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.
Let’s build something great—together!
Mise en Place
Mise en place is a French phrase used by chefs in professional kitchens. This statement means “putting things in place” or “gathering”. The idea is that when you do a proper setup before cooking, the kitchen will run more smoothly, keep things in order,...
Multi-Tasking Benefit
This week has been focused on the benefits of not multi-tasking. We covered why shift to single tasking to improve focus and productivity. We reviewed how task batching and time blocking could help with single tasking. Then, we looked at how those strategies might...
Productivity in 25 Minutes
The Pomodoro technique is a productivity approach that suggests you focus on a single project for 25 minutes and then take a break for 5 minutes. After four 25-minute segments, you take a longer 15-minute break. There are many advantages to this technique. You...
Batching and Blocking for Leaders
Yesterday, I wrote about the concepts of task batching (combining similar activities) and time blocking (putting time on your calendar for individual work). Both of these practices can be beneficial for anyone at work and at home. Thinking deeper about this, I...
Batching and Blocking
Yesterday, we discussed the advantage of single tasking over multi-tasking enabling you to completely focus on the task at hand. Today, we’ll focus on two techniques – Task Batching and Time Blocking – that can make single tasking even more effective. Below is...
Shifting to Single Tasking
Ten to fifteen years ago, multi-tasking was a part of many conversations on how to be more productive. Making calls while driving. Answering emails while in a meeting. Dealing with text messages while working on a presentation. Watching TV while playing with...
Moving from Defense to Offense
When life gets busy, we can suddenly find ourselves running our lives in defense mode. We are going to the meetings, completing deliverables, getting the kids to events, making meals, and all the other things. These are the times that we feel like we are on defense...
Embrace Your Flawsomeness
We all have flaws – no escaping it. There is a word in the urban dictionary that we might want to embrace and use more often – flawsomeness. The concept is to embrace your flaws and know that you are awesome with them. Perhaps you are more awesome because of...
Storage is a “Store”
The concept of treating your storage areas like a “store” was first introduced to me years ago by Lisa Woodruff on her podcast Organize365. The idea is to go to your storage room to “shop” for things you don’t need in your everyday life. Things like...
Plus. Minus. Equal.
I listened to a two-part podcast (7 minutes each) of Optimal Living Daily titled “Seven Steps to Learn and Master Anything by James Altucher”. The purpose of the episodes was to provide steps to master activities faster than the suggested 10,000 hours it takes to...
What’s Holding Creativity Back?
Businesses large and small are focused on creativity and innovation to stay relevant and lead their field. For those who aren’t creating, they feel they are falling behind. Companywide goals are set. Yet many individuals and teams struggle to find space for...
5 Ways to Recharge in 5 Minutes
With lives that are often overworked and overwhelmed, finding space to “Charge” throughout the day can become a challenge. So, we’ll wrap this week of personal energy posts with five easy ways to charge back up when you are finding yourself in a slump without...
Supporting the Energy of Others
This week, we’ve been focusing on our energy. The self-awareness of our natural tendencies can make us better able to understand situations that will drain us and strategies to recharge. Once we have this personal understanding, we can also begin to have conversations...
The Energy of a Space
Continuing the momentum this week on the topic of personal energy, today I wanted to connect to a Gallup podcast where there was a discussion about getting in “flow” at work. The primary conversation was how to recognize which of your CliftonStrengths are...
Maximizing Daily Energy
Yesterday, the blog covered a foundational understanding of your energy each day. When it peaks and what you need to recharge. This post will take that knowledge and introduce activities that make up our days. By combining your understanding of your daily...