As a workplace speaker, author, and consultant, I seek to bring light, peace, and understanding to the complex relationships in today’s workplace. Sadly, today’s workplace is a web of egos battling and competing for power and validation, including managers who disempower employees, and co-workers who hurt and sabotage one another. The culture is fraught with […]
Illuminating the Path to Personal Freedom and Satisfaction
Calm Business, in their 2023 Workplace Mental Health Trends Report: The Future of Work, reported that forty-two percent of respondents to a workplace mental health survey said that workplace challenges are the top reason they seek mental health support. This is followed by personal illness, dealing with the illness of a family member, losing a […]
Announcing the Release of Illuminated Workplace
BRAVO!! The book is magnificent. You look into the eyes of so many critical mistakes in corporate life, and you stare them down with a stunning form of connectivity, compassion, and human caring. This work should turn tattered from use in the hands of every executive in the world. –Michael Cogdill, 29-time Emmy Winner as […]
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah
Thinking of friends far and near this time of year. It is a time to be with family and be grateful for all that we have. I think of the Ukrainian people with their strong will, fighting for their freedom. I believe they are standing for freedom for all of us. President Volodymyr Zelensky is […]
The Illuminated Workplace
The Illuminated Workplace: Shining Light on Workplace Culture For those of you who didn’t see my announcement in social media, I am excited to announce that The Illuminated Workplace will be released in January 2023. I have been working on the new edition of my book for six months and it will be available in […]
Leading Calmly in Challenging Times
These are extraordinary times and even as we think it will get better there are new setbacks and challenges. Most healthcare employees feel overworked and stressed, and although some are resolute and staying the course, others are leaving healthcare. The shortage of nurses due to former Covid conditions, aging Americans, and extraordinary turnover, has caused […]
Refresh Your Viewpoint
As we emerge from the pandemic many organizations want to return to normal. But changes in attitudes, motivations, and goals for employees and their desires for workplace environments have changed in ways that few could have been predicted. The Great Resignation and Quietly Quitting are results of many people during the pandemic having the chance […]
Balance
If you feel like the world is spinning out of control, you are not alone. This has been a year of watching and experiencing unprecedented events: Covid, the changing workplace conditions, inflation, extreme market fluctuations, economic hardships, high gas prices, a heartbreaking mass shooting in Uvalde, mass shootings across the country, a devastating war in […]
Finding Relief from a Toxic Workplace: Why We Must Shine a Light on this Difficult Problem
Healthcare News- May 10, 2022 I was feeling trepidation as I stood on a stage before a national audience of 800 business leaders in Denver, Colorado. I felt angst about the words I was about to speak in sharing my experiences as an author and consultant in a wide variety of businesses and industries. Although […]
Testimonials
Testimonials Your message of inspiration and improved self- awareness was really well received by all and led to more discussions than any of our usual Spine talks. It certainly raised our appetite for working more with you! And at our regional conference you were outstanding again! You have such a gift with people- the OR […]
