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Claim time for you
If you're like me, it can be hard to reign in a busy schedule and make time for personal needs. I have fewer problems balancing work, family and friends, but when it comes to space for exercise and...
Humanergy’s hiring!
Humanergy, a leadership development company in Marshall, MI is excited to find a couple great people to join the administrative part of our team. While we’re thinking two part-timers; with the right...
Step back to see clearly
I've heard a lot about the benefits of keeping a journal - for stress relief, to capture learning and even to boost the immune system. Therefore, the HBR article about the advantages of journaling...
What makes the right choices easier?
We were tickled pink to hear a client (we'll call him Bob) mention recently that choosing to do the right thing - to engage with others productively, even in the midst of conflict, confusion or...
Email best practices after 20 years
I'm old enough to remember life without email. Believe it or not, when you needed to know something, you picked up the phone. And if they weren't there, you left a message, often with a real live...
Know what to do and not do
Humanergy loves helping people learn new best practices that become fluid habits. Although we could write a lengthy white paper on the topic, in short, habit development typically requires that...
Questioning past decisions?
I have never been accused of being indecisive. I rarely second-guess previous choices. Yet I sometimes wonder if there would be merit in being more thorough in my analysis of the quality of...
Do you get and receive guidance?
Kim Scott is a veteran of a long career in technology, including a long stint at Google. In a presentation at First Round's CEO roundtable, she describes how she learned to give and get feedback at...
Boost team wellness
Humanergy is composed of some focused, competitive folks. For many years we've been having a lot of fun as we combine wellness with healthy competition. Our most recent initiative divided us into...
What the boss really does
I recently watched the movie The Intern, a lighthearted office story about a young chief executive and her intern, who happens to be a 70-year-old retired guy. In the movie, Jules, the CEO, is...
Sticking with it
I've embarked on an exercise program with the help of a personal trainer. Having been a slacker for quite some time, I am finding it very challenging. At times, my body just won't do what I want it...
Everything is NOT important
Most leaders I know have lost sleep because they are preoccupied with work. They've felt pulled in multiple directions at once. They often don't feel like there is enough time in the day to do what...
Find your voice
Shy by nature, Alice finds it difficult to speak up in meetings, even when she has a valuable perspective to share. She has been advised by her boss to be more talkative, but in spite of good...
Hold up a minute
Rush, rush, rush. Decide, execute, move quickly! I get so caught up with getting stuff done that I rarely press the pause button. This may be fine on the surface. But the result is I am not as...
The benefits of looking back
December tends to be crammed full of activity, and it can be easy to slide into the new year with little reflection about the past 12 months. Worse yet, we might ruminate on all the bad memories of...
Joy and peace
Thinking of you and wishing you the happiest holiday season, filled with friends, family warmth, comfort and good cheer! Here's to an amazing 2016! From your friends at Humanergy Photo...
Surprising benefits of nature
I recently traveled to Australia to visit family, and I was struck by the extent to which they live outdoors. Almost all restaurants have outside seating, and many interior spaces are open-air....
How to change your life
I was pumped when I heard that our own Michelle VanderMeer, Humanergy coach and trainer extraordinaire, was going to have her career transition story featured in a new ebook. I was prepared to like...
Mistakes? Look for patterns!
Balls get dropped. Mistakes are made. These things happen, and we find ourselves putting out fires and moving on...sometimes to the next fire. The funny thing about problems is that we all know it's...
Adjust your sails
It would have been pretty tempting to do some complaining aboard the Ruby May, the 39-foot sailboat that my beloved wife Launda Wheatley and I called home for two months. The Atlantic crossing...
True alignment
I'm in the early planning stages for an event for a nonprofit organization. This process has reacquainted me with the need to work hard to get all parties aligned on a project before moving forward....