by Emily Chang | Apr 3, 2022 | Leadership, The Spare Room, Workplace
I’ve so enjoyed collaborating with my friend, Melissa Dawn Simkins, founder of the She-Suite. You may have noticed I recently joined a panel at her 7th Annual She-Suite Summit . And now, I have the privilege of being part of her inaugural She-Suite Magazine!...
by Emily Chang | Mar 27, 2022 | Leadership, Workplace
We often refer to our State of Mind (cue Billy Joel). But I’ve come to believe that our State of Heart must be in the right place, too. Sure, it’s important to be in the right state of mind when approaching a new challenge or tackling a particularly hairy...
by Emily Chang | Mar 20, 2022 | Learner, Ways of Work, Workplace
The other day, my daughter made an astute observation about what she referred to as “time perception”. You know how time seems to slow when you’re doing something you don’t love, but the weekends just seem to fly by? When I probed on the phrase, she...
by Emily Chang | Mar 13, 2022 | Friend, Workplace
Absolutely. After all, if you’re both thriving at work and the chemistry sparks, many of those you weren’t friends before, will soon become your friends. So, aren’t we just fooling ourselves if we believe we can really separate friendship from the workplace? On...
by Emily Chang | Feb 25, 2022 | Leadership, Ways of Work, Workplace
Do you know, small acts can have great impact! When I spoke with Maria Bailey on her Ordinary Habits, Extraordinary Life podcast, we spoke of how we regularly underestimate our ability to have an impact on those around us. Specifically, an ex-mentee I hadn’t...
by Emily Chang | Feb 13, 2022 | Friend, Workplace
Hope is such an important word. It’s something we might expect to hear uttered in a hospital or social institution. But we don’t often hear about hope in the workplace. I remember my earlier days in P&G doing monthly business reviews – one particular boss...