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Wisdom and support for challenges experienced as a result of life’s many personal and professional transitions.
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Dale’s weekly blog provides wisdom and support for challenges experienced by readers dealing with one of life’s many transitions related to their vocation or in their personal life. When you subscribe to the blog, I will send you a complimentary copy of my eBook entitled Insights for Personal Development.
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Encouragement!
It’s simple. Seriously, anyone can do it. It’s not complex, even though there are books written on the subject and once there is a book, we think it must be complicated. It’s not. What am I talking about? Encouragement. Without encouragement, we are prone to...
Tension – always present
The stress of decision making can impact us physically and emotionally. You might not sleep well, lose your appetite, have a headache and often your heart rate is up. It’s called tension. Tension is always present with decisions. But why? How can we reduce it? When we...
Why not?
Have you ever wondered, Why? We all have. I do regularly. This usually occurs when something bad has happened to us or a loved one. We want to know “why” it happened and if there was something that could have been done to prevent it. Sometimes, we fixate on the...
I cannot by my own reason or strength
I cannot by my own reason or strength You’re in a job search and it’s taking longer than you think. Patience in this process varies from person to person, but most of us get pretty anxious about the wait. If you are used to working, you’re probably not very good...
Emptying Out
“Just sit on your hands!”, my mother would frequently say to me, usually in an exasperated tone. I was active, often too active for her. She tried to slow me down by making me sit on my hands, which I didn’t like, and this made me squirm even more. I don’t know that...
Open Doors
“When one door closes, another opens.” You have likely used this phrase, or had it said to you as a reminder that new opportunities are on the way. That phrase leads people to think there is a particular “door” they must locate and open to find the opportunity – a new...
Developing Relationships at Work
It was a simple question, but it surprised me the first time I saw it. It was question # 10 on the survey, “I HAVE A BEST FRIEND AT WORK.” My organization wanted to measure employee engagement using the Q12 survey from Gallup in which employees answer 12 questions on...
Fairness in the Workplace
“It’s not fair!” Ever hear that phrase? I have heard it many times throughout my career. “It’s not fair! How could they promote him into that job and not me? He hasn’t been in the organization as long as I have.” “It’s not fair! Why do I have to pick up the weekend...
The Importance of Autonomy
My organization had merged with two others. I now reported to John who I liked. He gave me freedom to manage as I deemed best but kept his distance unless he was needed. This is how he treated everyone. It worked until Jon transferred to another city. In came Sam who...
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