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September 11th and Self-Care

By Nicki Sanders | Sep 11, 2019 | Comments Off on September 11th and Self-Care

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 […]

Do You Experience Sunday Night Blues?

By Nicki Sanders | Sep 9, 2019 | Comments Off on Do You Experience Sunday Night Blues?

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 […]

Get Ready for Cupcakes and Conversations with Nicki Sanders!

By Nicki Sanders | Sep 6, 2019 | Comments Off on Get Ready for Cupcakes and Conversations with Nicki Sanders!

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 […]

Unhappy Leaders Lead To Unhappy Employees

By Nicki Sanders | Sep 4, 2019 | Comments Off on Unhappy Leaders Lead To Unhappy Employees

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 […]

Get Your Entire Life This September

By Nicki Sanders | Sep 2, 2019 | Comments Off on Get Your Entire Life This September

September brings cooler weather, shorter days, falling leaves, scurrying squirrels, Labor Day, and a collective back to school. Did you know that September is also: Self-Care Awareness Month National Preparedness Month International Update Your Resume Month What is on your September priority list?  YOU…all roads point to YOU!!  As we celebrate the American worker this […]

Are You a Popeyes or a Chick-fil-A Type of Leader?

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 30, 2019 | Comments Off on Are You a Popeyes or a Chick-fil-A Type of Leader?

Unless you have been under a rock for the last month, you are aware of the competition between the Popeyes chicken sandwich and Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich.  Although I have never seen a commercial advertising the Popeyes sandwich, I have seen drive thru lines stream from the parking lot into the street and customers waiting outside […]

Keeping the Career Conversations Going

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 28, 2019 | Comments Off on Keeping the Career Conversations Going

Lead Like Women! Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE God, my family, social work, and teaching. I also love New Edition, Sesame Street, and of course travel and cupcakes. I’ve traveled to the Caribbean and eaten cupcakes in 14 of the 19 states that I have traveled to in the United States. When […]

Why Women In Leadership?

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 26, 2019 | Comments Off on Why Women In Leadership?

“It’s not what I read, it’s what I know!” I am a mother of a daughter, I am a  daughter, a sister, a niece.  I don’t have brothers, I have three times as many aunts than uncles and I grew up with a whole host of female cousins. I have always had strong friendships with […]

7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 23, 2019 | Comments Off on 7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight

7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight This is taking your leadership to a whole new level, again. Inc. | Marcel Schwantes Remember those old and scratchy vinyl records that would skip and play the same thing over and over until you moved the needle? (I know I’m showing my age, play […]