small gestures help with corporate culture, team building and wellbeing starting with this tiny duck

How a Tiny Duck Brightened My Day: The Power of Small Gestures in Building Positive Corporate Culture

Sometimes the largest impacts come from the smallest things. Yesterday was my birthday and after some morning festivities I was a bit scrambly getting to my office. I was thinking about all the work I had to catch up on after being on a conference circuit for a few weeks and how to get it…

A meme that says "Finding yourself" is not really how it works. You aren't a ten-dollar bill in last winter's coat pocket. You are also not lost. Your true self is right there, buried under cultural conditioning, other people's opinions, and inaccurate conclusions. By Emily McDowell

How do you find yourself?

I love this graphic. It captures what we are all experiencing right now. People feel lost, and they feel disconnected. But instead of searching for ourselves, we need to do some remembering. By slowing down, by thinking differently, and by going back to what you know is true about you. That’s where you’ll find what…

Head with lights exploding showing empathy

Building Empathy through Understanding: The Importance of Connection in the Workplace

The Context In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% according to a recent press release from The World Health Organization (WHO). A year later with the world opening up, life is returning to normal. We should be grateful, shouldn’t we? That things are getting…