by Brian Fippinger | Mar 5, 2013 | Culture, Embodied Leadership
Hiring, working on and managing Virtual Teams (VT) is a way of life today. Most teams today have a virtual component. While a high minority of those teams are fully virtual. Technology (cellular, text, email, Skype, social media, etal) is both our most cherished...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 25, 2013 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience
Think you’re never going to live through the winter? Daydreaming of sandy, sun-lit beaches? Even with the first day of spring only a few short weeks away, you may find yourself eagerly itching for the vernal equinox with its more balanced, 12-hour sunlight to...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 16, 2013 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Learning, Mindfulness, Practice, Resilience
While on the slopes, one day socked in and having trouble seeing a few feet in front of me while another day relishing the fresh powder, I was, well, skiing. Thoughts of work, of bills to pay, of decisions to be made at the office or at home–were fleeting...
by Brian Fippinger | Jan 4, 2013 | Culture, Embodied Leadership, Resilience
4 January 2013 I don’t consider myself that old, but when I began working at the age of 18, I assumed that I would have one career. I thought there might even be a chance I only would have one employer. After all, I started working for the Bell System and that was...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 2, 2013 | Culture, Embodied Leadership |
As of January 1, 2013 Brian Fippinger of Fippinger Total Resources, Inc. joins us at Q4 Consulting expanding our family of services. A Staffing and Recruiting firm, FTR brings a variety of skills to our work of engaging, retaining, training and developing talented...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Dec 31, 2012 | Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Resilience
Passion-Purpose- Potential is the newly named, official blog of Q4 Consulting. It continues to be focused on the integration of mind, body, and spirit at work, and, ultimately, in all aspects of life. However, it also reveals the shared vision and integration of Q4...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Feb 13, 2012 | Embodied Leadership, Resilience
“Shhhhh, we don’t talk about work-life balance here,” an HR professional recently told Kyra Cavanaugh, President of Life Meets Work. Kyra, a leader in the flexible work consulting sector, shared her enthusiasm for a more flexible life at a meeting I...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Jan 12, 2012 | Attention, Embodied Leadership, Mindfulness, Practice
It was a cold but sunny day, fully of the frosty air of winter. We had intentionally gathered that day, this group of powerful professional women, to practice showing up to our lives. All are involved in some way, shape or form with health care, all carved out time on...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Oct 18, 2011 | Learning, Mindfulness |
Recently, in the midst of a full day prepping for a class, seeing clients, working on a marketing piece, and anticipating a full evening at home with my family, I ran across this quote by Wayne Muller, author of Legacy of the Heart and Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal,...
by Dr. Chris Johnson | Sep 20, 2011 | Attention, Learning, Mindfulness
“To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.” – Tom Peters You may wonder why I have chosen to write about change here and you’d be right to wonder. There...
