While researching resilience for You Are Awesome I found that in order to become more resilient, you need to cultivate a positive mindset first. Why? Because the stronger we are mentally, the better we are able to bend — not break — when…
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4 Ways To Embrace Fearless Positivity In The Midst Of Uncertainty
We are living through twin epidemics—one physical and one emotional. COVID-19 has unleashed unprecedented fear, causing the public reaction to swing wildly between panicked toilet-paper stockpiling and laissez-faire Netflix binging. This recent public health twist comes on the heels of…
The Leadership Quality that Separates Mediocre Bosses from Great Ones
Why has leadership development become such a joke? Maybe because I hear this weekly at companies large and small, across all industries and countries: “He’s a great leader, but he’s not very good with people.” Our research informs us that…
Why are we so bad at predicting what will happen to us in the future?
We all think the way things are now is the way things will continue to be. If you’re flying high, that’s not so bad, but if you’re falling, flailing or treading water, then this is a dangerous tendency, says author…
How Leaders Can Create Deeper Relationships with Introverted Teammates
Since launching the Quiet Revolution, I can’t tell you how many times people (introverts, extroverts and ambiverts alike) have asked me imploringly for new insights to help them work better with their introverted colleagues. So I’m always happy to announce when…
7 science-backed ways to be happy right now
Let’s start with some bad news. The happiness model we’re taught from a young age is actually completely backward. We think we work hard in order to achieve big success and then we’re happy. That’s how I grew up! That’s…
Getting Unstuck in the Digital Era | Amy Blankson | TEDxBYU
Do you feel trapped by technology? It’s easy to get stuck thinking that the challenges of the digital era are so big that there’s nothing we can do about them. Amy Blankson’s new TEDx Talk will help you rethink your…
Interview with Nido Qubein – Let Go & Lead
Nido Qubein’s inspiring story starts long before he took the helm of HPU in 2005. He grew up in the Middle East with parents of Lebanese-Jordanian descent, and his father died when he was only six years old. He moved…
The Dirty Secret of High Achievers
I was recently in Chicago for a keynote. By random chance, the annual conference for my fellow organizational psychology nerds was taking place at a hotel just three blocks away. Heeding the message from the universe, I dropped by and…
How to fascinate even the most jaded audience
Nowhere is fascination more relevant than at a big meeting or conference. Even if your event has a limitless budget, it’s even tougher to impress your clients and audiences. Expectations are higher, and attention spans are shorter. At a conference,…
How to be happy: 4 tips from positive psychology researchers
Originally published at Today.com How happy are you? It’s a question we might ask ourselves from time to time, and if you’re feeling pretty miserable, this advice could help. It’s the time of year when the craziness starts back up…
7 customer service lessons from the best Uber driver ever
This post originally appeared on Fast Company. This Toronto Uber driver has maintained a 4.99 rating after driving nearly 5,000 passengers. When I climbed into his car, I found out why. I’ve probably taken an Uber two or three times…
How This Latina Turned 100 Days Of Facing Her Fears Into A New Career
Less than three years ago, Michelle Poler was balancing a full-time job as an Art Director at Young & Rubicam with studying for a Masters in Branding at the School of Visual Arts. Now, she’s the voice behind Hello Fears —…
A New Vision For The Future: An IoT Solution To Assist Blind People With Sighted Support
Imagine waking up one morning to find yourself blind after a lifetime of seeing. This scenario became the reality of 35-year-old Eric Burton, an active and ambitious individual who was in the throes of climbing the corporate ladder. Burton was…
The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback
Feedback, as they say, is a gift. Research bears this out, suggesting that it’s a key driver of performance and leadership effectiveness. Negative feedback in particular can be valuable because it allows us to monitor our performance and alerts us to important changes…
Nothing To Fear But Yourself: Female Leadership Tools From A Fighter Pilot
The inside of a F-14 tomcat cockpit is not that much different than the workplace. And Carey Lohrenz would know. The country’s first female fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy and now performance expert and leadership development trainer says, “Too…
Would You Rather Be Fearless Or Brave?
Two people are determined to jump from a high cliff into the water. One has no problem with it, loves heights, the adrenaline and that empty feeling in the stomach. The other person is completely terrified to give the step,…
Practical Tips for Improving Personal & Organizational Cybersecurity
If you’re planning on doing any online shopping for the upcoming holiday season (and really, who isn’t?), do you know how to keep your personal data safe? If your business is using customer data to innovate, are your leaders taking…
How my father gave me life (and 10 years later, saved it)
I regained consciousness to blinding lights on the operating room table. “You’ve been in a bad accident,” the surgeon said. I don’t remember much after that for several days. A few hours earlier, on a bright Sunday morning, my dad…
5 Strategies to Increase Focus in the Digital Era
Did you know that the average attention span of a human has officially dropped below that of a goldfish? Yes, the frequently mocked unintelligent goldfish has an attention span of a brief nine-seconds, while ours now averages at an even briefer,…