Whether leading a team, a company, or simply managing your day-to-day life, the past two years have challenged each of us with making decisions in highly ambiguous situations.

We have all heard the phrase “born leader” suggesting the personality you are born with predetermines your potential. Similarly, much has been written that birth order drives certain personality traits and associated behaviors. Is there truth to this?

Our families are our first experience within an organizational structure. Be it a start-up, a small partnership or in my case, the one pictured above - a highly structured hierarchical machine, this is where we first form the stories we tell ourselves.

The past year has moved all of us in multiple ways. Economic and social challenges, the shift to a virtual existence, changing expectations and altered and competing priorities are just some of the impacts of COVID on our professional lives.

Developing greater self-awareness is the first and most important step in investing in yourself. It is about recognizing and understanding how you show up to others as well as owning how you think about yourself. How can you become more self-aware?

The start of the New Year is when many of us determine to reset our priorities. These resolutions often reflect our desire to live healthier and more fulfilling lives – to be better leaders or make a major life change.

Virtual working is changing corporate cultures — some call it a decay. Is this necessarily a bad thing?

HR professionals have been critical in the transition to remote work. In many organizations they have been front line heroes in dealing with the logistical and emotional challenges faction employees. How are they caring for themselves while caring for everyone else?

Michael Jordan learned that making his team better, rather than just thinking about his own performance was critical to meeting his long term goals. The same can me said for our own happiness. Doing things for others can offer longer term impact on our own happiness than doing things for ourselves.