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Woman experiencing burnout with a laptop on fire.

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Q4: Managing End of Year Burnout

Remember about twelve years ago when every ad read like "I live to rise and grind! Coffee is my wife and we have two kids, Adderall and Empty Stomach! I eat spreadsheets for breakfast and work 19 hour days and sleep under my desk and cry because I'm...

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Leader on a Journey through the power of story

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Leaders love cool journeys: the power of story in galvanizing your employees

The most basic function of a story is to keep someone's attention. A story is a parlor trick of sorts, a little razzle-dazzle and slight-of-hand to...

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Burned Out People

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3 Energizing Tips For Avoiding Burnout

Oooh, boy, we are TIRED. Exhausted. Over it all, and then some.

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Retune to Work - Blog Banner

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Retune to Work

Remember when companies were making grand guesses about when and what the ‘return to work’ would look like? Then they moved those dates and changed...

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Checking In vs Checking Up On

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Checking In versus checking up on

Now, more than ever folks need the flexibility to handle whatever's next. The bad news is, there's a lot that gets in the way of being able to pivot...

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10 Tips for Successful Sales Comunications

Effective communication is critical to your success in sales. It enables you to demonstrate the value proposition, features, and benefits of your...

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Changes Ahead - Adaptability in the Workplace

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The benefits of adaptability in the workplace

Adaptation is something humans are born with. In the wild, it can make the difference between life and death. While the stakes in the workplace may...

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ATD 2021 Reflections: What We Saw, Learned, and Takeaways

ATD 2021 in Salt Lake City was, above all, tons of fun. Even with a somewhat smaller number of attendees than normal due to the Delta variant, we...

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Tales from the Front Line - Adaptability for Sales

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Tales from the Frontline: Knowing and Responding to the Pivotal Moment

I’ve been in sales my entire career. Almost 25 years of cold calling, appointment setting, airplanes, hotels, corporate lobbies, presentations,...

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I did NOT see that coming! Lessons on starting a small business during a time of extreme upheaval.

Late last year I approached my now business partner Andy with an idea for a new business. One driven by a specific purpose of helping organizations...

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