Wisdom Gained from a Year of Surrender
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by MaryBeth Hyland
2y ago
Waking up from someone else’s dream her arms stretched wide, heart opened, and mind rewired. She saw clearly now. As if taking off someone else’s glasses she’d been prescribed. Her tired eyes witnessed a lifetime of lies she’d willingly accept as truths. Narratives that were meant to keep her small. Systems that were designed to make her sick. But no one could deny her new knowing now. For she had pulled the wisdom from her wounds, trusted her heart for strength, leaned into her intuition for guidance, and surrendered to what she’d tried to control. Little by little she washed away all that sh ..read more
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22 Simple Ways to Boost Your Health: A New Year Reflection
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by James Hyland
2y ago
One of my core values that drives me is health. This is something that has been important to me my entire life growing up as an athlete but my definition of health has changed throughout the years. When I reflect on why health is so important to me, I think about all the people in my family who have suffered from chronic illnesses for years. I knew I didn’t want the same for myself. After “following doctors’ orders” my whole life, I went to a specialist when I had a major back injury. I was told that I would need multiple surgeries, medications, and a lifetime of interventions. This is what wo ..read more
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21 Best Shows & Movies we Watched in 2021
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by MaryBeth Hyland
2y ago
Let’s get real – 2 years of social distancing has meant we’re on the hunt for quality media to take in. Here’s the list of our favorites that we consumed last year, in no particular order. It was difficult to narrow it down, but these are all big winners in our book! Everything listed is hyperlinked to take you straight to the goods. Movies Liyana The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding Ta Ata Hunt for the Wilderpeople Fantastic Fungi My Heros Were Cowboys The Power of the Dog Concrete Cowboy tick, tick…BOOM!  Dave Chappelle: The Closer Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy Sh ..read more
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How to give better employee performance reviews
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Plus employee reward program ideas Some people love them, and others loathe them: annual reviews. For starters, let’s just get it out in the open that waiting an entire year to give someone one review is never a good idea—even if that person is crushing their goals. The ongoing opportunity to check-in, give guidance, and celebrate wins and then reward people for them creates psychological safety, belonging, and purpose. The cadence and pace of that process needs to reflect your values and cultural norms. I’m not saying, “The review must be monthly for forty-five minutes at a time with this spe ..read more
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How to align your budgets and investments with your values
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Where you invest is a direct reflection of what you value   Because I’m not a finance expert or an accountant, I reached out to my accountant, Matt Bralove, and former consulting CFO Kesha-Simone Jones to weigh in and share their genius. It was fascinating to hear how different yet similar their perspectives were to my own. They shared that in their consulting businesses, they repeatedly saw that it was easy to say that you had values until money was involved—which goes both ways. You need money to invest in the things that reflect your values and you also need money to have a sustainable ..read more
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How to hire and onboard new employees
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Here are some new hire onboarding tips At a big annual conference I attended, the keynote speaker gave a moving talk on how their company lives their core values. She went on and on, making grand statements about the ways in which they harnessed their beliefs to create a powerful culture of engagement, retention, and profit. My heart was alive as I heard her speak; I felt like, “Yes! This is music to my ears!” When they opened it up to questions from the audience, I ran to the microphone and asked her how they vet their candidates for new positions in relation to their core values. In an insta ..read more
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How to Appreciate, Recognize and Celebrate your Employees
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Appreciation, recognition, and celebration are three of the most powerful and effective ways to keep your employees motivated, engaged, and proud of their impact. Yet they’re often overlooked, underused, and even free tools that are left sitting on the table. Technically, these concepts could fall under the engagement and retention category. However, they are so significant in the effect that they can create that they’re worthy of their own section. Steven Covey, author of the best-selling book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, states, “Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a ..read more
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How to Increase Employee Engagement and Retention
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Improve Retention of Employees and Improve Engagement of  at Work Your values can absolutely (and in my humble opinion, should) be the way that people feel engaged and therefore stay committed in their roles. But how many organizations harness core values in that way? As you read before, employee engagement is the emotional commitment the person has to the organization and its goals. This emotional commitment means that engaged employees care about their work and their company. They don’t work just for a paycheck or just for the next promotion but on behalf of the organization’s goals. Wh ..read more
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How to have effective one on one meetings
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Here are the keys to having effective 1×1 meetings As humans, we all make mistakes. We all have days when we wake up on the wrong side of the bed, let our stress out on others, or simply don’t have our shit together. No one is immune to those realities. Although we don’t want to deny or ignore that fact, we also want to serve as supportive coaches to the people we care about—especially our direct reports. So many people who are really bad at people stuff get promoted to being managers of others. They got the job because it was the next step up on their growth ladder, but they are not fit to ov ..read more
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How to give feedback
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by James Hyland
2y ago
Here are 5 tips on how to give feedback When it comes to giving and receiving feedback, here are five tips to give yourself and others permission to be human. 1. Share your intent before content. I heard this expression when undertaking a crucial conversation training many years ago. It was such a powerful tip that I use it practically every day, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: Before you share the content of what you have on your mind, share your intention and why it matters to you. This is an especially great tip when it comes to difficult conversations. This might sound like, “Helene ..read more
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