Our resident wellness expert, Christina Scalera, founder of Carte Blanche Wellness, provides advice on how to get your career — and life –moving again
Taking A Pulse Check On Your Attitude
A simple change in attitude can give a major boost to your behavior.
Money CAN Buy Happiness – But Only When You Give It Away
For a dose of happiness in the New Year, learn the four reasons why giving is good for you.
Staying Cool Under Pressure and Coming Through in the Clutch
Author Robert Cerfolio uses what he learned in athletics and applies to staying calm in business situations. We all ask ourselves the same desperate question from time to time: How am I going to make this work?! No matter how well we’ve done laying the groundwork for everything to run smoothly – becoming educated, choosing the right spouse, treating others …
Cutting Out Crazy
With the holiday season approaching, here are 4 tips for staying calm & productive during one of the most hectic times of the year.
Feedback: The Essential Nutrient
Anna Carroll, author of The Feedback Imperative, explains why feedback is an essential nutrient for the health of your employees and the company. By Anna Carroll Everyone’s focused on workplace happiness and how to attract and retain great employees. Leaders are encouraged to create a fun workplace, avoid micromanaging, and give lots of positive feedback and recognition. These are all …
A Business Carol – Part 2: Learning to Let Go
As his company expanded, Nathan Gordon of Christmas Central found new ways to manage employees and foster a desirable company culture. Editor’s Note: We had the opportunity to attend the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition this year in Chicago. There we met with Nathan Gordon, Chief Information Officer at Christmas Central, who shared insight on leadership and the dynamic of …
Seven Simple Secrets of Success for Your Business
Chemical Exchange Industries, Inc. and Texmark Chemicals Founder and Owner David M. Smith Plots Out Seven Common Denominators of Businesses That Have Thrived Within half of all small-business ventures fail within the first five years, according to the government’s Small Business Administration. After 10 years, only a third are still around. Successful entrepreneurship hits the bull’s eye of the American dream, …
Practicing Personal Power
It is important to look internally at personal power to become a more effective external leader. Personal power is a core leadership trait that everyone needs to develop before they can lead others. It has to do with being able to lead yourself. “Personal power is the ability to achieve what you want,” according to Frederick Mann, a successful entrepreneur …
Blurred Lines: When Your Work Life and Personal Life Begin to Merge
Although “work” is often mixed with recreational and social activities, etiquette expert Margaret Page explains how some things need to always remain separate. Once, the line between our labor and our leisure was abundantly clear: 9 am to 5 pm was work, and evenings and weekends were for play. Today, in the age of entrepreneurship and new workplace order—where going …
Expert Insight: A Fit Employee Is a Better Employee
The majority of adults in the U.S. are overweight. Forefront’s go-to fitness guru shares her thoughts with us. I recently read that a new CareerBuilder survey finds the majority of workers feel they are overweight. The results really aren’t that surprising, with 66 percent of Americans overweight or obese. Here are a few suggestions on what executives and managers can …
For Health’s Sake: What to Keep in Your Office
If you spend most of your day in an office setting, here are a few items to keep on hand to maximize your health and well-being. Whether you work in a small office like I do or for a large corporation, you probably have your own “space.” Here are some recommended items to keep in your office or at your …
Why Your Employees Need To Get Moving
A new study proves that over half of all workers are overweight, contributing to a less productive workplace. The office lifestyle may seem fast-paced, but the sedentary nature of deskwork is the cause of more than half of American workers’ declining physical fitness. Our friends at CareerBuilder shared with us results of a recent study indicating that 55 percent of …
Has an Employer’s Market Further Skewed Work-Life Balance?
Five tips for ensuring a desirable lifestyle from an Exxon Manager turned life coach With the unemployment rate below 7 percent, lower than it was even five years ago and down from a peak of 10 percent in October 2009, many are breathing a sigh of relief. But the effects of a long bout of high unemployment are sure to …
Battling Burnout
Address these six motivators, and enjoy your work Gloria wasn’t happy at work. It wasn’t that she hated her job. Her co-workers were pleasant, and she didn’t mind the type of work she did. In fact, she thought she did it pretty well. Of course, she wanted more money, but who doesn’t? No, something else was bothering her. At some …
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