Business & Leadership Archives

Having Empathy For Different Holiday Traditions

By The Good Doctors December 11, 2024Business & Leadership, Health and Wellness

Hey y’all - it’s Erin here, and I’m talking about the importance of having empathy for different holiday celebrations. Though our culture is dominated by Christian celebrations, it is vital…

How To Create A Culture Of Balance

By The Good Doctors October 16, 2024Burnout, Business & Leadership, Thought Leadership

Today, Erin’s hopping on the blog to share our insights on how to create a culture of balance. Finding Personal Balance We’ve already spent a lot of time on this…

Work-Life Balance Is Not A Myth

By The Good Doctors October 9, 2024Burnout, Business & Leadership

Hi, folks, Kristen here. Few quick words on how much I hate the phrase “work/life balance”. It’s so overused that it really means nothing anymore, and it’s kinda trite. But that…

The Importance Of Clear Communication

By The Good Doctors September 11, 2024Business & Leadership, Thought Leadership

Today, we're talking about the importance of clear communication. We have a lot of catchphrases at Abbey Research – ‘different people are different’ is probably the primary one, but another…

Are You A Planner Or Do You Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants?

By The Good Doctors August 22, 2024Business & Leadership, Thought Leadership

What does baseball have to do with this? In fiction writing, we have a question: are you a planner or a pantster? Do you have a detailed out line you…

Practicing Proactive Inclusion Instead of Reactive Accommodation

By The Good Doctors August 16, 2024Business & Leadership, Thought Leadership

A few months ago I came across Debra Ruh's distinction between proactive inclusion and reactive accommodation (image below). This distinction is absolutely necessary for authentic inclusion, and I want to…

Why Workplace Wellness Programs Can Lose You Employees

By The Good Doctors August 14, 2024Burnout, Business & Leadership

what are workplace wellness programs? Believe it or not, the earliest forms of Workplace Wellness Programs date back to the late 1800s. But, they didn't really start to take over…

Leadership Lessons From Baseball

By The Good Doctors August 9, 2024Business & Leadership, Pop Culture

leadership lessons from baseball Kristen here, sharing some recent leadership lessons from baseball: What do you think is harder? Hitting a 98MPH fastball to sail 441 feet out of ballpark…

Empathy Is A Skill, Not A Superpower

By The Good Doctors July 17, 2024Business & Leadership, Thought Leadership

Empathy is a skill, not a superpower.Empathy is at the core of our teaching as educators, but far too often we hear it referred to as a superpower.This is yet…

How To Be An Impactful Mentor

By The Good Doctors June 27, 2024Business & Leadership, Thought Leadership

"You can't treat mentoring as working with a younger version of you."I said this last week in response to an excellent question from Erica Wexler MSOD, Change Facilitator about --…