by SMW Group | Jan 17, 2021 | 2021, Balance, Boundaries, Burnout, C-Suite, Coaching, Communications, Confidence, Contingency Planning, Controversy, Covid-19, GPS, Job search, Leadership, Networking, Pandemic, Reinvent yourself, Stress management
Join my Launch Team for Are You Ready to Reinvent Yourself? A Post-Pandemic Approach to Work/Life Balance What is Are You Ready to Reinvent Yourself about? What does reinvent oneself have to do with a pandemic, a new calendar year, and your ability to survive and...
by SMW Group | Dec 17, 2020 | Balance, Burnout, C-Suite, Compassion, Confidence, Coronavirus, Dreams, Kindness, Purpose, SMWGroup
Oh, what a year! The song by the Four Seasons inspired me to build on their “last December, back in ’63.” Last December, back in 2019, what a special time for us…we planned for a New Year, new hope, new joy, and good health. Oh, what a year, 2020...
by SMW Group | May 19, 2020 | Balance, Confidence, Coronavirus, Laughter, SMWGroup, Stress management
Adding a smile, and a laugh, to life’s challenges – the secret to a life in balance. As the author of B is for Balance, a guide to creating balance in life and at work, and as one who has lived it, I know the important of laughter…the best medicine. With...
by SMW Group | Feb 9, 2020 | Accidentshappen, Confidence, Ethics, Nursing, Patient experience
You’re fired…the title alone brings chills to one’s spine. Chances are that you’ve hired and fired your fare share of people; perhaps the fit was not a good one, or performance was in question. Perhaps productivity, outcomes, ethics, or...
by SMW Group | Jun 21, 2019 | Balance, Boundaries, Burnout, Compassion, Confidence, Goals, Leadership, Nursing, Patient experience, Self esteem, SMWGroup, Teamwork
Chances are that you have done it at one time – increased your workload and put yourself, or your patient, at risk! Longer hours, greater workloads, staff reductions: These and other factors contribute to stress in the workplace. A healthy workplace helps combat...
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...