are numbers mostly referencing the number of positive cases, negative cases, and outcomes of those cases. Numbers, numbers and more numbers and not many of these numbers are good numbers. The small business owners to the large corporations are now trying to ..read more

Social distancing is a new word and process that we are all very familiar with at this point in time. Staying six feet apart from each other physically has meant we have had to find creative solutions too many situations. Experts predicted that we would start to see a sharp peak of COVID 19 cases if we did not take immediate action to lower the curve. Thanks to people working together, we seem to have lowered the curve and are now showing fewer numbers of infection and mortality rates than what was previously predicted and not just because of the social distancing but because of many other act ..read more

Seemingly overnight, our country and the world, has changed.  Our new normal is completely being redefined. And truthfully, no one really knows what the future has in store. The stock market has plummeted.  Businesses are closing for weeks, possibly months.  The American  workforce is, for the most part, at home, isolating with family.  Worldwide people are isolating, while the global economy grinds to a halt.   Or has it? Rather than fear-filled people, I’ve seen tremendously kind-hearted gestures and optimistic views emerging from all over the world.  ..read more

“Rough waters are true tests of leadership. In calm water, every ship has a good captain.” — Swedish proverb With growing coronavirus fears, stock market fluctuations, and politics dominating local and national news, it’s important that employers and employees stay calm and carry on. Employees may be struggling to stay on task and manage the day-to-day based on their fears and while it’s important to stay up to date on what’s going on, it’s also important to realize that the news often has a habit of focusing on the worst possible news. Mark Twain famously qu ..read more

Most of us have been there. Running a couple minutes later than you like, towards a job that you stopped enjoying a long time ago, wondering if this is as good as it gets? Ever think to yourself “If I had my own company, I would “___________” (insert whatever here). Shows like Shark Tank and other portrayals of business in the movies and media make owning your company glamorous. And it is… SOMETIMES. The reality of it is that success takes hard work, no matter what path you endeavor upon. For every truth of a business owner on a golf course smiling and having the time of their life, there is a ..read more

Loving The One You Are With Memories are potent, especially when they are triggered by a powerful sense. As I drove to work today thinking about a variety of things including what the heck I am going to do with my special Valentine’s person this upcoming weekend, I heard a song from way back that transported me back to my high school days when it was raging all over the airwaves, that song was “Love the One You’re With” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash. There is just something about that song that reminds me to be happy with the people around me. I arrived at work happy, and full of gratitude be ..read more

When I was a kid, skaters and surfers were cool, as was the totally rad lingo. I still catch myself using some words from my youth like, psych, dude, bro and even AWESOME! As an adult, I can appreciate a word like awesome for how powerful it is. The word means to be filled with great reverence, a mixed tremendous feeling deep within full of admiration or veneration. In my youthful eyes, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was “awesome,” but now, awesome applies more towards majestic mountain peaks or great human achievements- especially when those require overcoming hardship. I am constan ..read more

I always like to check in with people about mid-way thru January to see how they are doing on their New Year’s Resolutions as this is the point when most people start to come off of the gas hard on their resolutions. It just happens. Life gets real again very fast after the holidays and back into defensive mode we go, fighting off the daily adversity and grind that fatigues us to no end leaving little in the emotional, physical or mental reservoirs to focus on all of those great ideas and resolutions that we came up with just 2 to 3 short weeks ago. Come on everybody, we got this! I will s ..read more

Research has shown that one of the key elements of continued happiness, especially for highly “successful” people is growth. No matter what you have accomplished, happiness is tied to achieving new things-emotionally, physically and mentally. In January of this year, I kicked the year off with a blog post and call to action “(Tri) Along With me For Business and Personal Success in 2019”. It was heartwarming hearing about personal and professional victories that were shared with me throughout the year. As we wrap up 2019 and look forward to January 2020, I want to raise the bar a few notche ..read more