Career Blog

Team-building exercises tend to invoke one of two reactions: high fives or low groans. So how do you get the whole team on board and bypass the dreaded eye rolls? Here are some team-building exercises that not only work, but are also bound to please even the most vocal critics.

Techniques for career growth abound. One of the most reliable is learning to ask great questions early and often throughout your career. What makes a question great? The answer depends on the situation, but one thing all great questions have in common is the motivation to expand your understan...

Is unlimited personal time off too good to be true? Read our take and learn the pros and cons of unlimited PTO.

A common question that comes up in leadership conversations is whether leaders are born or made. What do you think? Find out if the experts agree.

According to Payscales 2015 Compensation Best Practices Report, retention is an increasing priority for employers. 63% of employers consider retention a top line item, a whopping 43% increase from just five years ago.

How do you deal if you are in a place where the bad things seem to be mounting? Here’s what I do.

If you’re on the receiving end of a “return to office” notice and not happy about it, what can you do? An alternative work arrangement might give you the flexibility and work-life balance you desire.

The SWOT analysis isn’t just for business planning. You can use it as a personal planning tool too, by asking yourself the right questions about your internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats.

When seeking my own mentors, I’ve sought out people who have had interesting career paths, I connect strongly with, and I admire. I should say - this has been me reaching out to leaders directly and not a match made through a formal mentorship program. Many times, they have been women, or gay, or...

Trust your gut! But in order to get there, first learn the difference between your gut/intuition and your fear or trauma responses. Get clear on what your values are and let your values lead the way

“Not everyone's emergency is your emergency.” I am a giver by nature. I have had to unwind my mindset that everything needs to be done in urgency. In the school system I was trained for years to respond to crises. As a result, I found early on in my career shift I was giving away free strategy, s...

The reality is there is no career arrival point. By tuning into the present, I can recognize what I want more and less of from my career presently. Oftentimes, those needs can be met by working with my current job, but sometimes it can mean changing gears and trying something different. I don’t r...

I was miserable. I couldn’t do the government thing anymore. I really started seeing my job as getting in the way of what I truly wanted to do. I hated going into work every day. Even during the pandemic I would sit up at night and dread opening my work computer and “going to work.”

As a part of the recognition of the 2020 Star Nurses finalists we will spotlight nurses through the end of summer. Check back each week for more spotlights from our 92 Star Nurses.