What I’ve encountered recently is a lot more professionals in a state of sheer confusion, unable to decide how to move forward but “needing” to move forward. • Busy but not feeling productive. • Hard on yourself for not doing the things you “need” to do. • Wanting to prioritize impact in your work […]
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Even though I LOVED my work, my staff, and our program participants… Here are 3 times I knew it was beyond my time to leave a job that had become toxic for me: (1) I started showing up late to my own meeting that I scheduled and planned to lead (2) I woke up
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I’m Nicki, a Fractional Chief Program Officer & Leadership Consultant building healthy workplaces with strong teams and powerful programs and a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach dismantling the outdated, narrow view of social work. DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? • Want someone to bounce ideas off? • Want a nonjudgmental listening ear? • Want to
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Hey Social Workers! Welcome to May 2024! We’ve completed one-third of quarter 2. What’s on the horizon for you? Want to know what’s going on in my world? Yesterday I received a super surprising but full download on how to solve multiple problems for financially strapped, first-generation, and former system-involved college students. It started
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Every day in March for Social Work Month 2024, I shared one social work career empowerment tip. These are more than tips. What I shared was a part of my career coaching framework, my professional declarations, and lessons learned while developing a social work career that I love. I have spoken and lived by
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Currently, the world can seem like it’s upside down or that it is ushering in a much-needed shift. Look around and you can see fear and faith. Hatred and love. Optimism and despair. Biblical Principle: Seek and you shall find Matthew 7:7; King James Version 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
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Here’s my truth… I want to go out and meet new people, experience new things, spend quality time with loved ones, and make a positive impact in my community…while simultaneously staying home alone quietly reading a good book. Strange? Am I the only one? I’m closing out Black History Month 2024 with events I
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Heavily populated, high-rise vacation, ocean-front resorts have their place, but honestly, they aren’t my thing Rock climbing, parasailing, and kayaking definitely allow you to spend time in nature, but extreme sports and adrenaline rushes aren’t my thing. I prefer to be near rivers and streams with grass and trees at their banks listening to
I’ve been avoiding and procrastinating about starting a YouTube channel for several years. At least 5 years and that’s not an exaggeration. During my end-of-year reflection, I asked myself what I would be doing if I took my own advice, and the answer was creating a YouTube channel to share my ideas, experiences, and
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I’m excited to share with you that I received a LinkedIn To Social Work Voice badge! Part of my mission as a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach, hiring manager, and internship supervisor is to dismantle the outdated, narrow view of social work so that social workers are empowered to believe they can do an
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