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Leadership Training for Managers: Why It Matters
Leadership Training for Managers: Why It Matters The Challenges Managers Face Today Being a manager today is more complex than ever. Modern managers are expected to balance...
Building High-Performing Teams That Last
Building High-Performing Teams That Last What Makes a High-Performing Team Every organization aspires to build high-performing teams, but these teams don’t appear by...
How Leaders Shape Workplace Culture
How Leaders Shape Workplace Culture Why Leadership and Culture Are Connected Workplace culture doesn’t appear overnight, nor does it exist in a vacuum. It is the outcome of...
What if it happens? Uncertainty will and is happening.
I recently sent out a survey to all of my social media channels, newsletter subscribers, and followers. Six months into the Trump administration, the author draws a parallel...
Remove excuses, learn from failed attempts, and get back to work
Remove excuses, learn from failed attempts, and get back to work My Uncertainty research is coming together nicely, there is still time to participate if you are...
Motivate and inspire employees to act as participants in their own personal/professional growth
Motivate and inspire employees to act as participants in their own personal/professional growth As I am compiling my research results, I have to be honest, I love...
Successfully disrupt the normalized status quo for good
Successfully disrupt the normalized status quo for good I, Jess Pettitt, am always listening and learning. After doing some research on uncertainty with my followers...
Project 2025 – Part 1
The preparation of this interview involved contributions from community connection in my many networks. StopTheCoup2025 also provided a lot of resources and chapter...
What if it happens?
What if it happens? In 2016, the morning after the Presidential election was called for Donald Trump, the opening session sound check and breakfast buffet went as planned. ...
Welcoming back audiences that might be at different comfort levels after the last year?
Welcoming back audiences that might be at different comfort levels after the last year? A different question – What would you keep? March 6th. May 12th. May 15th. We all...
Jessica Pettitt: Championing Diversity and Inclusion as a Keynote Speaker
In the dynamic world of keynote speaking, Jessica Pettitt stands out as a beacon of diversity, inclusion, and transformational change. Her unique approach combines humor,...
First steps to take when building back a more diverse workforce
First steps to take when building back a more diverse workforce Utilize disruption for growth There are a lot of metaphors turned cliches, and sometimes they are worth it. ...
Empowering Change: How Dynamic Diversity and Leadership Speakers Transform the Workplace
In today's rapidly evolving corporate landscape, the call for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) resonates louder than ever. It's not just about filling quotas or...
What people get wrong about DEI
What people get wrong about DEI Who am I excluding? After almost 20 years of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) education and consulting work, I have gotten plenty...
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love I didn’t really understand conditional love or unconditional love – I was just all in or all out. When I think about my past and current...
Sometimes it is good and not the same
Sometimes it is good and not the same Often, I tell stories about my Aunt Sylvia. She was a favorite relative that I grew up with and a role model of being a strong Texan...
Taking a Step Back
Stop. I wrote about my dogs a lot in my book and still going on a dog walk can be the most productive thing I can ever do – second maybe is sitting in my hot tub or taking...
Lies
Lies Horoscope readings hit me hot and cold, and I believe in magic. Sometimes, I read something and I can make it fit and it is powerful. Other times the fit isn’t...