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Thriving in the face of adversity – Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL
Mary is on vacation – here is a re-print of one of her earliest columns – printed in the spring of 2020 – By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “What is to give light must endure burning.” – Viktor Frankl His famous book, Man’s Search for Meaning, tells the story of how Viktor Frankl survived the…
Read MoreMeet RINewsToday writer, Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL
Every Monday, Mary T. O’Sullivan, our business leadership writer, tells us about the latest information in business environments. Navigating through COVID times, and now coming out of them, Mary is a recognized authority on being a leader in the corporate world, big or small. From personal coaching to identifying trends Mary will speak and read…
Read MoreQuiet Quitting. Yes, it’s a thing. – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Quiet quitting isn’t really about quitting, it’s about burnout” – Anonymous A recent Gallup poll reports that 50% of the U.S. workforce is “quiet quitting”. Although the term “quiet quitting” is new in the HR lexicon, the act of quieting, mentally withdrawing from the job is not. Disengaged employees have…
Read MoreWhy You Need a Business Plan – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.” – Henry A. Kissinger Building a business is a challenging undertaking. Most people dive in and start doing before they have a strategy, goals, vision, or know what values are driving them. People try many…
Read MoreChange for the sake of change doesn’t work – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business leadership “The basis of …change [for people] …is to “change the environmental context” in which they operate and to create a disequilibrium in the status quo”. Kurt Lewin Back in 2008, a new Vice President was appointed as leader of my former business unit. He knew…
Read MoreDelegation. At work, at home. It’s not a bad word – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Sometimes you just have to be willing to delegate and not feel like you’re the only one with the answer”. – Ronald D. Moore This summer has been quite a learning experience when it comes to delegation. Having an elderly, incontinent parent and a post-surgical husband under the same roof…
Read MoreStrategies for problem solving and the role of leadership – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, business leadership “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs In a Harvard Business Review article from 1998, “How to Kill Creativity”, various remedies are offered as antidotes to the lack of creativity pervasive in most corporate cultures. We…
Read MoreWhy reputation is important – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour” – Japanese proverb According to Ethical Corporation, an online newsletter, “corporate reputation impacts business results and as such should be treated with as much vigor as other business risks”. The Hill and Knowlton International Corporate…
Read MorePost-COVID Healthy Living: program for providers in hospitals, medical centers – Mary T. O’Sullivan
by Mary T. O’Sullivan MSOL – contributing writer on business leadership “Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.” Anne Wilson Schaef Over the past five years, and specifically in the post-COVID era, many medical centers have experienced increasing health care costs, illness-related absenteeism, and challenges in…
Read MoreUse those Conflict Resolution skills on holidays – Mary T. O’Sullivan
by Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, business leadership contributor “Conflict cannot continue without your participation” – Wayne Dyer The holidays – like this one, July 4th – can be a time of family conflict. We often try to ignore it, but sometimes, something must be said. Odds are, at a 3 or 4 Independence Day holiday,…
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