Ease into the new year with some thoughts on the world of work
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A Quarterly Newsletter Issue 2 January 2026 |
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The issue is rarely with the people. It's almost always with the system.
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Attention Small Business Leaders! |
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| I hope you'll consider joining me at one (or more!) of my many upcoming workshops, training sessions, and meetups. |
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| In case you missed it ... |
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| Profit and Purpose: Kim's Story |
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“I really had no intention of doing this,” Kim Gokce tells me shortly after we log on to a virtual meeting together. He is in his home office in the Atlanta area. I am in mine in Ohio. |
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| Comeback Kid (Post-Election Edition) |
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This song is dedicated to all of the little guys who ran for office on Election Day. The ones who stood up, stood proud, and actually did something to make change in their communities. Whether you ran for school board, city council, or dog warden, we thank you for your dedication to making our world a better place.
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| Who says you can’t fight city hall? An update on the chicken fans of Mansfield, Ohio |
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You might remember that a couple months ago I posted about a conversation I overheard in a coffee shop. It was a “small but passionate cohort of chicken fans” and they were trying to get the city to allow chickens in urban yards.. |
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| Life after tech: because we deserve better! |
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II delivered an abridged version of my signature Career Nirvana program at CodeMash at Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio last week.
It’s time we all take a hard look at the work we are doing, how it’s serving us and our communities, and decide what we’d like to be doing instead.
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| Talking about the elephants in the room |
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I recently delivered my workshop on conflict resolution for an enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd at WITCon in Columbus, Ohio.
Feedback was extremely positive, with attendees stopping me repeatedly throughout the conference to tell me how badly this skill set is needed in their workplaces.
If you or your group are struggling with the rapid influx of conflict in our day-to-day lives, I would love to share these tools with you. Contact me if you'd like to discuss such an engagement. |
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