by SMW Group | Mar 1, 2019 | Balance, Boundaries, Burnout, Contingency Planning, Healthy decision making, Nursing, Patient experience, SMWGroup, Stress management
If you are a busy person with a demanding job and family and friends who seek your time and attention, you are blessed, but only if you can handle it. Working from home can be beneficial, because you can maintain some control over your schedule. If you’re lucky,...
by SMW Group | Feb 7, 2019 | Active listening, Balance, C-Suite, Coaching, Influence, Leadership, Negotiate, Networking, Parenting, Purpose, Teamwork
You may have heard the statement, “That’s why we were given two ears and a single mouth- to listen more and talk less.” What does the phrase, “I never stop listening” mean to you? Is it about your favorite CD or MP3? Is it about being...
by SMW Group | Jan 4, 2019 | Balance, C-Suite, Friends, Goals, Image, Inclusivity, Leadership, Purpose, Self esteem, Teamwork
Are you proficient at helping? Did you offer the gift of your time and talent during the holiday season to those in need? Do you give freely of your support to professional groups and more? What is helping? We do it every day, especially if we are female. We do...
by SMW Group | Jun 2, 2018 | C-Suite, Coaching, Confidence, Dreams, Job search, Leadership, Passion, Purpose
I was recently invited to join Forbes Coaches Council; it is an incredible honor and a credit to the work that I have done for the past 25 years. Forbes is trusted; more than 50 million monthly readers trust Forbes.com for the business ideas shared there. Members are...
by SMW Group | Apr 5, 2018 | Balance, C-Suite, Confidence, Contingency Planning, Goals, GPS, Integration, Leadership, SMWGroup, Standardization, Start-ups, Strategy, Streamline, System, Teamwork
Like you, I’ve started a business – as a matter of fact, two LLCs and two not-for-profits. Like you, I experienced the pains of the start-up, including idea to inception, finance, brand, and more. There are three key processes that we all need, and those are...
by SMW Group | Apr 1, 2018 | Balance, Family, Friends, Healthy decision making, SMWGroup, Stress management
Your phone dies; you plug it in and recharge it! Your computer slows down; you delete extra backups, restore, and more! Your body fails you, and what do you do? Can you change the batteries, recharge it, or take it in for assessment and repairs? Perhaps this is a...
by SMW Group | Jan 4, 2018 | All-Win, Balance, Confidence, Contingency Planning, Controversy, Negotiate, Negotiating, Stress management
NEGOTIATE: A New Year …let the negotiating begin! What will it be for you: childcare, salary, a new car, travel, or a new you? We begin by sharing the tools and techniques we’ve generated over a lifetime of negotiating and public speaking. We’ve had great success...
by SMW Group | Jan 1, 2018 | Balance, C-Suite, Contingency Planning, Healthy decision making, Stress management
It is New Year’s Day, and perhaps you completed your list of resolutions, rehashed or repurposed those from last year, or you are simply wondering where to begin! This is a good day, and a good time, to revisit the subject of balance. After all, life is indeed...
by SMW Group | Oct 2, 2017 | Confidence, Nursing, Patient experience, Predictions, safety, SMWGroup, Stress management, Turmoil
Many of my nurse colleagues have been both patient and nurse at one time or another. Frankly, while you might think that it is nice to relax on the opposite site of the bed for once and have someone care for you, and perhaps for some it is, I find it an uncomfortable...
by SMW Group | Aug 27, 2017 | C-Suite, Confidence, Image, Influence, Job search, Leadership, LinkedIn, Networking, Self esteem, SMWGroup
We’ve all been there; we look at those headshots and wonder if they were taken in high school. We see the LinkedIn or other social media post, and we know that the person in the photo does not resemble the person we know. How do we make a great first impression...
