“America: the land of the free and the vacation-deprived”, this according to an article in Huffpost on 6.7.2019. For an immigrant from Finland who has called the USA my home for 21 years my fellow…
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Resiliency Wins
Sunday Summary: Avoid excessively personalizing others’ poor behavior towards you or criticism of your performance at work. It’s not about you, it’s about them and their behavior. Relevant criticism is about your work performance –…
How to Use Visualization during Stressful Situations and to Succeed in your Job Interview
Ever been in a meeting and not being able to raise your voice and contribute? Perhaps you have an important conversation scheduled. A conversation where you want to stand up for yourself and ask for,…
Leading Well for a Culture of Well-being
In early May, 2019 I had the opportunity to lead a workshop on Mental Health and Well-being at Work for #UNFPA staff at the Regional Office in Bangkok and a Webinar on the same topic for all…
The Business Case for Leading Well
In a previous blog I examined the impact the health of the leader has on organizational performance. Today’s blog will discuss a couple of possible myths that can hold us back from creating a corporate…
The Power of Storytelling for a New Perspective
What stories are you creating about your life and career? We are storytellers by nature. That is how we make sense of life. Of our successes and our failures. Of pain and joy. Love and…
Leading with Confidence and Selflessness- Lessons from War and Kindergarten.
Several recent articles and studies tells us that successful leaders are confident and selfless (see list at the end of this blog). I grew up in Finland, a country with a culture that values humility…
LEADING LADIES NEWSLETTER – Westmusa- from Expat to Successful Entrepreneur in New York City
Anki has called New York City and Broadway her home for over 25 years. If you are lucky you might catch her on the enormous Nasdaq screen high above Broadway living the song her father…
What’s Love Got To Do With It ? Leadership and the Loneliness Epidemic
Love as the epicenter of humanity and as the unifying human need is the great motivator. While the movie Wall Street in 1987 popularized the Greed is Good creed I am challenging it is with…
The Business Case for Leading Well
In my previous blog I examined the impact the health of the leader has on organizational performance. Today’s blog will discuss a couple of possible myths that can hold us back from creating a corporate…