by Denise Cooper | Dec 12, 2021 | Blog
It feels strange. This year has passed so quickly, and if we are honest, we all may feel like jumping up and down and yelling, “YES!” The last couple of years has put the feelings of burnout and overwhelm front and center in our lives. There’s...
by Denise Cooper | Nov 16, 2021 | Blog
As a manager, you are charged with getting stuff done. Getting stuff done…Execution… is defined as the carrying out of a plan, order, or course of action. The problem: You or your team have too much to do and not enough time. Are you feeling like you can’t catch...
by Denise Cooper | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog
“Life is nothing but an obstacle course.” When I first heard Bethenny Frankel say that, I thought, “What the…? An obstacle course, really!?! Are you really telling me that as soon as I overcome one, there’s another one lined up? The word obstacle means problem,...
by Denise Cooper | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog
t’s the end of the day, and you just left another meeting. As you sit in front of your computer screen, you see on your calendar you spent the entire day going from one meeting to another. You think, “dang, I barely had time for a bathroom break!” ...
by Denise Cooper | Jul 12, 2018 | Blog
I big portion of my work involves teaching really talented and high performing black women how to navigate personal challenges while working for corporations.Over the last couple of years, we’ve all seen an increase in the number of stories about the perils of living...
by Denise Cooper | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog
Well it’s nearly time for the annual feedback dance between employees and their supervisors. I, like many others dedicated to #remakingHR and #disruptingHR have written, ranted and spoke on the subject of the “broken performance review process”. And yet it still...