business growth

In our busyness, we can easily lose sight of the “big picture”. Just as easily, however, we can gain perspective of the momentum and trajectory of our life and career by connecting the dots of our past and present.

High-achieving professionals and business owners are focused on the future. Even after significant “wins”, the focus for many of us quickly shifts to “what’s next”. Over the long-term, this can lead to burnout, discontent, and feeling trapped; even isolated.

Personal Time Off is great. It’s a chance to get away, to disconnect from work, and even have some rest and relaxation. Taken routinely, PTO is an effective strategy to reduce work stress… but it will not cure or help you avoid burnout by itself. For that, we need to design ourselves a more frequent form of PTO, a daily “Personal Time-Out”.

Choice is “an act of making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.” In order to make a choice, we need to recognize those possibilities… and then have the courage to act. Winning at work and life and as an organization is a choice.

Money can’t buy love, fame can’t buy happiness, and experiences can’t buy engagement.
“Employee experiences” in terms of workplace perks don’t create employee engagement, at least not the type that drives results over the long-term by themselves…

Employee engagement is essential for success today. Yet, creating and sustaining the kind that matters most and drives growth remains elusive for too many leaders and organizations…

Whether newer to the workforce or with 20 or more years’ experience, so many of us are: Feeling the weight of burnout and disengagement, Yearning for more…