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Elevate Your Team: Unlocking Higher Mind Leadership

September 24, 2023 by Jessika Jake

In today’s VUCA business environment, managers need to tap into new paradigms to maximize their team’s potential. The forces of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity demand that leaders embrace vision,

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The Serious Need for Silliness: Bringing More Humor, Play, and Joy to Work

by Me, with a lil help from my friends (humans, canines, robots...)

Humor In positive psychology, humor is considered a character strength and a pathway to wellbeing. It involves the cognitive and emotional ability to perceive and appreciate incongruities and absurdities in

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Havening for the Other: ‘Flip it to Test it’ then Address it!

by Jessika Jake

Special thanks to Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA, ADS, whose conversations are always so educational and thought provoking. When we first met, we were exploring Havening Techniques® and the conversation led

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The (Superconscious) Accountability Ladder

by Jessika Jake

“Personal accountability is never about others, it’s always about me looking in the mirror and making better choices.” John G. Miller The concept of personal accountability and taking responsibility for one’s actions

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Beyond CBT: Unpacking Thought Errors as Helpful Shortcuts and When to Dig Deeper

by Jessika Jake

We’ve all experienced those moments where our thoughts seem to be working against us. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) often categorizes these as ‘thought errors’ or ‘cognitive distortions.’ But what if

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The 4 R’s of the Trauma-Informed Approach

by Jessika Jake

Trauma responses are normal reactions to abnormal situations. Experiencing trauma is common, but its effects can be long-lasting. Trauma refers to any distressing event that causes emotional, psychological, or physical harm. Research

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An Intro to DiSC

May 18, 2023 by Me, with a lil help from my friends (humans, canines, robots...)

The DiSC model is a personality / behavioral assessment tool that describes different personalities based on four main styles. These styles are: Here’s a high-level look at each… Dominance is

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PMP + Host Leadership Mashup: Be a Diligent, Respectful and Caring Steward

April 1, 2023 by Me, with a lil help from my friends (humans, canines, robots...)

Project Managers who follow PMI’s guiding principle “be a diligent, respectful and caring steward” can embody this principle within the four positions outlined in Mark McKergow’s Host Leadership Model. If

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Host Leader: The Space Creator Role

April 1, 2023 by Me, with a lil help from my friends (humans, canines, robots...)

Part of being a great host leader is being a great space creator. This means planning for the space and tweaking the space as applicable. In my training to become

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Buidling a Shared Understanding @ Work

March 11, 2023 by Jessika Jake

In PMI.org’s Exam Content Outline (ECO), Task 1.10.0 is: Build shared understanding The enablers associated with this task are:• Break down situation to identify the root cause of a misunderstanding•