I love the Back-to-School Season. During my high school years, I always looked forward to the fall issue of Seventeen magazine featuring trendy fashions. Sadly, the wooly sweaters and furry boots were not exactly Florida appropriate! While I could happily squirrel away with a stack of books, learning with others has many benefits. Collaborative learning …
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My 2022 reading list is filling up quickly with books of essays. I’ve enjoyed authors such as Joan Didion, Anne Patchett, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, as well as a collection from 1933 I found in a local antique bookstore. Essays are generally intended to present an idea, propose an argument, express emotion, or stir thinking. …
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Summer is a season for stepping up to the plate. Are you ready to take a swing? Or are you feeling a little nervous about making the shot? Join me for a fast-paced, 30-minute workshop on Monday, July 25 at either 8:00 AM ET or 5:30 PM ET to reflect on what steps you can …
I’m excited to have been selected to lead an online workshop, Reflecting with Renoir, on Wednesday, June 29 at 12 pm ET hosted by Creative Mornings, a virtual platform that offers free workshops for those exploring new ways of thinking, creating, and leading. Whether you want some inspiration for your next team meeting or your …
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The reception desk. The copy machine. The watercooler. These office gathering places where working relationship have traditionally been nurtured are quickly becoming artifacts destined for a Smithsonian exhibit. Organizations are rapidly moving towards hybrid office models with more workers choosing telework options. Leaders are under pressure to find new ways to foster employee engagement. Team …
Autumn is riddled with paradox! It’s a time of both vibrancy and decline. Leaves turn beautiful colors, but soon after fall to the ground where they return to the earth to serve a new purpose nourishing the soil for future growth. Nancy Wood captures the seasonal cycle beautifully in this poem: You shall ask What …
Nature Is Calling! Hi. It’s Ann Davison with Latitude 38 Executive Coaching. Today’s latitude adjustment message comes from Lost River, West Virginia out here on beautiful Kimsey Run. So there’s one thing that no matter what boxes we might have checked on the census form, we all have in common. We’re not getting any younger. …
Reward Yourself! Hi, it’s Ann Davison of Latitude 38 Executive coaching. Time for another latitude adjustment message. This one from the Shenandoah County Fair. I’mhanging out just outside the Midway. That’s the place in the fairgrounds where there arerides and food vendors and games, all kinds ofchallenges and risks just like life. Next time you …
Find Your Muse! Hi, it’s Ann Davison, with Latitude 38 Executive Coaching and today I’m at Muse Vineyards in beautiful Shenandoah County Virginia. I love that word muse. It’s all about inspiration, who or what inspires you and it’s so helpful to keep in mind your muse. When you’re thinking about your goals or your …
Following on the heels of the dark, often slower pace of the winter months, Spring can be the time to bring energy and creativity into our lives. Spring invites us to bring fresh eyes to our current reality or situations; to see the new, the different and the extraordinary in and around us. In her …
