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Explore career topics, including strengths, goals, healthy productivity, perfectionism and wellness.
Doing meaningful work through volunteering
In this post, I describe how my desire to do meaningful work has shaped my career and a recent volunteer activity. I briefly recount an experience I had this summer that brought me great joy because it hit a "10" in my own doing-meaningful-work scale. Finally, I...
3 CliftonStrengths group activities to enhance team dynamics
How can you easily enhance team dynamics when you're a team lead? In this post, I share three simple CliftonStrengths (also called StrengthsFinder) activities that contribute to team building and team productivity. I have used these with young adults, as well as with...
Why we worry and how to worry less
I want to worry less. Are you with me?! This is me The other day, I crossed a small group pre-schoolers walking outside with their teacher. They were taking a slow stroll along the sidewalk of a quiet street on a sunny morning. "Watch out," cautioned the teacher. "Be...
Appreciation and recognition at work: Which do you want most?
I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't want appreciation at work! C'mon - even if our main driver is to do meaningful work, some appreciation is ...well, appreciated. Recognition at work You won't be surprised to read that there is a ton of research (yes, they weigh...
When values and habits don’t align
Purpose Inspires. Values Guide. Habits Define. - Adam Fridman I've been working on changing my ways. Not all of them, of course: 'just' the ones that trip me up constantly. One of these is when my actions don't reflect my values. In this blog post, I'm skipping past...
How do you think about achievement?
Achieving: Too much of a "good" thing Achieving is really important to me. In the world of CliftonStrengths, 'Achiever' is in my top 5. This basically means it's my way of being and my default. My need for achievement (ticking both big and small things off my to-do...
What is the CliftonStrengths Assessment and what can it do for me?
Clifton StrengthsFinder, StrengthsFinder, and CliftonStrengths Assessment -- these terms all refer to the same strengths assessment tool! That tool used to go by "StrengthsFinder" and the official name is now "The CliftonStrengths Assessment". What is the...
