A lot of the work I do is around helping people increase their self-awareness and gain clarity on how...
Archive for year: 2016
Igniting a Campaign for Civility
Karen Colligan, Communication, Gratitude, Kindness, Life, Relationships, communication, Emotional Intelligence, life, 0Is it just me, or have you also noticed that people seem to be increasingly cranky, rude and self-absorbed...
Don’t Avoid that Difficult Conversation
Karen Colligan, Communication, conflict resolution, Life, Relationships, communication, people, 0If you’ve got a difficult conversation brewing and you keep putting it off, you are not alone. According to...
Achieving Clarity and Focus as a Leader
Karen Colligan, Behavioral assessments, Leadership, Learning, Professional development, leadership, 0One of my goals in the Leadership Workshops I facilitate is to help participants achieve clarity around who they...
6 Ways to Tell Whether You Are Managing or Leading
Karen Colligan, Leadership, Management, Professional development, leadership, 0One of my roles as an executive coach is to help people become very clear about what it means...
We Can All Use a Little Grit
Karen Colligan, Development, Learning, Life, Emotional Intelligence, life, 0If you’re like most of us, you’ve been glued over the past couple of weeks (at least for short...
If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now
Karen Colligan, Learning, Life, wellness, Career, life, personal development plan, 0If you’ve been following my advice about taking some “ME” time this summer, you may have had an opportunity...
Giving AND Receiving Through Mentoring
Karen Colligan, Communication, Development, Mentoring, wellness, Career, personal development plan, 0Ask any successful senior leader, executive, or entrepreneur and chances are they’ll attribute at least part of their success...
“Connecting” Your Way to Wellness
Karen Colligan, Health, Life, People, wellness, communication, health, 0Earlier this month I was in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. with seven girlfriends I’ve known since high school....
Bring Back the Handwritten Note!
Karen Colligan, Communication, Gratitude, Kindness, communication, life, 0When was the last time you sent or received a personal note? I’m not talking about an email or...
What Are You Doing This Summer?
Karen Colligan, Health, Relationships, Stress, Work-life balance, employee satisfaction, health, life, 0Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and, for many of us, the signal to start thinking...
In Defense of Common Courtesy
Karen Colligan, Communication, Kindness, Life, communication, people, 0A lot of people are grumbling these days – some privately, some very publicly – about “political correctness.” They...