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healthy workplaces with strong teams and powerful programs and a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach dismantling the outdated, narrow view of social work.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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Happy Earth Month! How did you commemorate Earth Day on April 22nd? We all share one home – our planet earth. We need to take care of our planet every day if we want our planet to continue to provide for us. Earth Day and Earth Month allow us to give extra special care
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My birthday, in my opinion, is a holiday. I do not work on my birthday. I love that I have the same birthday as 4 other amazing women. I actually think everyone should celebrate their birthday in some way – whether taking the day off work, having a party, going on a trip, or
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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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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of my mission as a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach, hiring manager, and internship supervisor is to dismantle the outdated, narrow view of social work so that social workers are empowered to believe they can do an
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January National Mentoring Month Financial Wellness Month Get Organized Month National Hobby Month February Black History Month American Heart Month Library Lovers Month March Women’s History Month Social Work Month National Reading Month April National Internship Awareness Month Stress Awareness Month Financial Literacy Month May National Mental Health Month National Walking Month Small Business
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What has been consistent in my career endeavors is using my platform and voice to empower, teach and connect. Empower.Teach.Connect has been my professional mantra for years (different than my professional mission statement). 2007 – Empowering social workers and future social workers in a formal capacity as hiring manager and supervisor 2013 – Empowering
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Normally my word of the year arrives in December. In 2024, it didn’t show up until the first week of January. There had been a few words floating around in my head but, I hadn’t received the divine download yet. I told a friend that I was sure it was something that I have
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