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By Barb Ward It’s hard to believe that just a few short months ago we were working hard to figure out the new landscape as we navigated our children and ourselves back into a very different-looking school year and work environment. We were using every ounce of our...

By Barb Ward I’m not going to lie, I am change-resistant. That’s not to say I can’t or won’t go through change when it’s necessary to make a situation or process better, it just gives me anxiety. For instance, my kids are changing schools this year after many years at...

By Holly LeMaster In the previous post Can Personal Presence Change Your Relationships? I talked about two aspects of presence: Bringing one’s full attention and intention into the present moment, and The energy we exude; the way that people feel when we are around...

By Holly LeMaster When I teach the leadership competency of presence, I think of two very different, yet equally powerful and interdependent, concepts that arise from emotional intelligence. First is the idea of bringing one’s full attention to the present moment,...

By Barb Ward Let’s face it, you have a lot on your mind. No matter what your occupation or your life situation you, like many others, are working extra hard to get your life back on track after the pandemic. Normal is not normal, but you are struggling with the term...

By Barb Ward What if for just ten minutes, you could turn off the chaos vibrating through your head. You could just close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let all the worries and thoughts in your head float up into the sky. You could feel the tension release from...

By Gail Gumminger, MPA, BA, FACHE   More is being asked of us, as leaders, than ever before. The work of now is different than when we originally signed on. Leaders are quickly and agilely responding to an unpredictable crisis and rethinking workforce strategies...

By Barb Ward It can be difficult to trust anyone these days. It seems that every time you turn around you are bombarded with conflicting information about pandemic safety recommendations, restrictions, and statistics, inconsistent vaccine information, and story after...

By Barb Ward Let’s face it, no matter how much you want to, there is no way to make others trust you. Regardless of how nice you are, or how trustworthy you deem yourself to be, you must still go through the process of building trust. Trust is not something you...