by Joanie Connell | May 9, 2024 | Communication, Flexible and Limber, Leadership, Listening
I was in an executive meeting not too long ago and one of the other team members wanted to raise the cost of the company’s biggest product. I was strongly opposed because I thought it was already too expensive and I was concerned that we’d lose sales, or at least...
by Joanie Connell | Dec 6, 2017 | Careers, Flexible and Limber, Leadership, Podcast, Women Leaders
Joanie Connell hosts a Women Lead Radio interview with Natasha Kozaily, owner of Kalabash School of Music + the Arts. Not only does Natasha own the music and arts school, she also sings in a band and raises money for the International Rescue Committee,...
by Joanie Connell | Nov 29, 2017 | Flexible and Limber, Leadership, Managing Change, Podcast, Women Leaders
Joanie Connell hosts a Women Lead Radio interview with Marcia Daszko, author of SURVIVAL IS OPTIONAL: How Successful Leaders Disrupt, Pivot, and Adapt. Joanie asks Marcia how to improve performance by stopping the focus on the bottom line. Listen...
by Joanie Connell | Apr 19, 2017 | Careers, Empowered, Flexible and Limber, Life Change, Podcast, Resilient, Women Leaders
Have you ever thought about scrapping your traditional career and following your passion in art or something crazy like that? It sounds impossible, but it’s not. What it takes is courage, resilience, flexibility, and independence. Rose Hagan began her career as a...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog, Flexible and Limber, Generations, Managing Change, Parenting for the Workplace
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” –Viktor F. Frankl The principal of a school was concerned about a complaint from a parent regarding the size of the desks in the third grade classroom. “Some of the...
by Joanie Connell | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Employee Engagement and Retention, Flexible and Limber, Leadership, Technical Leaders
Highly structured lives, busy schedules and constant communication mean that employees today have less of a propensity to be creative. We think we have to buy tools, refurnish offices, and hire consultants to help us be creative, when what we really need is a little...