By Yvonne Milosevic Raise your hand if your pandemic-era goals included things like learning how to play an instrument, getting serious about your side hustle, or mastering the art of making sourdough bread. With inspo from Insta and TikTok, we had ambitious plans for maximizing…
By Yvonne Milosevic Logic tells us that the best way to market anything is to focus on making it as enticing as possible. But when trying to drum up enthusiasm for a new product, innovative solution, or social initiative, one thing often stands in the…
By Yvonne Milosevic “I just love meetings!” said no one ever. It's more likely you either loathe them, or they bore you to tears. Roughly 55 million meetings occur each week, and 67% of employees say that time spent in meetings hinders productive work. But eliminating…
By Yvonne Milosevic Ahhh, the lazy coworker—just about every workplace has one. There’s the guy who comes in late and leaves early, takes two-hour lunch breaks, and has turned procrastination into an art form. Then there’s the gal who always delegates but still has a…
By Yvonne Milosevic What is executive presence? The answer is often a maddening, “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.” Not exactly helpful for anyone trying to grow professionally. In essence, a person with executive presence has mastered the most…
By Yvonne Milosevic You can find tons of advice on the interwebs about how to improve your team’s brainstorming sessions. But until recently, we’ve missed one fundamental truth about how we tap into our most creative solutions. People often think their best ideas come early…
By Yvonne Milosevic “Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.”—Swahili proverb. Since long before that famous “marshmallow test” (now debunked, by the way), we’ve heard that patience is a virtue and that good things come to those who wait. Yet biding our…
By Yvonne Milosevic Are you a natural-born leader? In truth, most of us don’t see ourselves that way. But leadership is not solely about job title or position—it's about the actions you take. We often feel reluctant to lead, even though others believe we would…
By Yvonne Milosevic Whether we like it or not, we all have implicit biases—it’s part of being human. The important thing is to actively counteract them when we recognize the harm they can cause. As we’ve noted before, there’s a disconnect between good intentions and on-the-ground reality at…
By Yvonne Milosevic If you’re following public health guidelines closely, you probably won’t be taking your usual winter vacation or attending a mega New Year’s Eve bash this year. Most of us are just trying to keep it together as we near the end of…