Leading In The Gig Economy: Don’t Forget To Speak Your Team’s Language

by Julie Holunga | Oct 15, 2020 | Finding What I want, Habits, Leadership, Making Change, Skills, Strategies, Women Leaders

This article was originally published on the Forbes blog.  Amy was venting to a colleague that her virtual team had become so big that, if pressed, she wouldn’t be able to pick half of them out in a lineup. In a span of three years, Amy has gone from managing a team...

10 Ways to Say Yes, or No, to More Meetings

by Julie Holunga | Sep 17, 2020 | Habits, Leadership, Making Change, Skills, Strategies, Women Leaders

Six months into COVID WFH, are you craving interaction with co-workers, or happy to be at home? Some people can’t wait to get back into the office, and others are enjoying working at home.  The silver lining of COVID, for some, is the lack of commute, the time saved...

Stop Paying The Costly Reluctant Leader Tax

by Julie Holunga | Jun 17, 2020 | Finding What I want, Habits, Leadership, Making Change, Skills, Strategies, Women Leaders

Be honest, have these thoughts ever crossed your mind? I didn’t go to school all those years to do this stuff. I’m an expert at what I do…not this! I want to practice what I am trained to do! And my favorite…This leadership stuff is taking up too much time and taking...

Adjusting to a New WFH Routine

by Julie Holunga | Jun 8, 2020 | Habits, Leadership, Making Change, Skills, Strategies, Women Leaders

https://julieholunga.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/EnergyTips_Julie-.mp4 How do we create a new routine with major changes happening all around us?...

Change is HARD – How to Land On Your Feet in Times of Change

by Julie Holunga | May 28, 2020 | Decision Making, Leadership, Making Change, Skills, Strategies, Women Leaders

I am not the one waiting in line at Apple to buy the newest iPhone. I do not have a smart watch. I turned off the text message feature on my trusty Garmin. I am not an early adapter. I like to take time to think. I tend not to adapt readily to new things. And yet...

I Didn’t Sign Up for This!

by Julie Holunga | Apr 15, 2020 | Business Development, Habits, Leadership, Making Change, Skills, Strategies, Women Leaders

6 weeks ago, I was preparing to go to Chicago to speak at a conference with an old friend from business school. And worrying about getting the right bathing suits for my teenage daughter for our family trip to Mexico (lesson learned: you can’t have too many). Things...