by Tiffany Funk | Courage, Decision-making, Leadership, New Leaders
Welcome, Tiffany Funk, Humanergy’s Marketing & Materials Specialist and today’s blog author. You’ve worked hard, logged long hours at the office and have always gone the extra mile to get things done. You’ve shown that you’re...
by Christi Barrett | Communication, Courage
Speaking your mind when the stakes are high is difficult for many people, especially when your opinion isn’t shared by others. However, the consequences of decisions can be deadly, as NASA discovered in 1986, when they launched the Challenger shuttle in spite of...
by Christi Barrett | Courage, Emotional Intelligence
I’m all for courtesy, kindness and generosity. But do you want to be thought of as nice? I can think of many reasons to avoid niceness as a label. Niceness can work against you. Studies about agreeableness show that people who are considered warm and nice are...
by Christi Barrett | Courage, Decision-making, Leadership
Are you the type of person who prefers to look at the world through rose-colored glasses? If so, you may be missing some important aspects of your organization’s reality. Let’s face it. It ain’t all pretty. And some parts of reality are just darn...
by John Barrett | Courage, Flexibility, Leadership
Most leaders say they adapt well to change and some even say they relish it. What can be maddening about the change process is that its basic nature is not something we are comfortable with. Some leaders want to believe that change can be a mechanical process if they...
by Christi Barrett | Change, Courage, Creativity, Development, Flexibility, Success
Whitney Johnson wrote a blog post called How to Identify Your Disruptive Skills. She wasn’t instructing people on how to be rude or annoying. She wrote about how you can uncover their most unique strengths. As she said, “These may be capacities that are so...
