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Social distancing. Travel bans. Closing of schools. Stopping gatherings of 50 or more people. Closing restaurants and bars. Impending closures of daycares, and likely other restrictions coming soon. As a workforce development professional, my lifeblood is people. Helping connect people with the skills and knowledge they need for success in their current and future roles.…

Did you learn everything you needed to do your job in school? Did you learn it all at one time? Do you believe you can continue to be successful in your role without ever learning anything new? I’m hoping that you gave a resounding “no” to each of those questions! Since we agree that learning…

EVelop is a labor of love. It was scary to think about leaving “corporate America” – with a salary, health care, vacation and sick time, a 401(k), an office and all the necessary supplies, and the feeling that I had a support network. But. I felt (and still feel) very strongly about providing the best…

Dirt on my hands. Paint on my arms. Transplanted flowers blooming. Fresh paint colors transforming an old house. Leveling out a yard and re-seeding. Weatherizing inside and out. All of these activities and states of being are my zen, my mecca. I thrive on helping things grow and improve and flourish. It’s been 193 days…

This past week I had the pleasure of working with an amazing professional that’s looking to further his career trajectory by applying to the MBA program at Butler University. I’ve been working with this student on GMAT skills for a few months – we actually met through a post I put up on LinkedIn earlier…

It’s September 2020. Sometimes it feels like time has stopped. Sometimes it feels like the world is tilting at a stunning pace. Sometimes I look around and wonder how we got to this point, nationally, and as an entire human race. It’s not just the pandemic. It’s the divisiveness. It’s the disdain and disregard. But…

Hot take. Thanks to FiveThirtyEight for the inspiration. Critical thinking is at an all-time low, it seems. Our reptilian brains aren’t equipped to handle the ongoing level of stress of this global pandemic. We’re reverting to base behaviors, like mistrust of the ‘other,’ selfishness, jumping to conclusions and acting on old biological defaults. We’ve removed obstacles to…

As the lovely Ariana Grande put it – One taught me love One taught me patience And one taught me pain Now, I’m so amazing Say I’ve loved and I’ve lost But that’s not what I see So, look what I got Look at what you taught me And for that, I say Thank you,…

Or, as I often say everyone has their own flavor of crazy, and you’ve got to find the ones you like! Being an entrepreneur can feel lonely. The physical isolation brought on by the global pandemic hasn’t made it any easier. But being a leader – whether formally or informally, for an entire company or…