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5 STRATEGIES LEADERS USE TO AVOID CORPORATE BURNOUT FOR THEIR TEAMS

by Joanne Newbornupdated on June 25, 2019June 25, 20190

In today’s ever evolving corporate world, the only constant is change. And with change comes learning new technology, new responsibilities, taking on greater workloads and covering roles that may not necessarily fall to you or your team’s area of expertise. Even the most amazing Rock Star Teams BURNOUT – yes whole teams of people burn out! According to the Mayo Clinic, “Job burnout is a special type of work-related stress – a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.” Right now my team and I are teetering on …

Leadership Transformation

YOUR SUPERPOWER IS YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS

by Joanne Newbornupdated on June 2, 2019May 18, 20190

I used to think I had this really special skill. I had a Superpower, I could go Invisible – not literally but in a sense I could fade into the background and become the fly on the wall, the listener. I could take in everyone around me and know all their strengths and weaknesses while never revealing my own. I thought this was powerful. I thought: “I have a Superpower they don’t know about. I can do this thing. I can be Invisible.” While some of these aspects are good skills to possess, (like being an excellent listener) the overall …

Leadership Transformation

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR NEXT CAREER MOVE – 8 VITAL STEPS TO CLIMBING THE CORPORATE LADDER

by Joanne Newbornupdated on March 6, 2021April 19, 20190

Have you been waiting for someone to notice your “greatness?” Often times in business we wait for someone to give us permission to move ahead in our careers. We wait for our manager to notice how hard we are working and then we expect that he or she will have the fabulous idea to promote us. Here’s a tip – your manager is probably focused on his/her own career growth and probably isn’t thinking about yours. When managers don’t have the same thoughts about our careers as we do, we start to blame them for not advancing our careers. “It’s …

Leadership Transformation

10 Tips to Nail Your Job Interview

by Joanne Newbornupdated on March 6, 2021March 27, 20190

Enjoy my “expert” advice included in this article with OppLoans! Are you prepared for interviewers to throw you a curveball? Do you have questions of your own ready about the role and the company? How should you dress? Applying for jobs in 2019 is like sitting on a desert island, writing a message, putting that message into a bottle, and then throwing that bottle directly into a black hole. Unless you know someone who works at the company you’re applying to, you’re probably applying through some sort of online portal in exchange for an automated confirmation email. Odds are you’ll …

Leadership Transformation

THE MUST-HAVE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES & MINDSET NECESSARY TO LAND THAT JOB

by Joanne Newbornupdated on March 6, 2021March 16, 20190

For the last 6 months I have been interviewing candidates for an open managerial position on my team and it has been extremely challenging to fill this role. Additionally, over the course of my career, I have interviewed many candidates for open roles on various teams I’ve managed. I have noticed several patterns arising lately that are extremely detrimental to candidates. Hence, I wanted to share the following simple reminders and mindset techniques that interviewees should be using to put themselves miles ahead of the competitors and land that job! #1 – DRESS THE PART This may seem obvious but I …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

ON-LINE DATERS WHO LIE CREATE A KARMIC BOOMERANG

by Joanne Newbornupdated on June 2, 2019February 15, 20190

After a break up, and several months of not dating, I went back to the dreaded on-line treadmill again. Ugh. What a drag. This time, my goal was to be “open” to new possibilities, without judgement, and observe what showed up. My new motto was “What can I learn from this experience?” My dating life had gone from “I want to meet the one.” to “How can I use this date to free my mind?” Sounds boring and a little woo-woo but it was actually pretty amazing once I was able to let go of being attached to wanting to find …

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SURVIVING AN EAST COAST SNOWSTORM TAUGHT ME THE 5 KEYS TO LIFE

by Joanne Newbornupdated on June 2, 2019January 22, 20190

by Joanne Newborn The East Coast got hit with its first snowstorm of the season recently and I got caught driving in the thick of it, coming home from my company’s office. 30 miles which normally takes me 45 minutes took me 3 and a half hours. It wasn’t the time that was the issue; it was the sheer terror of every second of the 3 and a half hours. The roads were a mess, it was rush hour and cars were sliding all over the road. After an hour, my windshield wipers froze and were covered with snow (it …

Leadership Transformation

WHY RESOLUTIONS FAIL, AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS WITHOUT THEM

by Joanne Newbornupdated on June 2, 2019January 5, 20190

It’s that time of year, when people start to take stock of what they accomplished throughout 2018. And upon reflecting on the year, many realize that they didn’t achieve their goals and dreams for yet another year. Probably not a fraction of what they hoped to accomplish. So what happens? December 31 will arrive, and people will make the same or very similar New Year’s Resolutions year after year – which never come to fruition. What is a New Year’s Resolution, anyway? According to the Cambridge Dictionary it is a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the …

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A Difficult Trip To a Holiday Party Led Me to My Purpose for the Night

by Joanne Newbornupdated on December 22, 2018December 22, 20180

Ever have one of “those” days? Yes, I’m sure we all have, where everything seems to go completely wrong. I recently had one, that was so maddening, it almost seemed funny… almost. It was the night of my company’s big Holiday Party in New York City. I had to work during the day in our offices in Connecticut, drive home, get ready, take the commuter train into NYC and then find transportation to the venue from Grand Central Station. It was a lot of jockeying around, but I was excited to go – it was my first one with this …

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What To Do When Thoughts of “Goodbye Cruel World!” Start Creeping In

by Joanne Newbornupdated on November 14, 2018November 14, 20180

This morning I woke up to find a social media private message from a friend saying that he didn’t think he was long for this world. Certainly not what I was expecting on a rainy Tuesday morning. I immediately sent him a suicide hotline phone number and some of what I’m going to share with you below. However, his note also sparked my own thoughts of where I am in life right now. I have a birthday approaching and I am in denial about it. Every time I realize my birthday is upon me, it surprises me. “Oh, yeah, it’s …