by Joanie Connell | Jul 29, 2016 | Careers, Parenting for the Workplace, Podcast, REAL Life Skills
Discover Your Talent Podcast Interview: Flying Without a Helicopter “Helicopter Parenting”—hovering over and doing too many things for your kids, protecting them, and not letting them learn those skills themselves—is leading to problems when they get older and enter...
by Joanie Connell | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog, Coaching and Mentoring, Employee Engagement and Retention, Empowered, Leadership
It’s a simple gift, but it’s one leaders often overlook. There’s so much pressure to perform these days that it’s tempting to keep our employees on a tight leash. But, in doing so, we disempower them and cripple their growth. Although it may be a winning strategy in...
by Joanie Connell | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog, Empowered, Generations, Parenting for the Workplace
The United States of America was founded on the principle of independence. So why are we depriving our children of it? We build walls and fences to protect them, structure recreation to channel them, and make decisions for them to keep them from making mistakes. All...
by Joanie Connell | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills
The voices are unanimous. Parenting to raise independent, resilient adults is hard work. It involves pain and discipline. It results in frustrated and hurt children—at least when they’re not getting what they want. But we all have to get through that to grow up and be...
by Joanie Connell | Apr 27, 2015 | Empowered, Parenting for the Workplace, Podcast, Resilient
Brad Baldridge’s interview with Joanie Connell Advice for parents: Let your children develop a sense of independence Let them make mistakes Listen to the interview to learn how.
