No Mud, No Lotus: Getting through the mental, emotional, and spiritual mud when taking a leap of faith
Kelsey Wong, a consultant who helps organizations design emotionally intelligent workplaces, writes about her own journey to feeling centered and finding mental, emotional, and spiritual liberation.
Why Emotional Intelligence is More Important Than IQ
Shanna Hanson, Human Arc's manager of business knowledge, reviews the book, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Is More Important Than IQ and How You Can Improve Yours. Author Allan Goldman takes readers through a step-by-step explanation that begins with what emotional intelligence is and how to enhance it.
‘Security’ is Being Prepared for Career Opportunities
Kari Cornicelli, vice president and CFO for Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus in San Diego, writes about finding security by creating opportunities for yourself. Some of the challenges you may be facing now can lead you down a path of opportunity that you hadn't previously considered.
5 Steps to Overcoming Your Fears
HFMA Career Coach Joe Abel looks at what holds people back from pursuing new career opportunities, and he walks through five steps that can help eliminate fears to help you move forward.
Confronting Your Fear is the Key to Living a Meaningful Life
About 30 years ago, a concerned friend gave Hilda Villaverde, PhD, a book that improved her life: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers. She writes about how the book served as her personal wake-up call to examine what was meaningful in her life.
Success is About Scaling the Wall in Front of You
Christina Caraballo, senior healthcare strategist for Get Real Health, shares how the sport of parkour has helped her scale walls of opposition in her personal and professional life to help her reach new heights.
Safety in Numbers: Key to Wealth Accumulation is Discipline
Nancy Tengler, senior vice president and chief investment officer for Heartland Financial USA Inc., says well-executed investment discipline can provide stability and financial security for women of all ages and income levels. But, as with any discipline, it requires diligence, practice, and plenty of patience.
Put Fear Aside and Unlock Those Golden Handcuffs
When the position that Cally Christensen had served in for a decade was eliminated, she saw it as an opportunity to create the life she always wanted. In this article, she takes us through her thought process as she reinvented herself as a consultant and executive coach.
How to Take Command of Your Personal Brand
There is power in personal branding, says Deb Miller, chief marketing officer at Elevate Marketing Group. She walks you through steps you can take to distill your personal brand and use it to advance your career.
Ascension Health President and COO Makes Career Out of Coordinating Care With Efficiency
For Patricia Maryland, DrPH, president of healthcare operations and COO for Ascension Health, efficiency in caregiving was an early necessity that turned into a lifelong career path. Her story illustrates how to live your personal brand.