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MULTI-TASKING GOOD OR BAD…HAVING IT ALL OR DOING TOO MUCH?

I recently had one of those days where I wanted to do it all…and I did..and I loved it! It was 12:00 pm I met with the CEO and COO of a company I will be training and consulting with this year. So I took great notes, did my research, wore my conservative [...]

Women….The Things We Do!

We crack me up! Who’s “We”? WOMEN! I’ve really been paying attention lately to all the regiment, we go through, no…the PAIN we go through to beautify, maintain, add to, take away from our looks. Let me give you some observations. I’m sitting in the chair waiting to receive my pedicure and I start [...]

Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone….I DID!

WOW! I just returned from Indianapolis IN, I spoke at the Indianapolis SHRM. While I was there I got to stay with my high school friend and locker partner Laura Borders. Laura owns and runs the Spice Challenge Course in Indianapolis. http://spicechallenge.com/ When you go to the site you will see what I did! I [...]

Creativity Is A Gift We’ve Had Since Childhood…Find It!

As I was preparing for my upcoming SHRM Conferences in Georgia, Indianapolis, Texas, Nebraska and NewJersey I was thinking about creativity since that’s what most of the SHRM clients want! So I remembered an article I wrote a while back but I still use this technique…enjoy! Once when I was a kid, my neighborhood friends and I [...]

Don’t Run from The Issues… If You Really Care, Let Them Share!

Do you really know what your managers and employees are thinking or how they feel? Even if what they feel or think is not true (in your mind) the thoughts and feelings are THEIR persepective. I’ve recently been working closley with a few organizations and I have to tell you….it has been an eye opener. I [...]

Candy Whirley Client Testimonial Video – Southeast Missouri Hospital

Client testimonial right after an interactive session titled Bridging The Gap with speaker Candy Whirley. Audience included hospital doctors, nurses and staff from Southeast Missouri Hospital.

Dumping, Throwing, Pushing…What Do You Do During Organizational Change?

Corban, 3 years old: Morning-caught dumping his brand new bubbles in the back yard after playing with them for two minutes. Noon-decided that throwing rocks at his favorite Grammy, me, was great sport! Afternoon- Corban started pushing his little one year old brother down for no apparent reason. The change–new little brother to share mom and [...]

Rock Candy: Conflict…Advantage or Disadvantage?

The advantages of constructive conflict are: new ideas arise, team members gain a better understanding of others ideas, new ideas may surface from all the other ideas discussed, and basic assumptions are analyzed and debated by members. When I present conflict management during my Executive Retreats or Emotional Intelligence presentations I always emphasize the importance of [...]

What Brought You JOY at 5 Years Old? What Brings You JOY Now?

This is my first blog…I know “Welcome to the 21st Century Candy!” I just used to email all my friends and clients to communicate but I think I’m going to like this way better…so comment back! My blogs will be one of three categories: Category Definition Rock Candy thoughts solid researched thoughts Caramel Candy thoughts it’s a stretch but roll with [...]

Why ARE You Keeping Bad Team Members?

Hey managers, supervisors, directors, team leads…LEADERS! Why are you keeping people in your organization who are KEEPING your good people down or better yet, running your good people off? Here’s a Rock Candy thought: Why ARE you keeping team members? Attitude-What is the team member’s attitude? Results-What impact does this attitude have on the results of the organization/team? Environment-What [...]