by karlyn | Apr 30, 2017 | All Articles, Happiness, Mindfulness
Five ways to use mindfulness at work When most people think of mindfulness, they usually think of a meditation, which is something that is hard to get away and do at work unless your office has a dedicated meditation space. However, mindfulness is merely the...
by karlyn | Apr 23, 2017 | All Articles, Happiness
Not happy at work? Take control and create your ideal experience. Years ago, I was in a job I absolutely hated. The CEO was a raging narcissist and those who reported to her (one of whom I reported to) followed suit. The tone in any organization comes from the top,...
by karlyn | Feb 26, 2017 | For Employees, Guide Your Career
How to get buy-in for your ideas Notice how some great ideas never made it past the initial concept, while other mediocre ideas seem to sail through with leadership on board? Sometimes, how you sell your ideas to decision makers to get buy-in is just as important as...
by karlyn | Feb 18, 2017 | All Articles, For Employees, Guide Your Career, Happiness
You can find (or create!) your perfect job. Not in love with what you do every day? Take control of your career and create your perfect job. Know what makes you happy So many people confuse not being miserable with being truly happy. Don’t settle with...
by karlyn | Feb 13, 2017 | For Employers & Leaders, Leadership, Managing Employees, Stress & Coping
Struggling with employee conflict? Have two employees that seem to be in constant odds with each other? The worst thing you can do is ignore it and hope it’ll go away. Employee conflict not only causes everyone involved stress, it costs your organization money...
by karlyn | Aug 1, 2016 | All Articles, For Employees, Productivity
Why the annual performance review doesn’t work. When you’re thinking about the annual performance review, it can be useful to think about a more concrete and objective goal: Losing weight. You might have a small goal like 5 pounds, or a bigger goal like...
by karlyn | Jul 23, 2016 | All Articles, Engagement & Morale, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Happiness, Managing Employees, Positive Psychology
Happiness at work produces business results One of the biggest lies we’ve been told in our professional lives is that once you’re successful, you’ll be happy. You work hard, get ahead, make more money and all that is supposed to lead to...
by karlyn | Jul 17, 2016 | For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Office Politics, Working With Others
We project things at work all the time You’ve heard me say it a million times – there is no such thing as an objective reality. Our reality is filtered through the veil of our experiences and our emotions, both things we’re aware of and things that...
by karlyn | Jun 3, 2016 | All Articles, Exercises and Assessments, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Stress & Coping
15 Ways to Reduce Stress at Work You can’t always control the things happening around you at work, but there’s a lot you can do to mitigate the impact of it on your stress level. Here’s 15 quick tips that you can use to start reducing your...
by karlyn | May 31, 2016 | All Articles, For Employees, For Employers & Leaders, Happiness, Positive Psychology
Job success comes from a success mindset. Want to be more productive? Earn a better performance review? Get that promotion? Have less stress? Your job success in all those areas and more start when you bring a success mindset with you to work every day. You are in...
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