During the worst Kansas thunderstorms you’ll usually find me outside my house, precariously perched on an unstable ladder that is sinking in the mud, trying desperately to dig two or three seasons of composed leaves and debris out of my clogged gutters. I’m getting pelted by rain and probably some hail. I’m soaked, clutching metal [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Employee Motivation, Life Balance, Self Care | Leave a commentIn the Western Christian tradition, Epiphany commemorates the visitation of the Magi to the infant Jesus.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Employee Motivation, Life Balance, Self Care | Leave a commentWhat if you got rid of expectations and focused on what you wanted instead? I bet you’d experience…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Effective Relationships, Life Balance, Managing Conflict, Trust In the Workplace | 1 CommentWe talk a lot about “own your potency” at Next Element. If you are familiar with the 10 permissions that we teach, that were developed by Dr. Eric Berne, then you may be familiar with this concept. Potency is defined as: efficacy; effectiveness; and strengths. There are a number of things that our parents told us [...]
Posted in White Papers | Tagged Leadership, Life Balance, Managing Conflict, Personality, Self Efficacy | 4 CommentsShe says her first three-day PCM experience showed her the differences and similarities in those around her and made it transferrable. No other personality test added the kind of insight to organizational culture as to how people are motivated or how to invite people out of distress, Weber says.
Posted in Blog, News | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Leadership, Life Balance, Process Communication Model, Social Intelligence, soft-skills | Leave a comment“Through PCM you gain a lot of self awareness and learn how to proclaim a message of who you are as a church,” Ratzlaff says. “It helps us on a daily basis with our interactions with people of all styles. I love that it helps embrace each person’s diversity and gifts and helps you know how to make leadership choices and to honor everyone’s gift when moving a group forward.”
Posted in News | Tagged Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Effective Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leverage Diversity, Life Balance, Process Communication Model, Self Care, Social Intelligence, soft-skills | Leave a comment…work is not managed, it just has to get done. How, when, and where, is up to each person. People continue to have specific goals to reach, and time lines…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Life Balance, Trust In the Workplace | 2 CommentsBlog post on the first chapter of “Switch, How to Change When Change is Hard,” by Chip & Dan Heath
Posted in Blog | Tagged Life Balance, Self Care | 3 CommentsPCM NUGGET – filling our own tanks in healthy ways so that we are fully available to serve others.
NE CORNER – To be the best parent, the best spouse, the best you – you must first take care of yourself.
UPCOMING EVENTS – We hope to see you at one soon!
WHERE WE’LL BE – ETDA Summit, Wichita Chamber Sunrise Scrambler, ACCT, see you there?
WHITE PAPER – Prepare for the Future, Invest in Your People.
CONNECT WITH US – You’ll find us on FB, Twitter, LinkedIn.
HOT WING UPDATE – Nate at Jefferson’s in Lawrence, KS – Go Jayhawks!
Taking care of your whole person, emotionally, physically, and getting your own needs met in a healthy way first, in order to be present at work and at home. This is the beginning step toward balancing work and family.
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