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How to Say Sorry

28 September 2021

Allison appreciated a reminder on how to deliver a sincere apology.

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Manage Your Anxiety and Win a World Series

9 November 2021

Allison savored a World Series win that her family has been waiting 26 years to enjoy. It was especially gratifying to learn that a life coach helped one of her favorite Atlanta Braves pitchers, Tyler Matzek, overcome severe anxiety.

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Treat Your Burnout Slowly and with Compassion

4 January 2022

Allison watched her presentation on Strategies to Avoid Small Business Burnout and will be remembering her own advice as she charts a course for 2022.

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Manage Your Relationship with Your Phone

25 January 2022

Allison asked her 16-year-old niece, Kathryn Linney, to write a blog post about how she reconnected with her phone after being phone-free at The Outdoor Academy last semester.

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Amanda Gorman Helps Me Have Hope

1 March 2022

Allison turned to Amanda Gorman’s poetry for hope in the face of global heartache.

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VABOOK 2022 is Hybrid!

15 March 2022

Allison selected her events for this week’s 28th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book and celebrated a COVID-19 silver lining.

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TKI is Still My Favorite Conflict Resolution Tool

10 May 2022

Allison started teaching her Resolving Conflict course in-person again and confirmed that the Thomas Kilmann conflict mode Instrument (TKI® Assessment) is still her favorite tool for helping people make better choices in the face of conflict.

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Colleagues

5 July 2022

As another PRIDE month wrapped up, Allison reflected on how she and others can best support LGBTQ+ employees in the workplace.

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What Does Your Journey Require?

30 August 2022

Allison woke up thinking about one of her favorite poems by Mary Oliver and pondered what she could learn from The Journey today.  

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Self-Compassion When Stuff Gets Complicated

6 December 2022

Allison searched through Dr. Kristin Neff’s web site to find an easier way to practice self-compassion.  

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Some Tips to Recruit – and Retain

17 January 2023

Allison looked for new ideas on how to help her clients with hiring challenges and was delighted to find 40 Ideas to Shake Up Your Hiring Process on yesterday’s HBR.org blog.

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Four Leadership Principles from UVA’s Chief Medical Officer

14 March 2023

Allison watched Dr. Reid Adams’ five-minute video on how to be a better leader and was grateful for practical inspiration anyone can implement.

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Great Boss Greatest Hits

9 May 2023

Allison prepared to teach The Art of Being a Great Boss and created a list of supporting Allison Partners blog posts to share with her participants. Perhaps these resources will be helpful to you, too!

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Hurdle by Hurdle

4 July 2023

Allison was inspired by Jolien Boumkwo’s participation in the 100-meter European Team Championships in Krakow, Poland on 24 Jun 2023.

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Channel the Three-Day Weekend

29 August 2023

Allison appreciated one of her employee’s efforts to practice disconnecting while on vacation and was reminded that a national holiday is a great opportunity to start small when it comes to taking a break from email.

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Comfort Through Creativity

24 October 2023

Allison read her Mama’s blog post on how Creative Expression Can Give You Grief Relief and slowly figured out what forms of creativity are the right ones for her grief journey.

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DEI Demystified

19 December 2023

Allison attended her local Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) meeting and appreciated a fresh perspective on an important topic.

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“Breathe in, breathe out—peace is near.”

13 February 2024

Allison used Breathing Makes It Better: A Book for Sad Days, Mad Days, Glad Days, and All the Feelings In-Between to shore up her daily habit of Morning Moments.

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