We hear a lot about the importance of company culture and its role in attracting, engaging and retaining employees....
Don’t Give Up, Give Back!
Karen Colligan, Gratitude, Health, Life, wellness, giving back, life, people, 0It seems that everywhere I go these days, people tell me that they’re not feeling like their “best selves.”...
Women Supporting Women – Getting Real About Your Career
Karen Colligan, Career, Career planning, Development, Learning, The Get Real Guide to Your Career, Women, Career, personal development plan, 0One of the most satisfying aspects of the work I do is helping other women create a strategy to...
Women Entrepreneurs – We Rock!
Karen Colligan, Development, Entrepreneurship, Women, Women entrepreneurs, opportunity, working on a dream, 0Last week I attended the SheEO Activation Summit, in Denver. SheEO World is a nonprofit organization that brings together...
Start the Conversation and Unleash the Possibilities
Karen Colligan, Communication, conflict resolution, Relationships, communication, diversity, people, 0George Bernard Shaw once said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion it has taken place.” Most...
Possibilities Abound as Baby Boomers Retire
Karen Colligan, Career planning, Possibilities, Professional development, bench strength, Career, opportunity, 0A few years back, when the first baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) began to reach retirement age,...
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...