Support Systems

Over the years, I have spent a great deal of time writing about support systems. In life, professional and personal, you won’t survive without a support system. The need for a safe place to vent, grow, fall, and heal is a must. Life is hard, and cruel. The best way to combat the chaos is

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Maintaining Safety

It seems like we spend a lot of time talking about creating the ideal environment for our staff and clients. What we don’t talk about is safety. I don’t think the world is any worse today than it was ten years ago. I suspect we are all more aware of what is going on thanks

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How to Be Assertive

No matter your gender, being assertive can be challenging. In all the years I have been a professional, being assertive has been an uphill battle. As a woman who has often held leadership roles, there has been more than one time I have been labeled the B word. I have seen this same thing happen

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Investing in your Business

I am the last person to give you advice on traditional investing. I don’t have much faith in the stock market. Anything that can move as quickly as it does, make or break a person in a day, is not something to be trusted. Yet I know wealthy people earn more money by making their

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The Importance of Using PTO

We have all been there, deadlines are looming, piles are growing, and our emails are coming in faster than we can read them. We tell ourselves taking time off will put us so far behind, it won’t be worth it. So we push through. We choose to ignore the signs of burnout, forcing ourselves to

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