by karlyn | May 16, 2018 | Mindfulness, Podcast, Zen Your Work
In this inaugural episode of the Zen Your Work podcast, I’ll walk you through my definition of how to be mindful at work. You can listen to the podcast in the player below, subscribe to it in iTunes, Podbean, or Stitcher, or read the key takeaways or the full...
by karlyn | Apr 30, 2018 | For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Guide Your Career, Mindfulness, Podcast, Zen Your Work
Zen Your Work is a podcast about how to use psychology and mindfulness strategies to be happier and achieve more at work, and I’m looking for guests to contribute! There are three ways you can participate – have a completely anonymous live coaching chat...
by karlyn | Jan 23, 2018 | All Articles, Making Good Choices, Productivity, Working With Others
Can you adapt authentically? One of the things I’m always preaching about is the necessity of adaptation in the workplace as a way to help you achieve your goals and build better working relationships. Essentially, this has a few steps to it: Being consistently...
by karlyn | Jan 16, 2018 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Managing Employees
How to run the best one-on-one meetings One of the most under-appreciated tools of any managers toolkit is that of the one-on-one meeting. It’s a regular time for you to connect with each person reporting to you, get a sense of what they’re working on,...
by karlyn | Jan 5, 2018 | All Articles, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Stress & Coping
Are you addicted to stress at work? Take a moment and consider the following questions: Do you find that you’re consistently in a state of crisis at work, with one fire to put out after another? Do you regularly reject solutions that are offered for the problems...
by karlyn | Dec 28, 2017 | Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Managing Employees, Organization Culture
Effective Managers vs Micromanagers There’s so much talk about the difference between leaders and bosses, but the question in itself is flawed – it assumes that everyone in a management role falls into the same bucket. Fundamentally, the two concepts are...
by karlyn | Aug 9, 2017 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Frameworks, Leadership, Managing Employees
A framework for employee engagement: Hierarchy of employee needs Remember back to that time you took psychology 101 in college, and one of the first things you probably learned was Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It might have looked a little something like this:...
by karlyn | Jul 25, 2017 | Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Leadership, Managing Employees, Professional Development
The Employee Empowerment Paradox When I discuss employee engagement, one of the main points I generally preach is that employee engagement and employee empowerment go hand-in-hand. People simply do not engage with things that they don’t feel control over or...
by karlyn | Jul 20, 2017 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employers & Leaders, Happiness, Managing Employees, Positive Psychology
Couldn’t make it to the 2017 SHRM Annual Conference? Here’s the full video of my session – Creating Real Employee Engagement Without Spending a Dime – for you to catch up with!
by karlyn | Jul 19, 2017 | For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Happiness, Mindfulness
20 ways to be mindful at work Being mindful at work helps you reduce your stress, be more creative, communicate more effectively, focus with greater clarity, gain greater resilience, and experience greater overall well-being. All great things, right? The thing about...
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