I never thought about putting myself in the boss’s shoes in regards to how their dynamic with work changes now that they are a boss. I have had a few bosses, and I have been a boss, but the words never came on what they (and I) actually feared now that they have direct reports.… Continue reading In My Bosses’ Shoes
Category: Leadership
My Big Leap with No Regrets
I recently listened to two books that have changed my personal perspective on living and my professional perspective on doing. I have pretty much told everyone who is in front of me how I'm going to implement both in order to help create lasting change in my life, and so I thought it best to… Continue reading My Big Leap with No Regrets
#TimeforLove #ProductivityChallenge #PujaRocks
My dear friend, Puja, is a professional coach and had a February #TimeforLove #ProductivityChallenge going on with a group of women who were looking to carve more time out of their day to fill it with more important things. I joined in. Below are two posts I had to write based on the different challenges… Continue reading #TimeforLove #ProductivityChallenge #PujaRocks
Why I went to the Mayor’s Summit
At the Mayor Buddy Dyer Neighborhood & Community Summit this weekend, I attended the Storytelling for Organizations breakout session where the new Orlando Poet Laureate taught everyone best practices on incorporating storytelling into your message. As part of this, she had us break into groups of two and we had to tell a story about… Continue reading Why I went to the Mayor’s Summit
Our MBTI’s changed!
So on some whims, we decided to take the Myers-Briggs Personality tests again. We were surprised! You, too, can take the test over and over again, at 16personalities.com
iD and CD and What a Great Partnership
I thought knowing my Myers-Briggs helped me a lot in my business setting, but DiSC really helped me learn what other people are more quickly so I could figure out better ways to interact with them!
Give and Take More Credit, Part Three of Confidence Talk
Taking and giving credit when credit is due is a critical component to building confident in yourself and others. In this week's post, I wrote about several resources that spoke about this very topic!
E, I, and EI, Oh!
I was lucky enough to have the company I work for pay to have our department go through DiSC training. DiSC is one of those personality tests, but the nice thing about it is that it focuses on group dynamics more than some other types of tests. This got me to thinking about what I… Continue reading E, I, and EI, Oh!
Busted, or Your Lack of Confidence is Showing, Part Two of Confidence Talk
After having learned about confidence builders and destroyers in "Confidence Code" I felt compelled to share what I learned and get it on as many Sisters' To Read lists as possible. At every Femcity social, business members get the opportunity to update everyone on their business/lives for about thirty seconds (I'm usually the timekeeper and… Continue reading Busted, or Your Lack of Confidence is Showing, Part Two of Confidence Talk
From Change Seekers to Change Makers
Using skills I learned from the second NLC Orlando Institute class, I wrote this post to ask for your help!
Patti is still learning 