Working from the Heart

Work can be rewarding and fulfilling, but it is always stressful at times. Often we cope with stress at work very differently than at home.  Work can be a pressure cooker – rather than attending to our emotions when we are experiencing them, we often delay or deny our feelings. For example, snacking can temporarily [...]

My article on Mission, Vision and Values is now up on a cool site called 800Muses, a site where women share expertise: http://www.800muses.com/muse-profiles/muse-michelann.htm

Can organizational politics be positive? Learn to evaluate your own use of political power, and find out how informal alliances can help build trust, foster leadership, and strengthen organizations. Published in The Systems Thinker, February 2009. Click here to download. Interested in learning more? DiaMind Consulting offers workshops, coaching, and presentations on harnessing the power [...]

How companies communicate with their employees, explicitly and implicitly, is crucial to employee engagement. So how do companies communicate with employees, when is it effective, and why or why not?

But what is a mission statement, really? Why do we need it? How can it help our businesses?