Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company Growth is the goal. Helping people develop their potential—enabling them to articulate and become the self they want to be, are capable of being, and that best serves them and others in the short and long term—is what we as individuals and leaders strive toward. […]
Know Your Niche: Six Steps to Defining the Career of Your Dreams Are you struggling to define the perfect job for you? Are you spending too much time in a job you know is wrong for you simply because you don’t know where to go? Are you looking for a framework to help identify your […]
The Awesome Human Project: How to Struggle Less and Thrive More in Work and Life There is an Awesome Human inside every single one of us, with a great capacity to create a positive impact in the world. But to embrace your Awesome Human, you need to strengthen your emotional fitness skills and break through […]
Kick off your Spring Break with OCCE and L.A. Works! The school beautification activities in honor of MLK Day of Service will be held at an elementary school in Leimert Park (Hillcrest Drive Elementary) in Los Angeles. The event will run until noon. L.A. Works creates and leads programming to address critical issues and needs in […]
How to Advocate for Your Ideas, Your Business, and Your Bank Account Do you only dream of what you want in life but never go after it? Are you just going through the motions, knowing there is more out there for you but too afraid to ask? You are your own advocate, and your "jury" […]
The University of La Verne campus is open again and Leo baseball season has begun! We’ve got a terrific opportunity coming up to reconnect on campus—a Leo baseball double-header. Bring the family and plan to meet up with old friends at Ben Hines Field on April 9 so we can all watch the games together […]
Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead and Restore Your Well-Being Do you feel you are “always-on,” continuously checking email, and working long hours? Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that burn people out and hurt performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation, and engagement. Collaborative work consumes 85% of employees' time and is […]
Prep, Push, Pivot: How to Overcome Obstacles and Accelerate Your Career Are you feeling stuck in a career rut? Do you know what you want from your career but don’t know how to get there? Whether you’re looking for a new job or targeting a promotion, it’s tough to determine how to move forward when […]
Have you heard the call to return to the office? Instead of going “back” to work, shouldn’t we go forward? The pandemic forced organizations and teams to adapt to new, often better, ways of operating. So why not skip “returning to normal” and redesign work based on what we learned in crisis? In this deep-dive […]
You were handed a myth at the start of your career: success is inevitable if you find and follow your passion. But what if you don’t know what that passion even is? The New York Times reports that an estimated 25 million Americans left their jobs in the second half of 2021—the highest number since […]