Building Resilience Through Meditation
19 January 2021
Janie spent time each day listening to ten-minute daily meditations as part of the 10% Happier New Year’s Challenge and was reminded of the many benefits of daily meditation.
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Tips for Better Interviews
16 March 2021
Janie read Want to Really Get to Know Your Candidates? Interview for Emotional Intelligence by Erin Patton and was pleased to find an article with recommendations that mirror her own experience and practices for interviewing.
Be a Better Listener by Embracing Silence
27 April 2021
Janie read You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why it Matters by Kate Murphy and got a jumpstart to strengthen her listening.
Starting with Empathy
11 May 2021
Janie attended the 2021 HR Virginia Annual Conference and reflected on how much the message from the opening keynote session aligned with what she’s learned from Rachel about starting with empathy.
Finding My Momentum
6 July 2021
Janie read a couple of recent articles in the New York Times that helped her recognize that the best way to keep moving forward is to focus on finding small bits of momentum.
Embrace your Weirdness
3 August 2021
Janie read Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World by Olga Khazan and appreciated her suggestions for handling social situations. Turns out that we all feel a little weird sometimes.
Be a Courageous Leader
31 August 2021
Janie heard Faye Giles present to Charlottesville SHRM about the importance of Courageous HR Leadership and found herself feeling inspired to be more courageous.
Shift Your Focus to Calm Your Nerves
26 October 2021
Janie listened to Patricia Stark and Pete Mockaitis discuss how to stay calm and confident when speaking and appreciated Stark’s suggestions for ways to shift your focus to help alleviate nerves.
Taking Time for Gratitude
23 November 2021
Janie read Gratitude at Work: Giving Thanks Will Make You a Better Leader on the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) website and reflected on the many ways that consciously expressing gratitude is so important, not just for her own wellbeing, but also for that of others.
Using Your Strengths
21 December 2021
Janie re-read Strengthsfinder 2.0: Discover your CliftonStrengths from Gallup and Tom Rath and considered ways to focus more energy on her strengths.
Increasing My Energy
15 February 2022
Janie read Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfaction by Matthew Kelly and considered what changes she can make to help her achieve her goals and increase her overall satisfaction.
Moving from Increased Energy to Increased Satisfastion
12 April 2022
Janie revisited Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfaction by Matthew Kelly and reflected on what she’s learned since she began working to increase her energy.
Getting Back on Track
7 June 2022
Janie turned to Rita Dove’s poem, Against Self-Pity, to help her regroup after getting off track.
Navigating Our Current Reality
2 August 2022
Janie considered how to best navigate the current reality of the pandemic and was pleased to find help from two very different places.
Leadership Behaviors
27 September 2022
Janie reflected on what she learned during a recent keynote session with Dr. Mo Gaffney at the Charlottesville SHRM Conference.
Communicating More Clearly With Numbers
22 November 2022
Janie read Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath and Karla Starr and was excited to learn new techniques to help her communicate more clearly with (and without!) numbers.
Are You Microstressed?
28 February 2023
Janie read The Hidden Toll of Microstress by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon and appreciated a different take on stress that really resonated with her.
Imagining Possibilities
25 April 2023
Janie read Imaginable: How to see the future coming and feel ready for anything—even things that seem impossible today by Jane McGonigal and practiced using her imagination and reflecting on what’s possible.
Preventing Vacation Self-Sabotage
20 June 2023
Janie read all the Allison Partners blog posts about “vacation” and considered what she needs to do differently next month to come back from vacation feeling refreshed and recharged.
Vacation Reflections
15 August 2023
Janie came back from her disconnected vacation feeling rested, recharged, and thoughtful about what she learned from the experience.
