Our Blog

You deserve to do work that feeds your heart, mind, and wallet.

How You Can Restructure Your Company’s Management Into 21st Century Leadership

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 18, 2019 | Comments Off on How You Can Restructure Your Company’s Management Into 21st Century Leadership

How You Can Restructure Your Company’s Management Into 21st Century Leadership Jeffrey Hayzlett, VIP Contributor, Entrepreneur There’s the ‘old school’ model and the ‘new school’ model. Which one are you? The age of management is dead!  At least management as we knew it. Executives are no longer looking to micromanage everyday decisions; instead, they’re empowering other employers […]

4 Massive Mistakes Many Companies Make When Promoting New Managers

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 16, 2019 | Comments Off on 4 Massive Mistakes Many Companies Make When Promoting New Managers

4 Massive Mistakes Many Companies Make When Promoting New Managers A person who is very good at her job is not automatically going to be equally good supervising other people doing that job. Shawn Doyle, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur Imani was really great at customer service. Everyone viewed her as a superstar. Coworkers, customers and management […]

My Top Productivity Hack Is . . . Hire Great Managers

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 14, 2019 | Comments Off on My Top Productivity Hack Is . . . Hire Great Managers

My Top Productivity Hack Is . . . Hire Great Managers Gallup found that one in two employees have left a job due to a manager. Doesn’t that tell you something? Sujan Patel, VIP Contributor, Entrepreneur Employees are job-hopping more than ever before, and it’s typically due to their managers. In fact, Gallup found that one […]

Can I Thrive During the Government Shutdown?

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 11, 2019 | Comments Off on Can I Thrive During the Government Shutdown?

I left the federal government in 1997, so I admit that I had a lot less financial responsibilities when I embraced a furlough over two decades ago.  That furlough was also shorter in duration. I fully understand that over 800,000 federal workers are concerned about stable housing, healthcare, education, utilities, transportation, and food. I don’t […]

5 Things I Know For Sure About Being A Manager

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 9, 2019 | Comments Off on 5 Things I Know For Sure About Being A Manager

Being a manager or supervisor is not for the faint at heart. People fantasize about being “the boss” without realizing all that leadership entails.  If you are not a “people person” please step aside and let someone else take the helm. Here are 5 things I know for sure about being a manager: Listening is […]

How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 7, 2019 | Comments Off on How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours

By Nancy P. Rothbard, Get Pocket Hanna, a finance director at an international home care retailer, works long hours. She’s usually in the office from 9am to 5pm, but at home, when her three children go to sleep, she’ll work another four hours, not closing her laptop until midnight. She sometimes also works on weekends. […]

2019 Theme: Eliminate The Excuses

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 4, 2019 | Comments Off on 2019 Theme: Eliminate The Excuses

I am determined to continue the professional and personal progress that I made in 2018 into 2019. -My word for 2019 is Consistency (Word for 2018) -My These 3 Words Motivational Mantra for January 2019 is Eliminate The Excuses (These 3 Words 2018) -My theme for 2019 is Eliminate The Excuses (Theme for 2018) While […]

Introducing Nicki Sanders Consulting

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 2, 2019 | Comments Off on Introducing Nicki Sanders Consulting

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Packaged For Success Enterprises is now Nicki Sanders Consulting. Nicki Sanders Consulting is an act of walking in my authenticity. Nicki Sanders consulting is a better representation of my current professional and personal goals as well as my two decades of education and work experience. I am a Social Worker and a CEO. […]

My Greatest Lessons of 2018

By Nicki Sanders | Dec 31, 2018 | Comments Off on My Greatest Lessons of 2018

The end of year provides a great opportunity for self-reflection and strategic planning. My word for 2018 was Implement.  My theme for 2018 was Apply The Knowledge. I would say that I was successful in making both my word for the year and my motto for the year a priority.  As I look back over […]