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How to Have a Healthier Inner Dialogue as a Leader
We arrived in the trailhead parking lot at 5 a.m. As soon as Kristy turned off the car, it was pitch black. I could barely see the car parked next to us. Her excitement at the millions of stars overhead did not compare to the voice in my head shouting that someone was...
How to Prevent Burnout with Hybrid Workplaces in a Post-Pandemic World
Approximately 76% of professional services firm employees are currently experiencing some form of burnout. This is according to a December 2020 study conducted by behavioral health benefits provider SpringHealth. It is a staggering statistic affecting law firms,...
Want to Get Your Staff Back to Work? Spoiler Alert: They Never Stopped Working!
"It's time to get our staff back to work!" I cringe when I hear leaders at different firms say those words. Yes, the Covid-19 pandemic hijacked so many businesses and caused massive disruption in homes all over the world. In a matter of days, if not hours, entire...
How to Build a Strong, Higher-Performing, and More Profitable Hybrid Workforce
Work-from-home team members are becoming more and more popular in professional service firms, especially in a post-pandemic marketplace. A hybrid workforce is essential to staying competitive, but it's likely your current team setup wasn't built to be a hybrid team....
The Post-Covid Workplace: How to Create a Productive Hybrid Team 100%
Stacey is excited to work from her office again, seeing her colleagues, and having a distinct end of her day on her commute home. She’s had a productive year, and yet is ready for her old ways of productivity. Scott, on the other hand, is dreading going back into the...
Going Back to Pre-Covid Office Hours Is A Terrible Idea (And Here’s 3 Reasons Why)
"Julie, we need to get our staff back to work!" You wouldn't believe how many law firms and accounting firms I've seen say those words over the past six months. For the record, your staff has been working incredibly hard this past year-and-a-half from home during...
How to Go from Office B**** to Respected Leader
Have you heard about the ‘Witch with a B’ Factor? This is the all-important, yet rarely spoken about, tightrope that women walk every day. The tightrope of being powerful, but not too powerful; of being authoritative, but not too authoritative; of being...
Five Tactics to Help Avoid Using Filler Words in a Business Meeting
There are three words undermining your impact when used in a meeting, conversation, presentation, or email. They are words we use all the time, which could be destroying your career and leadership impact. Those three words are, “um”, “er”, and “uh”. Have you...
4 Steps to Using Strong Leadership Language as a Female Leader
I hear it all the time, “Why do you have to be so aggressive? Why can't you just be like one of us?” Doesn't that make you want to clench your jaw and fists when you hear those words? What does that even mean? No matter where you are in your career, whether...
Leaders: Stop Using Weak Language And Do This Instead
This article was originally published on the Forbes blog. I hear it all the time: “Why do you have to be so aggressive? Why can't you just be like one of us?” No matter where you are in your career, you may have experienced this kind of reaction from someone. If you...
Stop Avoiding Conflict And Try These Five Tactics Instead
This article was originally published on the Forbes blog. I will be professional and interact with Julia only when I need to. I won’t go out of my way to include her, keep her up to date or interact with her unless I have to. I am not going to bring up the elephant in...
14 Questions To Tell Constructive Feedback From Harmful Criticism
This article was originally published on the Forbes blog. Constructive criticism is valuable feedback that allows people to correct mistakes, improve their processes and sharpen their skills. However, some so-called “constructive” criticism can teeter on the edge of...