Work/Life Balance

by Jo Anne on February 21, 2012

I was in a meeting recently where someone said that to be an employer of choice, they had to provide work/life balance. I couldn’t disagree more.

I know this flies in the face of most traditional conversations today about the value of work/life balance. The challenge I have is that calling it ‘balance’ indicates that in some way, we will be able to find a sustainable circumstance that allows for equal or near equal engagement in life and work over time. Or that at any given moment we will have ample time or attention to give to both.

I believe this is a fallacy and that it produces stress when we aren’t able to achieve it.

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A Winning Mindset

by Sandy on February 21, 2012

A few weeks ago I had one of the more vivid dreams of my life. I was flying effortlessly over Palo Alto. Well, at least a dreamlike facsimile of Palo Alto, but with a mini-Sierra-like range of mountains running right through the middle of it.

What an exhilarating, freeing experience!

I could take off and land with little effort, soar over the landscape, dive down and climb at steep angles. I could bring my focus to the ground below and observe with cheerful readiness interactions among people going about their daily lives.

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Exciting News and Website Reposts

February 10, 2012

We’re excited to announce that we have created a Learning Management System for our new eLearning courses. We currently have two courses available, High Performance Cultures and High Performance Teams. Check out the new page here. It’s still a work in progress, as you’ll see that we have not yet completed the sample video that [...]

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