4 Rules for Developing a Consistent Practice and Focus

Today, I’m thinking about 4 Rules for developing a consistent practice and focus for a few important projects. For many years, I commuted over an hour each way to work. Since the onset of remote work more than two years ago, my morning routine includes a walk with my husband and the dog, reading a […]

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Growth Hurts! Using Feedback to Build Your Leadership Presence

Growth Hurts! The first time I remember getting painful feedback was from my father. Apparently when I was about ten years old, I was a complainer, because he sat me down one day and told me that I should not be talking constantly about things that I didn’t like or was feeling. He said that […]

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EP 021 The Workbench Podcast | A Conversation with Karl Bimshas

https://media.blubrry.com/theworkbench/content.blubrry.com/theworkbench/EP_021_A_Conversation_with_Karl_Bimshas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download– Leadership, Big Lessons, & the Importance of Humor – Welcome back to Season 3 of the podcast!  I’ve been busy at my own workbench over the past several months, building a weekly newsletter and recording new podcast episodes and am  so happy to be back at this work.  […]

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“Let Life In and Let You Out”

“We let life in by relating our expectations to the world around us and the future as we anticipate it.  We let ourselves out – to become – as we focus on many other-directed things.  Such things include humor and laughter, reinforcing strengths of self; warm, reciprocal relationships, good food and drink; eagerness for change; […]

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Are Relentless Interruptions Killing Your Productivity?

Five Sneaky Culprits in the Workplace That Scuttle Deep Work and Three Solutions You have a presentation due in three weeks, and you’ve developed a project plan and scheduled time to get it done.  You know you need uninterrupted time every day to perform at an exceptional professional level.  This work will move the organization […]

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Ugh, Networking

Ugh, Networking   For so many years, I’ve had this aversion to the type of networking that occurs in many of the professional organizations – the kind of place where you have your business cards handy, smoothly carry your wine and appetizers, deftly hand over your business card; where so many are there relentlessly self-promoting […]

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