To be an effective leader, you must become likable. A characteristic that’s not talked about enough, your likability increases effort, trust, and growth for your teams and company.

In our tech-savvy world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making waves, revolutionizing industries and automating tasks. While AI is a remarkable tool, there are aspects of professional value that it can never replicate.

As individuals navigating this AI-driven era, we possess unique qualities and skills deeply rooted in our humanity, setting us apart in the professional arena.

In this article, we'll explore how you can build professional value that AI simply can't match.

As Chat GPT is taking the world by storm, there are absolutely some great use cases, but when should you run the opposite direction and why? In this article I share why content creation is the wrong sweet spot for Chat GPT.

As the holiday season nears, I want to give you the gift of emotional freedom by encouraging you to use a couple of simple tricks when thinking about and communicating your emotions.

Emotional contagion is everywhere: meetings, emails, social media, and at home. So when we are constantly managing our own emotions, how are we to navigate the ever changing emotions of others?

In this new Inspirational Interruption, I share a couple of quick and easy ways to ensure that you won't succumb to the negative slide that others may take you on.

Yesterday, I spent some time with my two young sons teaching them how best to clean their rooms, do laundry, organize, etc. It was such a fun experience and I will say that they rocked it and were so engaged with wanting to learn how to care for their own space.

As my mind works though, I started seeing analogies between the different elements of cleaning and how we can be more productive and focused in our lives through the act of habit/situation cleaning.

This morning, I blocked a priority event on my calendar that was absolutely non-negotiable, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long, long time.

Brainstorming? Nope.

Team meeting? Nuh-uh.

Content creation? No (but that IS coming soon, stay tuned).

I attended Track & Field Day at my sons’ elementary school.

I literally paused before starting to type again because I thoroughly found so much joy in watching them, and their classmates, let loose on an absolutely perfect day. Then it struck me how often we as adults forget to just have fun with whatever we’re doing. Whether it’s work related, life related, or just personal time, we seem to have overloaded schedules of “stuff” and “meetings” that tend to pull our energy and drain us by the end of the day.