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Self-Management: How Well Do You Maintain Balance?

By Dr. Geri Markel On June 6, 2016 · Add Comment
Today’s senior executives will tell you: “Work/life balance is, at best, an elusive ideal and, at worst, a complete myth. But by making deliberate choices about which opportunities they’ll pursue and which they’ll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders can and do engage meaningfully with work, family, and community.”* [...]
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Top 10 Ways to Cope with Job Transition

By Dr. Geri Markel On May 25, 2016 · 2 Comments
Are you in transition or contemplating one? Job transitions can be stressful—whether they’re due to layoff, a new job or working extra hours because others workers were laid off. “Career change statistics suggest that the average person will be making a career change approximately 5-7 times during their working life. With [...]
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Cleaning Up the Mess of Professional Mistakes

By Dr. Geri Markel On May 16, 2016 · Add Comment
Have you made a professional blunder? It happens to all leaders – you’re not alone! As part of your own leadership development, (and/or when mentoring emerging leaders on your team), remember this:  The way in which you deal with professional mishaps contributes to your professional image and to your sense of self. Perhaps you’ve [...]
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The Myth and Madness of Multitasking

By Dr. Geri Markel On June 5, 2015 · 2 Comments
There is a decade of research indicating that multitasking does not increase productivity. In fact, some studies (Rubinstein, 2001) indicate that multitasking can actually result in us wasting around 20-40 percent of our time, depending on what we’re trying to do. For some, multitasking means doing two or more tasks at the same [...]
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The Productive Leader: Positive Assertive Skills

By Dr. Geri Markel On November 3, 2014 · Add Comment
Geraldine Markel, PhD “That quarterly report they submitted is garbage, but their boss never called them on it. She always lets them get away with doing the least amount of work possible.” “If you ask my manager, he always says everything is going great here, even though everyone in the department knows it [...]
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Attention and Work/Life Productivity

By Dr. Geri Markel On June 30, 2014 · 1 Comment
On average, dealing with distractions and interruptions at work can consume more than two hours out of your whole workday. It’s no different at home. The boundaries between work and life are blurred and technology and our fast-paced lives interfere with our productivity and sense of well being. Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the [...]
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Gifted with a Glitch: The Twice Exceptional Leader

By Dr. Geri Markel On June 30, 2014 · Add Comment
William was one of those kids who breezed through most of public school with his great brain. He had a few academic close calls as a college undergrad, but he always pulled it off in the end. He completed his MBA at the top of his class at an extremely competitive university. Sure, there were [...]
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Stress, Haste and Fatigue UP, Accuracy DOWN

By Dr. Geri Markel On January 21, 2014 · Add Comment
Ray is a small business owner who does most of his bookkeeping after hours from home.  In the last quarter of the year, he’s getting some phone orders. He knows he shouldn’t be posting hand-recorded charge slip amounts to the credit card company late at night when he’s exhausted, but he desperately wants to [...]
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To Err about the Divine is Human

By Dr. Geri Markel On December 11, 2013 · Add Comment
In 2013, popular hip hop musician Kanye West released a new album which he titled, “Yeezus.” He seemed to enjoy the ensuing media debate about whether the deliberately-chosen moniker was a religious reference, a twist on his nickname—or none of the above. The Vatican, however, had no intention of causing controversy when it recently commissioned [...]
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Don’t be Distracted by Disappointment and Frustration

By Dr. Geri Markel On June 28, 2012 · Add Comment
“I didn’t get accepted into the show.” “I didn’t make the cut for the team.” “I wasn’t picked for the promotion this year.” You’re disappointed. You expect a “Yes” and, instead, receive a “No”. Sometimes you think you’re a shoo in, other times you raise the bar and take a risk. In either case, [...]
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