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Coffee & Cases: What You Didn’t Learn in Social Work School about Building a Successful Social Work Career ATTENTION: Current BSW and MSW students and 2018 and 2019 graduates! Join two experienced Social Work professionals to learn and discuss the joys, challenges, and opportunities for Social Work students and recent graduates. Laila El-Asmar, LCSW-C and Nicki Sanders, MSW, […]
Burnout Runs Deeper Than “Too Much Work” Find synergy between mastery and belonging without sacrificing your autonomy. By Brad Stulberg Burnout — a state of physical and emotional exhaustion often followed by apathy and illness — is ubiquitous across industries. Physicians, businesspeople, artists, teachers, and athletes all have high rates of burnout. As a matter […]
I am not a perfect woman! I am not a perfect leader! None of us are…and we never will be!! Perfect people don’t exist. As a perfectionist in recovery, I can admit the mistakes I’ve made in hiring, leading my teams, managing up, and even in building my own career. Those mistakes have turned into […]
Burnout is state of mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion. Professional burnout rarely has one cause. Causes can include a heavy workload, mismanagement, conflict with colleagues, and lack of recognition or appreciation to name a few. Burn out can also be the result of a combination of workplace and personal stressors. Employee burnout can lead to […]
The Evolving Definition Of Work-Life Balance By Alan Kohll, Forbes Contributor The term “work-life balance” has yet to lose its buzz in the last few years. This is partially due to the dominating presence of millennials in the workforce. Employers have been putting in a tremendous effort trying to determine the best way to appeal […]
As a Human Services Professional, empathy is essential to success in my field. Being empathetic is when your heart goes out to someone else. Being an empath means that you can feel another person’s happiness or sadness in your own body. For better or worse, I am an empath in every sense of the word. Because of […]
What is your favorite day of the week? Monday is not the answer for most people. Mondays are not bad, but we associated Mondays with negative experiences. Social media memes notoriously help spread the idea that Mondays are horrible. It doesn’t have to be this way! Do you find yourself in a no-so-great mood at […]
Conversations with Nicki Sanders is a special interview feature that showcases the success strategies, advice, and career journeys of authentic women leaders in a variety of industries. Everyone who knows me knows that I LOVE cupcakes and that each month I have a cupcake from a different bakery and that when I travel, I try to […]
Nicki Sanders Leadership Consulting helps mid level women leaders develop the confidence, competence, and credibility to lead with authenticity and boldness. We are concerned with the whole woman including her personal development and experiences. There are many reasons that a leader may be unhappy in general or unhappy at work, but it is worth mentioning […]