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How to Improve Communication During your Next Virtual Meeting

By Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG This article is adapted from a prior LinkedIn post. I’m an introvert, and I’ve found virtual meetings a bit harder for me – especially in times of free discussion. Most introverts have had this experience in face to face meetings: just when you’ve finally figured out the right […]

April 20, 2022 View Article

Why I Left my Corporate Job

By Vicki Abelson, ACC TLG Senior Consultant – Healthcare I left my corporate job right before the pandemic started in March of 2020. It was a hard decision, as I loved my work and my team, but was excited to pursue a different opportunity. My friends, coworkers, and fellow moms of small children all gasped […]

March 24, 2022 View Article

The Ukraine Crisis: How we can Help

By Vicki Abelson, ACC TLG Senior Consultant – Healthcare My family immigrated here in the late 80s/early 90s from the Former Soviet Union. I was little and, for the most part, have the kind of memories kids have of their childhoods, thanks very much to the hard work of my parents. But we came here […]

March 24, 2022 View Article

Heidi and Howard: An Update on the Tightrope

By Lyn Turknett Co-founder and Co-chair, TLG Most women in leadership roles are familiar with the tightrope they are expected to walk – too aggressive and you are seen as overly pushy, too passive and friendly, and you aren’t seen as a leader. Our implicit assumptions are that women will be kind and nurturing, and […]

March 24, 2022 View Article

From the Experts: Overcoming Challenges for Women in the Workplace

Women have faced many issues in the workplace that are gender-specific. Issues such as pay-inequality, childcare, maternity leave, and so on. It has been two years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, and since then, things have only escalated. Women have been on the frontlines of virtual schooling, and are even more so the default caregivers […]

March 24, 2022 View Article

From the Experts: Why Vitality?

We’ve all heard about the importance of wellbeing and mental health over the last few years, particularly during the pandemic. There are thousands of studies that show the need for organizations to put employees first. However, vitality is a word heard less often. According to Meriam-Webster, vitality is a lively or energetic quality. Another definition […]

February 16, 2022 View Article

Vitality: Five Practical Steps to Beating Burnout

By Vicki Abelson, ACC TLG Senior Consultant – Healthcare Wellbeing and vitality are at the heart of any organization, especially organizations providing a service to a customer or consumer. Afterall, that is their main organizational purpose: taking care of their customers. Leaders and staff alike go the extra mile to make sure that the customer […]

February 16, 2022 View Article

Want to Boost Your Sense of Vitality? Here’s How to Start.

By Dr. Patricia Thompson Senior Consultant The Oxford dictionary defines vitality as, “energy and enthusiasm.” Derived from the Latin, vita, which means “life,” it’s a feeling of aliveness, both mentally and physically. The image that comes to mind when I think of vitality, is seeing my third-grader on the playground with his friends when […]

February 16, 2022 View Article