The Intersection
The way we work, grow, and succeed is changing. I’m here to explore what that means for you and your company. This blog is a collection of insights, strategies, and reflections designed to help individuals take ownership of their career and life and help companies create a space where team members thrive.
I pull from books, podcasts, research, and personal experiences to uncover practical ways to stabilize, grow, and thrive in today’s evolving world. If you’re looking to create a stronger, more sustainable foundation for your career or the company you are part of, this is the place.
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Nesting at Work
Yesterday, we covered moments when nesting or un-nesting might happen. The life moments were easier to identify than the work moments. After a bit of research, I found that the term nesting is used in call centers. The nesting phase is the time...
Tending to the Nest
The idea of nesting during pregnancy has been frequently discussed and researched. This is the time when expectant moms clean, organize, plan, and stock up. They are preparing the home for what is ahead. We’ve also heard about empty nesting...
Podlist & Weekly Summary – 2.3.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development While the week kicks off with a physical reminder of our goals, the rest of the week is focused on digging into the elements of the hope formula to leverage the ideas as we move into the new year. ...
Understanding Willpower & Waypower
We dive into the new year with hope for what we want. Considering the formula, it’s now our willpower + waypower that will make the difference. As I continue to dive into this concept, we need these dimensions to be at optimal levels. Too much or too little of each...
Digging Into Waypower
Yesterday, the focus was on willpower. Today, we move to the second element of hope needed to meet our goals – waypower. Charles Snyder, the psychologist and hope researcher who developed the hope formula defines waypower as our “ability to find new pathways to reach...
Digging Into Willpower
We’ve covered the formula of hope over the last couple of weeks. Today and tomorrow, we’ll dig a little deeper into willpower & waypower. First up is willpower. When we look at the definition, willpower is “the ability to control one’s own actions, emotions, or...
Consider the Goal
A recent episode of the podcast Self Improvement Daily podcast “Your Next Step is Always Clearer Than Your First” got me thinking about goals in the context of the Hope Formula. The podcast encouraged us to give ourselves permission to adjust our goals. The point is...
Importance of Reminders
We all know how busy life can get. As the year goes on, our goals and desired habits can start to be forgotten. An article in the Washington Post notes a study that found 50-70% of our everyday memory failures involve forgetting our intentions. No wonder it’s...
Weekly Summary & PodList – 1.27.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development With the new year in full swing, the posts this week focus on goal setting and clearing clutter. Gaps and Gains. This first post of the week suggests that we tend to spend more time focusing on our gaps...
Leveraging Loops
Now that we are settling into January, many of us have goals established. This is a great time to have a conversation about the systems in place to achieve our goals. I have been researching systems and there are great references we can leverage. Open vs. Closed Loop...
Company Wellbeing
As the new year begins, we are thinking about what we want to accomplish. During this time, we may think a lot about the 8 dimensions of wellbeing in our lives. I have started to wonder if the 8 dimensions of wellbeing could be applied to a business. Could a company...
Need Help Deciding Where to Focus?
We may be entering the year full of ideas and ambitions. There are resolutions, business plans, and the possibilities are endless. A tool that can add some framework for decisions on where to place our time is ICE. This is a measure that considers the Impact,...
Leveraging From-To
Sometimes we start the year with goals that are too broad and unfocused. Examples might be improving our health, getting a promotion, or updating our homes. To get specific about what we want, we could leverage a from - to chart. On the left, you list the current...
Gaps and Gains
When we consider our goals, we place more focus on gaps than gains. We quickly consider how far we are from what we want to achieve. Or, if we hit a goal, we might raise the bar higher. Again, focusing on the gap. What if we instead spent time reflecting on gains?...
Weekly Summary and PodList – 1.20.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development As we continue through January and setting new intentions for the year, the posts this week focus on providing tips for establishing and keeping habits. What is a Habit? The first post of the week looks...