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Is it really possible to create a way of working based on love not fear? Yes. It’s not only possible. It’s essential. Learn more from this collection of more than 100 posts to inspire and guide you.
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Color Mindfulness: Honoring and Valuing Our Skin
Jen Todd shares her experience with “Color Blindness” and urges us instead to move towards “Color Mindfulness”. Sharing stories from her daughter, mother, and her own life, Jen paints an elegant and powerful picture of how ignoring or diminishing race can be harmful and why instead we should choose to celebrate and honor all skin colors.
Black History Month: Acknowledging Historic Harm to Humanize Our Future
Member Blogger Adam Slade shares a powerful account of the history, importance, and foundational path forward to celebrating and honoring Black History Month.
The Importance of Psychological Safety in a Mental Health Crisis
Nancy Kasvosve shares her personal account and experience with psychological safety and burnout. She speaks about the many nuances of a mental health crisis like the fear of ridicule and the bravery needed to share regardless.
Plan to Love
Founder and CEO of A Human Workplace, Renee Smith, challenges us to consider where love shows up in our plans for 2023, and what love you might choose to live.
Take Care of Your Whole-Self This Season
Through the lens of personal and vulnerable storytelling, Jen Todd shares three tips for self-care during the holiday season. She reminds us all that our well-being is of the utmost importance and how to prioritize this during the busyness of the year-end season. Read on for ways to practice your own self-reflection and self-care this month.
The Commitment Cube: Your Path to Increased Productivity and Improved Prioritization
Lili Boyanova Hugh walks readers through The Commitment Cube. She shares that this way of thinking allows individuals to remember a larger purpose and see a bigger picture, realize their strengths and their possible needs for help, identify their knowledge gaps, and plan or re-plan effectively moment-to-moment. Want this type of increased productivity and improved prioritization? Read her blog for practical questions and skills related to Connection, Confidence, Capability, and Capacity.
Making a Human-Centered Work Experience Actionable
Have you ever been paralyzed by the thought that trying to shift your working culture towards one of love and humanity is too big of a job? Renee Smith offers 8 simple, actionable, and tangible ways to make your culture human-centered.
Autumnal Reflection for Inner Alignment
Encouragement for reflection and inner alignment from guest blog writer, Shian Chuan, author of Power Your Purpose: A Leader's Guide to Creating a Better Life and a Better World. Shian provides readers 10 questions for reflection (plus one bonus!) that aids in one’s pondering of the year past and the next year(s) to come.
Responses to Human-Centered Workplaces
Renee shares possible reactions that employees and leaders may have when they hear of a human-centered transformation. She reminds readers that each of these responses is entirely natural and to live into human-centered values that each response should be attended to with care and concern. Read and learn how to engage with a vast array of reactions to love in the workplace.
Three Ways to Increase Love at Work
Renee shares insights from 75 research interviews plus hundreds of stories shared by participants in workshops that culminate in 3 ways to increase love at work. For practical and tangible loving workplace practices, read more here.
The Paradox of Covid: A Journey Through Struggle and Strength
Julie shares her insights and wisdom from reflecting on the paradoxes of COVID-19. Through the narrative of her own life and business, Julie helps readers see how feast and famine, isolation and love, frustration and forgiveness can all co-exist - even coming from the same catalyst. Read Julie’s blog for encouragement, optimism, and a healthy dose of humanity.
An Inner Guide to Self-Regulation and Love
Lili vulnerably shares her experience with self-regulation after a relatable interaction where anger bubbled over. She cites experts on self-regulation and shares practical, repeatable tools for inner dialogue during moments of overwhelm. Lili is a leading voice concerning inner transformation and self-connectedness as a tool for leadership growth.
Leading with Empathy
Guest Writer, Joanne Lee shares practical steps for incorporating a lens of empathy into your daily professional and personal life. She urges readers to opt for empathy in pursuit of greater well-being.
Less is Waiting for You
Lili Boyanova shares the insights that her transition into Autumn has brought. Inviting Less rather than More, making space for lightness, and choosing what to say goodbye to are practices Lili helps readers find practical avenues for in both personal and professional settings.
The Language of the Heart
Lili speaks to the importance of our chosen language by sharing a powerful story between her and her son. Lili shows leaders why it's crucial to shift the language of our hearts. She invites leaders to start using new words, new phrases, and new questions so that empathy, vulnerability, and authenticity can be at the root of communication.
Ask This Question
The questions we ask ourselves and others matter. Questions are not neutral but point us in a direction. They cause us to pay attention to some possibilities and to exclude others. In this blog, Renee shares the number one question we should be asking ourselves throughout our careers. From interviews to promotions to recognition to retirement, this question provides a powerful lens for real impact in the world.
Rituals: Making and Breaking Them With Love
Lili shares how she and her husband are spending the early months of their marriage intentionally collecting rituals, habits, and behaviors from the people who are most dear to them in a Ritual Tour. Lili shares how this action of authentically choosing rituals that align with our values is vitally important in a paralleled way within our organizations. Aligning what we value with our daily actions is bridged by our habits and rituals. What rituals do you want to keep? Which would be best to rid yourself of? And which others would you like to adopt for better alignment?
A Great Transition
CEO and Founder Renee speaks to the feeling of controlled chaos that comes along with moving and how this is a perfect metaphor for the discomfort we are all experiencing in our modern work world. She provides a series of resources for reflection for leaders and team members to utilize to navigate the same feeling of controlled chaos as we go Forward to Work.
Career Versus Change-The-World Goals
Community Member and Change Maker, Meagan Macvie, speaks to her changing career goals throughout her lifetime and how they have gravitated towards impact rather than achievement. If you’re interested to learn more about how to make changing the world part of your 5 year career plan, check out Meagan’s thoughts and sage wisdom!
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