21 Mar Spring Break for your Team! Avoid These 6 Team Retreat Fails

Posted at 12:50h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy, Team Retreats, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Will it be Ft. Lauderdale, South Padre Island or Vail? (Or am I dating myself with those options? ;-) Spring Break is a wonderful tradition that gives students (and families!) a break from the books and take time to recharge. Those benefits also work for work teams. Let...

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06 Mar 7 Habits of Highly Effective Virtual Teams

Posted at 22:38h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, DiSC, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

In the spirit of Covey’s groundbreaking 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I have a few ideas about highly effective virtual teams. It’s kind of a passion of mine. My research and my book Virtual Teams for Dummies continues to motivate me to spread the...

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20 Feb Put Me in Coach! 7 Things You Need to Know About Executive Coaching

Posted at 16:39h in Coaching, Engagement, Leadership, Mentoring, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about executive coaching – what it is, what it can do for you, how much time is involved, etc. Let me first say that I am a huge proponent of executive coaching. There is literally nothing better as a...

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13 Feb The Cost of Caring: How to Avoid Compassion Fatigue at Work

Posted at 21:38h in Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Being an empathetic leader is hard. It’s so much easier to be cynical, narcissistic, self-serving, perpetually blameless and aggressively competitive. We see a lot of that behavior in leadership these days. Of course, those kinds of toxic leaders, create toxic cultures. More than ever, we need...

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06 Feb EQ in an AI World: Why Emotional Intelligence is Critical in the Virtual Workforce

Posted at 21:15h in Coaching, Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

The advancements in artificial intelligence are staggering – self-driving cars, digital personal assistants like Siri and Alexa. Heck, IBM’s Watson is solving medical cases that have stumped doctors for years. Looking beyond the sci-fi hype, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what AI means for the...

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31 Jan New Year, New Team: New Year’s Resolutions for Your Team

Posted at 03:10h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, Engagement, Leadership, Mentoring, Strategy, Team Trust, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s hard to avoid New Year’s Resolutions at this time of year. Whether you believe in the practice of making resolutions or not, the beginning of the year is clearly a great time to work on forming new habits. It’s refreshing to leave...

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24 Jan OnCon Contributor Award Winner!

Posted at 06:00h in Creativity, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring, News, Recognition, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

I am proud to announce that Powers Resource Center won the ICON Contributor Award this past weekend at the OnCon ICON Awards ceremony in Orlando, FL! The Contributor Award recognizes value to the industry through thought sharing, elevating the strategic value of human resources and delivering creative solutions for...

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16 Jan OnCon ICON award nominations

Posted at 03:20h in Coaching, Creativity, DiSC, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, News, Recognition, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

2019 is off to a great start for Powers Resource Center! I am pleased to announce that we have been nominated for several OnCon ICON awards – Trailblazer, Contributor and Leadership. These awards recognize icons in the categories of marketing, human resources and legal. Nominees are voted...

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09 Jan Jump Start 2019 with DiSC!

Posted at 23:26h in Coaching, Creativity, DiSC, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

It’s that time of year when everyone has goals, but not a plan.  Well I have a plan for your success in 2019. It’s DiSC certification and you can check that box later this month! Everything DiSC® is the premier assessment tool to help you build...

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19 Dec Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Accomplishments, Reflections & Gratitude

Posted at 03:05h in Coaching, Creativity, Culture, DiSC, Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Recognition, Strategy, Virtual Teams by Tara Powers 0 Comments

The end of the year is always a time of reflection and goal-setting for me. It’s a valuable and insightful exercise, and I encourage you to do the same. Seriously, don’t miss the chance to be thoughtful about your wins this past year, practice gratitude...

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