by Misti Burmeister | Nov 16, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
I was in the midst of the longest and hardest hike of my life; lost, beyond frustrated, and hurt from slamming my knee into a rock on a steep downhill. I had started this hike at eight-thirty in the morning, thinking I would arrive at my destination before four in...
by Misti Burmeister | Nov 3, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Two weeks ago I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to focus and get stuff done. Covid19 created a massive change in my schedule, and left me too exhausted to make the simplest of decisions. Like, when to workout. Can you relate? At the time, I didn’t...
by Misti Burmeister | Oct 19, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Fully consumed with excitement for my upcoming open water swim on a beautiful late September day, I rounded a curve on 695, just outside of Baltimore. Imagining the goose bumps from the frigid water engulfing my skin, I looked down at the temperature gauge on my car:...
by Misti Burmeister | Oct 5, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Politics … a forbidden topic in many relationships, and one that can easily put a stop to new relationships. And yet, the topic is a gold mine for practicing one of the most important skills in business and life. A skill that, when strengthened, not only...
by Misti Burmeister | Sep 21, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Fear is paralyzing… It stops us from bringing our full self to work. It increases tension, decreases collaboration, and wreaks havoc on progress/productivity. It doesn’t have to be that way! There is a simple (albeit, not necessarily easy) strategy to use these...
by Misti Burmeister | Sep 7, 2020 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
The opportunity is before us… Leadership is needed NOW more than ever. A senior vice president of HR shared about a meeting she had with her executive team yesterday… “Misti, everybody was sitting around the table looking at each other, unsure what to do....
