Be A #RAKtivist!

Be A #RAKtivist!

While the concept of kindness has surely existed since the dawn of humanity, the idea of a dedicated kindness day or week seems to have started in 1995 in Colorado with the “Random Acts of Kindness Foundation”. Fast forward to 2022 and, at the risk of sounding...

January is #MentoringMonth

“A truly great mentor is hard to find, difficult to part with and impossible to forget”. Do you have such a person in your life? If so, you are indeed truly blessed. If not, then as you are considering your new year’s plans, goals, challenges and (dare I say it?)...

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

Susan Jeffers wrote these words in 1988.  I read her book in 2008.  I lived those words in 2013. Rewind to September 2012 when my inspirational and inspiring friend Tanya threw down the gauntlet after running her first Spartan race in Virginia.  She did...

Sometimes Common Sense gets Lost in Process

I got up today knowing exactly what I was going to blog about but not having a title in mind.  This is quite typical for me and usually the title is what I write after the post is complete. Today, though, I was able to start my post with the title provided by...

Lead the Way or Suffer the Consequences

We hear a lot these days about employee engagement.  Although it is important and good to talk about such a critically important topic, it is even more important to act on everything we are learning about what motivates people to bring the best of themselves to...