Communication in all aspects of our lives is important, but in the workplace having proper communication skills allows for building relationships with coworkers and the overall organization, permitting increased productivity, defusing negative conflict, and meeting teams goals effectively.   Why is communication so essential in the workplace? Communication more often than not, boosts employee morale because Read More

                          What defines job motivation?: Employee motivation is the level of energy, commitment, and creativity that an employee brings to their position and overall company. There are many intrinsic and extrinsic motivators when it comes to work, and these can include mental health, Read More

Motivation in the Workplace:  Practical Techniques for Leaders White Paper By: Dr. Farnaz Namin, Ph.D. Center for Work Life Counseling   Introduction The topic of motivation in workplace plays a central role in the field of management (practically and theoretically). Managers see motivation as an integral part of the performance equation at all levels, while Read More

Gallup’s recent announcement that employee engagement in the U.S. has risen up to 34% was seen as a sign of progress. But should we really settle for a situation where two-thirds of our workforce is still not fully engaged? The employees of an organization through their everyday actions and level of engagement affects the culture Read More

Texas Church Shooting Leadership Lessons As a generation Xer, there used to be a time when as an elementary school girl, I walked 10 miles from home to school, in the busy streets of a major city, walked back home, stopped by on the way home, bought a snack from my favorite snack shop with Read More

Privacy is a concept very well confused in our culture today.  In an era where almost all of our electronic devices track our everyday move, our psychographics and socio-economic decisions give life to Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to sell the next big thing, without our permission, and social media networks know where we go and Read More

Hurricane Management and Leadership that Works Strong Leadership and Hurricanes are very similar in that they are both transformational, purposeful, and engaging. However, one way they are very different is that leadership cannot be a force that cannot be reasoned with, otherwise, it will have consequences one of which is follower attrition or turn-over.   Read More

     Besides their good looks and the assortment of talents, what do Ryan Gosling, Woody Harrelson, Adam Levin, and Jim Caviezel have in common? Well, although La La Land, the 2016 motion picture starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone delighted many audiences and brought home Oscar Awards in six categories, in our trivia quiz, Read More

Ready to make serious progress? Get started today!   Testing and Psychological Evaluations or Forensic Evaluations Objective, actuarially-based information is critical in forensic examinations, no matter the setting they are used for.  Direct and objective interviews, with a longitudinal historical approach in addition to current behaviors/issues is just the beginning.             Psychological Evaluations we perform, Read More

The most recent episode of America’s Got Talent was conducted in a different manner than usual and many attribute this difference to Howard Stern and his thinking out of the box mentality. In a nutshell and we will come back to this later, he referred to the delivery of results, but through engagement rather than Read More