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September 2022
Professional Development
& CHANGE Management ARTICLES
"We’re telling ourselves a lie if we think we know what the future looks like." Malcolm Gladwell
How to Make Meetings More Dynamic?
(Hint) Lead with Purpose!
This collection of articles shares the ingredients needed to create meaningful meetings + shows how you can leverage change management and process improvement principles too!
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How to Energize Your Change Management Team and Facilitate Successful Objectives
In order to successfully facilitate change within an organization, it is important to have a well-organized and energized change management team. Without clear objectives and key results, the team will struggle to make progress. In this blog post, we will discuss how to energize your change management team and help them facilitate successful changes within the company.
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About me: As A Manager, by Barb Hughes
I asked Barb to write a few words about me, as a manager. And this is what she said:
There are two things that make working with/for Karlene an extraordinary experience. The first one is that she "walks the talk" as far as truly valuing members of her team: you feel heard . . . you feel seen...
The second thing that Karlene does is push you to perform beyond what you thought you could do. There is no pushing back, there is no complacency tolerated. She will coach you, she will counsel you, she will encourage you until you accomplish whatever it is...
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Malcolm Gladwell’s Discovers Change is Fun
I found many elements of Malcolm Gladwell's chat in a recent podcast inspiring and disruptive. In this article, I picked out the ones that rocked my imagination.
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September 2022
Creative & Special Interest Stories
Our hearts were ringin'
In the key that our souls were singin'
As we danced in the night, remember
How the stars stole the night away, oh, yeah
- Songwriters: Allee Willis / Maurice White / Al Mckay
(Always) in the mood for love
Five acts of creativity have influenced my life and how I see love.
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How (not) to clean out your closet
Memory exhumed.
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Height Matters: My Journey to Self-Acceptance
When I was young, my height negatively influenced how I saw myself. But then, I changed.
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Verity: A Novel By Colleen Hoover
This book is Psychological Thriller 101 it will have you second-guess everything and everyone until the very end.
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My Wedding Day
As I was walking down the aisle, the people looking back at me arrested my progress. My worst fear struck me!
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Memory of September 11, 2001
A Personal Account of 9/11: Anguish and Memory
On September 11, I was in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at a client site. At the time, I was a young change management consultant working on an enterprise resource planning (SAP) project.
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Somewhere, it's 5:58 AM
Three unrelated, fictional stories about waking with alarm ringtones.
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Story Time: My Favorite Song — Almost Lover
This fictional piece came today when I saw the writing prompt in the Medium publication, Refresh the Soul.
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If I Had All The Money In The World
This fictional piece imagines what a lonely girl would do if she suddenly inherited millions of dollars.
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About Me: Two Truths & A Lie
In this article, I share two true and hard family stories about me and one family tale, although true, is not about me.
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Blogging to Sharpen Focus on Present & Next
"You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page"- Jodi Picoult
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