Joy comes in the morning
Life just seems wrong in this moment in time. I truly wonder if, and how, our country can recover. A pandemic, an economic depression, and now vast civil unrest. The senseless, tragic death of George Floyd on …
Don’t cut your own hair!
COVID isolation rules aside – you wouldn’t normally try to cut your own hair, would you? You might own a trimmer or some fancy styling tools. You may even be really adventurous and have tried a “color …
Leading through a crisis: Do you have a plan?
COVID-19 may have seemed like a term found in business newspapers announcing a company merger. Coronavirus was jokingly referred to as a beer-related illness. An event like a worldwide pandemic always seems far-fetched until it happens. As the …
Is the annual report dead?
Smart phones, Twitter, Instagram and the never-ending wave of 24-hour communication coupled with people’s busy lives can make holding paper seem positively archaic. Do people still read annual reports? What is the point when everything is so “digital,” so immediate? Let …
Deadlines: blessing or curse?
“Deadline” is an ominous sending word on its face. In fact, after some cursory research, we found the term may be connected with the American Civil War. Soldiers used “dead line” to reference an physical line or boundary prisoners …
Exhaustion is not a status symbol.
As we close the final year of the decade, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on what we have accomplished and set new goals for 2020 and beyond. Have you considered adding “work life balance” to your list? We all …