Stop Making Work Your Identity
In her most recent Psychology Today post, Wake Forest alumna and VP for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development Allison McWilliams (’95) considers how think about the work that we do. Rather than letting our work become our identity, McWilliams suggests that we […]
Annual Planning in Uncertain Times: 6 Tactics for Rethinking Your Company’s End-of-Year Exercise
In this article from First Round Review, learn new ways to approach the often dreaded task of strategic annual planning with your work team. From setting NCT’s (Narratives, Commitments, and Tasks) to determining how you’ll measure success and what you want to stop doing, […]
Managing Expectations (For Yourself and Your Team)
In this podcast episode author and speaker Todd Henry talks about the impacts of missed and conflicting expectations on personal and professional life. Everyone is living out their own assumptions, which means that “ghost rules,” or invisible and possibly unfounded narratives, emerge. This […]
Podcast: Spread Too Thin
In this podcast episode of Everything Happens hosted by Kate Bowler, she chats with author Shauna Niequist about the struggle of striving for achievement and productivity. Listen to hear more about Shauna’s story and how she has embraced a slower life.
Why Work Boundaries Are So Important
The lines between life and work have gotten blurred for many working professionals since the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’ve found yourself on the receiving end of work requests outside of your typical “office hours”, a demanding manager, or just general frustration with not having good […]
How to Set Boundaries and Protect Your Energy
In this NPR interview and transcript with boundaries expert, counselor, and bestselling author Nedra Glover Tawwab, she encourages the practice of setting boundaries in both your personal and professional life. She provides practical tips and examples for identifying places where you need boundaries, and […]
Develop the Power Skill of Building Effective Relationships
Building relationships – with peers, mentors, colleagues, managers, industry leaders, friends – is a key power skill for you to develop and hone both personally and professionally. Why is this skill so important? Having strong relationships at work is how you get access to opportunities and […]
The Value of Short-term Mentorship
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University At this point you likely have heard that you need to find mentors, sponsors, and other support systems to build a successful career. In this age of
Managing Well: Building Relationships for (More) Effective Teams
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Ph.D., Assistant VP, Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University We often think about management as a team sport. We manage a team, grow a team, set team goals, talk about the importance of “being a team player,” […]
How to Set Goals at Work That Lead to Higher Performance
One of the best ways to achieve any goal that you might set is to utilize your strengths. The same is true in the workplace. In this article from Gallup, get tactical strategies for writing and implementing strength-based performance goals. Whether you are a […]
