by Tara | Mar 2, 2018 | Communication, Confidence, Faith, Leadership, Lessons Learned, Management, Uncategorized
Can you fake it till you make it? Is that really a thing? Maybe Amy Cuddy is right: “fake it till you become it.” Can we fool our minds and spirits into magically being more confident or is it something you’re just born with? Well, according to Claire Shipman...
by Tara | Oct 5, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Lessons Learned, Uncategorized
Sometimes we would rather fake like everything is fine rather than fix the situation. Conflict can be hard and messy but it can also be insidious. A miscommunication at work that isn’t addressed begins to fester, sometimes growing to impact team morale. An unspoken...
by Tara | Aug 31, 2017 | Communication, Confidence, Leadership, Lessons Learned, Uncategorized
We all know it’s coming. The first day of school pictures have flooded our feeds. The temperature is already (seemingly) changing. Yes, Labor Day is this weekend. Labor Day was instituted as a way to honor the American labor movement and the contributions that...
by Tara | Jun 29, 2017 | Communication, Leadership, Management, working mom
So, how did your board meeting go today? Not the one for the company you work for. Not the one for the non-profit you serve. How did the meeting go with your personal board of directors? Your B.o.D? Everybody Needs Somebody, Sometime You may have heard of the Board of...
by Tara | Oct 6, 2016 | Communication, Confidence, Risk, working mom
“Any job worth doing is worth doing well.” These words of wisdom were passed down to me (burned into my psyche, painted indelibly on the walls of my mind) from my mother – and likely to her from her mom. When I was little, these words meant time: time doing work, not...
by Tara | Sep 29, 2016 | Communication, Confidence, working mom
When I was little, the best costumes came in small paper boxes from Eckerd drugstore. They were usually plastic aprons masquerading as princess dresses and were packaged together with a plastic mask that usually ended up being worn as a headband or not at all. The...