A few years back, when the first baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) began to reach retirement age,...
Author Archive for: Karen Colligan
From Possibility to Reality – Creating Effective Goals
Karen Colligan, Learning, Planning, Professional development, opportunity, personal development plan, working on a dream, 0We’re nearing the end of the first month of what I’m calling The Year of Possibilities. I hope you...
Here’s to the Year of Possibilities!
Karen Colligan, Learning, Life, self-awareness, wellness, life, personal development plan, values, 2“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of...
Conquering Fear in the Grand Canyon – One Step at a Time
Karen Colligan, Learning, Life, self-awareness, fear, life, 1A lot of the work I do is around helping people increase their self-awareness and gain clarity on how...
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....