Deborah Connors

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Can You Get Good at Giving Constructive Feedback?

Do you enjoy giving constructive feedback at work? How about receiving it? Most people say “no” to these questions, yet when asked if they...

05 March, 2021

Improve Workplace Culture Through Better Conversations

Many leaders claim they want to improve workplace culture, but what does it take to put this into action? How do you keep teams...

17 February, 2021

Rowing A Weary Boat: Leading Your Team Through Rough Seas

Are you feeling as weary as I am? It’s the middle of winter in a pandemic, and shockingly (although I still can’t quite...

10 February, 2021

This Is The Time For Resilience: A Helpful Checklist

Photo by adrian on Unsplash If there were ever a time for resilience, it is now. Since the beginning of COVID, we have needed...

22 November, 2020

Are Your Blinders On?

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. • Robert Frost, from...

13 October, 2020

Onwards and Upwards: How to Lead With Positivity

Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash. Have you taken any trips around a vicious cycle lately? Or down a downward spiral? You know, those...

30 September, 2020

The Next Stage in All of This is to Find Meaning

I’ve been quieter than usual lately. Not intentionally. Just finding myself stuck some days in all that is going on. Perhaps it has...

06 July, 2020

10 Positive Questions About the Future of the Organization

Photo by Charlotte Coneybeer on Unsplash Life has really changed, hasn’t it? Two months ago, you never would have imagined that your business would...

18 May, 2020

The 10 Gifts You Will Get From Being in Social Isolation

As I begin to write this article, I am in quarantine in my white house, with its small front porch. The days are...

07 April, 2020

3 Powerful Ways to Create a Better Culture with Mindfulness (And Why You Need To!)

Most organizations that encourage mindfulness practices amongst their employees do this for the benefit of employee well-being, as it offers clarity of thinking,...

09 March, 2020

What is the Sleep Deficit in Your Workplace Costing?

Featured Image by Elena Lena on Reshot. My friend used to get up when it was still dark, the sun just beginning to rise,...

03 February, 2020

How Asking Better Questions Can Change Your Perspective and Shift Workplace Culture

The amazing thing about a simple question is that it has the ability to start a dialogue, and bring people together to have...

12 November, 2019

How to Stop Normalizing Burnout in the Workplace

When was the last time you heard someone brag about going home on time? Taking a weekend off? Or completely disconnecting from work...

13 February, 2019

3 Ways to Be A Positive Deviant in Your Workplace!

When I was a child, my parents decided it wasn’t OK for people to smoke in our house. They didn’t smoke themselves, and...

09 January, 2019

Shift Yourself First, To Be a Better Leader

In a course that I took once with author, Patti Digh, she made a comment about doing some of her best work when...

11 December, 2018

Who Can I Be That My Employees’ Eyes Shine?

It had been 16 years since my last triathlon, and 4 years since I had even raced a 5 km run, but when...

03 December, 2018

What Do We Want Our Culture to Be?

In “The Deep Change Field Guide: A Personal Course to Discovering the Leader Within” Dr. Robert Quinn points out that launching a company-wide...

03 October, 2018

Design a Better Culture on Purpose: Expert Advice

“Research shows that corporate purpose statements often do more harm than good because they are political exercises rather than words that people passionately...

12 September, 2018