Resilience is a core skill you must call upon when you are facing challenging or adverse situations. Job loss and job search are times when resilience is needed. If over the years you have developed skills to build your resilience, you have the inner strength to bounce back from adversity. However, if you haven’t built […]
Conflict exists in every organization and in every relationship. Sometimes conflicts have a positive outcome. Sometimes they are the reason projects fail, jobs are lost, or customers and clients find new resources. Positive conflict leads to meaningful conversations, new ideas, and increased creativity within an organization. Conflict in the workplace leads to employee dissatisfaction. It […]
Think of your résumé as a well-crafted advertisement about yourself. It must be clearly written and easy to read. It should highlight, in a user-friendly format, your skills and what you can bring to a company. Creativity doesn’t belong on a résumé because it interferes with the readability of the document. Keep in mind your […]
WHY Create Partnerships? Research tells us parents and school districts must create partnerships in order to maximize their children’s development, learning, and success in school. Partnerships are essential! Partnerships can only be created when everyone understands the skills and learns how to use these skills when interacting with each other. Conversations build trust and transparency, […]
The word résumé refers to a document that sums up your personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experiences. The key words are ‘sums up.’ As I review résumé, I am baffled by the length and breadth of the documents. Your résumé is supposed to reel in the reader by summarizing who you are and what […]