It’s amazing how often the topic of boundaries comes up in the work I do with my clients – particularly the consequences of not setting boundaries. I’ve had many conversations over the years on why setting boundaries at work is important, not only for you, but also your co-workers. Here’s the thing about boundaries. Too often we don’t know what…
Read More5 Easy Ways to Reuse Content
Content creation is a task many people love to hate. It can be challenging coming up with ideas, finding the time to develop content, then knowing how best to share your work. If you’re going to put so much time and energy into creating content, why not make your content work for you instead of having to work for your…
Read MoreShare Your Expertise to Grow Your Business
As a sole proprietor, part of doing business in the days before COVID involved collaborating with other entrepreneurs and business owners. Sometimes this was paid collaboration and other times it was sharing my expertise as a public relations professional to help others. However, as we all needed to pivot our businesses during COVID, I found the requests to share my…
Read More5 Reasons Why All Organizations Need Communications Staff
For years, it seemed communications staff struggled to justify our existence. Then COVID hit. Many organizations were forced to up their game on how they communicate with clients, stakeholders, staff and the public. And like many professions, this increase demand has resulted in a shortage of skilled communications and public relations professionals. While I hope the lessons of the importance…
Read More4 Ways to Move from Judgement to Curiosity
As a mom and advocate for kids with disabilities, I get frustrated with so much focus being on a child’s behaviour. I’ve had teachers and school administrators tell my kid to be quiet when having a meltdown, versus trying to support them. I’ve heard other parents make judgements about a child based on their behaviour instead of being compassionate. Focusing…
Read MoreHow to Bring Senior Leadership Onboard to New Ways of Communicating
Whether I’m working with a client on strategic planning, communications, community engagement or coaching, the question I most commonly get is how do I bring senior leadership onboard to new ways of communicating. While there are leadership teams who embrace change in areas outside of their comfort zone, they are few and far between. For many, communications is an area…
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