by Janet Ioli | Apr 13, 2017 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
How’s this for a comment when you ask for feedback on your leadership style? “She may be smart, but she doesn’t respect others.” If you had received that comment repeatedly upon soliciting commentary about your leadership effectiveness from your colleagues, manager,...
by Janet Ioli | Mar 27, 2017 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
There is so much fodder in pop culture and the media about the pursuit of happiness. We see articles on the “happiest cities” and “what makes people happy” almost daily. I repeatedly hear “I just want to feel happy and alive” when I ask people I work with what they...
by Janet Ioli | Mar 19, 2017 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
Over the years, I have read hundreds of books on leadership and human development, not counting the self-help and self-improvement ones. In addition, as part of doctoral studies in human development and adult learning, I have perused or read countless scholarly...
by Janet Ioli | Mar 12, 2017 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
Do you get energized and feel inspired when you are listening to an upbeat and uplifting story? Do you suddenly feel depressed when you hang around someone who is negative and unhappy? Thoughts, attitudes and behaviors carry an energy that is indeed contagious....
by Janet Ioli | Mar 4, 2017 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
When was the last time you did something that had lasting unfavorable consequences on you and your reputation? While it is easy for us to stand back and judge leaders and public figures who we deem to have “messed-up” royally – we are fortunate that most of the time...
by Janet Ioli | Feb 26, 2017 | Inspiration Point, Uncategorized
Do you think you are too old to start something new you want to do? Several weeks ago I was talking to a former client and friend about her desire to start an interior design business. At 53, she recently left the corporate world and her highly paid executive job to...
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