Dianne Whitford
Over the last couple weeks we’ve been talking about resilience. Today I wanted to talk about emotional resilience in particular. When I think about emotional resilience, I think about people that are able to...
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Journaling Challenge: Week Two
I have been journaling up a storm in this last week, which is week 2 of our Journaling Challenge! Not to toot my own horn, but I’m really getting into the journaling groove! It’s really been helping me out...
Heather Abbe
Keep Calm and Lead On
In a crisis, or even just a tense situation, how you react will influence how those around you react as well. When you’re also a leader, I believe that many times, you have an even bigger impact on the behavior of those...
Keeping an Open Mind
As I mentioned in the first post in our newest theme, critical thinking is really a super set of other skills, such as objectivity, creativity, and keeping an open mind. In that vein, today’s post is about keeping...
Why Talent is Overrated: Effort is Really Where It’s At
The first theme that we did in this blog was all about Growth Mindset. Growth mindset ties into our current theme, grit, in that people with a growth mindset believe that skills, including intelligence, can be learned...
CPB S2E1: Why You Should Care About Critical Thinking – and What It Actually Means
We’re back from hiatus with episode 1 of season 2! Today we’re talking about critical thinking – what it is and why it’s important, even outside of the workplace. Critical thinking is not...
Growth Mindset: An Introduction
Some things sound simple, but aren’t. A growth mindset is one of those things. However, I (now) firmly believe that growth mindsets can be built, and in this post, we will explore a little more about what it is...
Stop, Drop, and Roll: Practice Taking Constructive Criticism
Here’s the deal, nobody likes to take criticism. There’s nothing like going along, thinking you’re doing a great job, and getting a little feedback that puts your teeth on edge. I tend to take a lot of...
How to Get Better at Self-Discipline
As you might know by now, self-management is one of the pillars of emotional intelligence. Self-management covers quite a few different things, ranging from emotional maturity and self-control, to goal-setting and...
