It’s Time
If only time was not finite. If only energy was renewable. Wait. Energy is renewable, you just suck at managing your time, your priorities and your personal boundaries. After all, who is watching you 24/7? You can give way to guilty temptation and forego your morning...
The #1 Thing Your Team Wants From You
Thank you to those who participated in our last survey at inclineHR. We asked a question around which characteristic most described your favorite manager ever and provided four options to choose from: kind and empathic (14% of the vote); set a high bar (4% of the...
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Culture management and a good corporate culture go hand in hand. Depending on whom you ask, you might hear some different denotations of good corporate culture and why it’s important. Some will refer to a rich legacy that comes to mind when we talk about a certain...
Bucket List
Someday Is Closer Than You Think What’s on your bucket list? Over the last two weeks of the year, we took an executive retreat to Italy and Sicily. Sure we reflected on 2022, what we want to build into the 2023 strategy, including several new offerings to meet our...
Exceptional Leaders Remove Their Masks
You could describe his whiskers as majestic. They were more than Hipster but not quite Norse-conqueror-level. Ruddy and covering at least the top three buttons of his shirt, his beard was a personal brand that made him stand out at networking events. So, I had to ask...
Know When to Hold Them and When to Fold Them
As Grammy-award winning singer Kenny Rogers once explained, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em…know when to fold ‘em.” It’s pretty easy to manage your hand during penny ante games. There’s no pressure. But when salaries and careers are on the line, playing the trump...
4 Ways to Elevate Women in the Workplace this Month
It’s October, and interspersed in the beautiful fall palette of red, yellow, and orange leaves are pink ribbons reminding us it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Statistics tell us someone gets a breast cancer diagnosis every two minutes in America. The prognosis is...
4 Good Reasons You Might Not Advance as Fast as You Want
National poet of Scotland, Robert Burns (1759–1796), in his poem “To a Louse, On Seeing one on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church” is absorbed in thought over the ability “To see oursels as others see us!” He declares it a divine gift. In my experience, self-awareness...
Spiritual Wellness and Leadership in the Workplace
Our philosophy on executive coaching at inclineHR is an integrated, holistic one. We evaluate the outcomes of major decisions in four areas of life –financial health, mental health, physical health, and spiritual health – because nothing happens in a vacuum. All four...
Freedom from Want and Fear
You’re likely enjoying, at least, a long holiday weekend, if not a full week of vacation, for Independence Day if you live in the States. As we remember the events of 1776 and enjoy rest and recreation in America, I encourage you to take advantage of what relaxation...