If you know me, you know my business had gone from The Teen Toolbox to Packaged For Success to Nicki Sanders Leadership Consulting. In my current season of reflection and increasing authenticity, I pondered whether it was time for a rebrand. I wondered if it was time to let go of the Nicki Sanders […]
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August Is: Happiness Happens Month Black Business Month Professional Speakers Month August is also the last full month of summer. It is my “end of year” as September feels more like the new year to me since I’ve worked on a traditional school schedule since 2000. I woke early up on yesterday (August 1st)
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You’ve often heard (read) me say, “It’s GO Time”. And it IS go time! When I think about transformation, I simplify the steps/concept in my mind with the phrase “GO, DO, BE”. GO = Make a firm decision to move from where you are to where you want to be. Success begins with a decision. Go is
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One of my favorite entrepreneurship books ‘Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love’ is by Barbara Winter. I attended Barbara’s workshop decades ago and recommended her book for years to almost every budding entrepreneur I encountered. Yes, even social workers who are not interested in running businesses of their own
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As I continue to embrace Nicki unapologetically and live in my authenticity, I realize that even when I was a full-time employee it was my entrepreneurial traits that made me a great employee and leader. ‘The world is my classroom. The world is my office. The world is my playground.’ This has been my
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Social Work is Political! Resource: CNN Original Series See It Loud: The History of Black Television Series Trailer ‘Are y’all watching See It Loud on CNN? As centuries of our history is intentionally being rewritten with attempts to erase it, it is even more important that we are the keepers and tellers of our
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As a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach, integrity and transparency are important to me. We talk a lot about procrastination as a form of self-sabotage. Want to know how else my self-sabotage has shown its head over the years? Overthinking, over-researching, and over-planning without taking calculated risks and concrete actions. I’ve given them up!
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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Social Worker and Career Coach Jennifer Luna for The New Social Worker Magazine’s Conversations on Social Work Careers. Grateful that I was able to share my ideas and strategies for building a successful, long-term social work career as well as encourage other social workers to embrace
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I have functioned on a September to June school year schedule for over 2 decades in my career. In June, I usually ask myself what’s my new thing or what’s my next thing. I also try to have mini-excursions and try new things throughout the year. If we’re not growing we’re dying. Personal development
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Revisiting Self-Care and the NASW Code of Ethics I have a new website/blog posting schedule and themes for Quarter 3 of 2023. Flashback Friday – A flashback to an oldie but goodie previously published blog post Did You Know That NASW Added Self-Care to the Code of Ethics in 2021? As a leader
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