Back in March, the rise of Covid-19 led many companies to extend permissions to employees to work from home. The result? Many organizations learned firsthand the same data that multiple studies have found about employees’ productivity and engagement from home, which...
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Featured on Poiema Coaching’s Caring Through Covid Lunch n Learn
Earlier this week, I was thrilled to be a featured guest on Piper Harris' Caring Through Covid Lunch n Learn Series! Piper is CEO of Poiema Coaching, a Women's Leadership Success Coaching firm dedicated to empowering women and organizations into heightened leadership....
Maintaining a Strong Community and Culture, Virtually
Earlier this spring as the world shifted in response to social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, residents and business owners of Cherokee County joined together as a community in a way that we’ve been known to do so many times before. For almost five...
Where Can Woodstock’s Young Entrepreneurs Gain Support?
Woodstock continues to grow, and with it, programs to help inspire and edify young entrepreneurs as they grow their businesses here. In 2019, Woodstock ventured forward with some impressive numbers for entrepreneurs (per woodstockga.gov): 438 new business...
The Owned, Earned and Paid Content of Your Personal Brand
As an (elder) millennial, I identify as someone who grew up during the “information age” of the Internet. As a result, I’m pretty comfortable with most digital technology. The internet, my smartphone, social media--these are all part of my everyday existence (and not...
Cherokee County Gives A ____
Community Embraces Charity Events to Help Cancer Patient Cherokee County is no stranger to wrapping the community in love and generosity when a need arises. And the community has so artfully illustrated this generosity during the past few months with an incredible,...
Commit to the Community for Networking Success
For small business owners, it’s never been more important to interact face-to-face with neighbors and residents living in their immediate community. With the continued rise in online business transactions, small business owners can further improve their local presence...
Work-Life Balance: Change Focus to Harmony
In the past, work was a location. People drove to work, clocked in and out, and when they left the office, they didn’t return to their work until the following morning. Trying to maintain a healthy work/life balance in a tech overloaded world where everything is...
Co-Working in Cherokee Is Here to Stay
Co-working spaces are growing in popularity, especially with the increase in freelance and remote work. While working from home has its benefits, many times people find themselves needing to get out of the house to be in the company of other people. Some co-working...
Social Media as the Community Killer?
Here in Woodstock, we defy that notion. Social media has created new means of social interactions in ways that most people couldn’t fathom 20 years ago. It often gets a bad rap, but when used for good, social media allows us to share details and events of our lives,...