by Joanie Connell | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog, Employee Engagement and Retention, Managing Change, Resilient, Values
Research has shown that separation between work and life can be very important for health and wellness, as well as for work and life satisfaction. When people work from home, the separation disappears. People may end up working in the kitchen or bedroom. Kids or other...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 25, 2023 | Careers, Leadership, Values
Authenticity has resurfaced as a buzzword in the workplace. In the early 2000s, authentic leadership became popular in response to Bill George’s 2003 book called Authentic Leadership. Leaders found that being more genuine and transparent helped them build trust among...
by Joanie Connell | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog, Empowered, Managing Change, REAL Life Skills, Resilient, Values, Women Leaders
I’d like to take a moment to expand your thinking on what a gift is. It started with a conversation with someone who told me she had cancer. It was a heart wrenching story, yet this was one of the most positive conversations I have had in a long time. She was laughing...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Values
If you’ve studied social psychology, economics, sociology, or law, you’ve probably heard of “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The story goes like this: A long time ago, towns used to have a “common”—a shared field or piece of land—where people let their cattle...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 19, 2018 | Leadership, Podcast, Resilient, Values, Women Leaders
Listen to Women Lead Radio as Joanie Connell, your host of REAL Life Lessons, has a conversation with Michelle Bergquist, CEO & Co-Founder of Connected Women of Influence, on how you can be a REAL woman of influence. Listen here. Highlights: Michelle...
by Joanie Connell | Mar 8, 2018 | Careers, Empowered, Podcast, Values, Women Leaders
Joanie Connell interviews Sarah Perkins about how she created a peer-to-peer marketplace for women to rent their designer clothes and accessories to each other. Listen here.