Power Up Your Earning Potential: 5 Tips for Women to Close the Gender Pay Gap
Today is International Women’s Day. It’s a day where we take time out to celebrate the achievements of women. In doing so, we also raise...
WOrds of Wisdom
~ Aubrey Armes
- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
Why Acting on Your Values Can Pay Off
With Valentine's Day just behind us, it's time to revisit the idea that this special day is reserved for romantic relationships. Love is...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Sep 28, 2020
- 6 min
How to Power Up in Business Conversations
Because most humans have a natural aversion to conflict, many difficult conversations are avoided until you simply can’t take it anymore.
~ Aubrey Armes
- Sep 11, 2020
- 7 min
Changing the way business is done from the inside out.
We’ve heard countless times now that things aren’t business as usual, but we haven’t really had the time to dig into what this truly...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jul 21, 2020
- 6 min
The Surprising Reason to Embrace Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome is the natural result of stepping out of your comfort zone. Everytime you level up, you will experience imposter syndrome
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
The Real Culprit Behind Zoom Fatigue
In the US, there was a pivotal moment in the COVID-19 pandemic story where everything changed. It was a Wednesday in March. March 11 to...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jun 8, 2020
- 5 min
Leadership’s responsibility to take action against racism.
Last week I wrote about decluttering your company’s emotional closet. With the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changing our lives...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jun 1, 2020
- 6 min
Declutter Your Company’s Emotional Closet
We've all experienced the metaphorical (and sometimes literal) closet where we put things that we don't know what to do with. We open the...
~ Aubrey Armes
- May 19, 2020
- 5 min
Unattended Wounds Keep Us Lost in Grief
Humans aren’t designed to be isolated from others and it’s our connection to other people that is our lifeline right now.
~ Aubrey Armes
- May 4, 2020
- 4 min
Laying off Staff? The one thing to keep in mind...
There’s an expression that I’ve heard several times over the last week -- We aren’t working from home, we are living through a crisis...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Apr 16, 2020
- 6 min
Innovating leadership in the new post pandemic business world
When’s the last time you heard someone say “I love to be micromanaged!”?
Never. No one likes it. It's costly and slows down progress.
~ Aubrey Armes
- Mar 30, 2020
- 6 min
5 Leadership Lessons from living through a Pandemic
Clear, direct and specific communication, leadership presence, innovation and motivating behavior changes are essential for success.
~ Aubrey Armes
- Mar 23, 2020
- 7 min
A Modern Leader’s Responsibility In Times Of Change: Be Strong For Your Team
Leading through uncertain times requires a certain amount of vulnerability and trust. Life has radically changed seemingly overnight. You...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Mar 9, 2020
- 7 min
The One Skill Every Modern Leader Needs In 2020
Reflective listening is a communication strategy involving two key steps. It reconstructs what the other person is thinking and feeling.
~ Aubrey Armes
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
Transforming The Leadership Paradigm From Power Over To Power With
Leaders have a real impact on the quality of human lives.One person has a significant impact when they hold a position of leadership.
~ Aubrey Armes
- Feb 26, 2020
- 5 min
5 Fundamental Shifts needed in Leadership Right now
The world of work has changed a lot over the past decade and even just in the last few years. The great talent crisis is getting harder...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Feb 16, 2020
- 5 min
5 Keys to Unlock Better Performance
Performance management. Ugh. No one likes it. Employees hate it and managers do too. It rarely goes well. It sucks up a ton of time and...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
The Most Important Leadership Skill You Never Learned
If someone had told you when you were interviewing for that leadership role that a large part of your job would now be to have difficult...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Feb 6, 2020
- 3 min
5 signs That it’s time to have that difficult conversation
Most businesses suffer from moving too fast with not enough planning or depth of conversation. There’s a lot of missed communication.
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jan 21, 2020
- 4 min
Overcoming the Top 5 excuses for avoiding difficult conversations
Avoidance is costly and leads to toxic workplaces. Time to take action!
~ Aubrey Armes
- Dec 2, 2019
- 6 min
Grow A Thriving Wellness Business By Reducing Employee Stress
If your boss is stressing out about business results and it’s rolling downhill to you, well, guess what--it’s also rolling down and...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Nov 13, 2019
- 3 min
Why Professionals Are Burning Out At Unprecedented Rates, & What We Can Do To Change It.
Stress. Anxiety. Overwhelm. Burnout. It’s all par for the course, right? Wrong. At least, it doesn’t have to be. Ask any business owner...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Oct 28, 2019
- 6 min
How To Handle A Mean Boss
Oftentimes, leaders in high-ranking positions can be highly intelligent, but condescending and hard to work with. Have you ever had a...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
Leading the Leader: How To Hold Your Boss Accountable
Have you had a boss who frustrates you? Likely, the answer is yes. If you've ever worked for a manager who won’t stick up for you in meeting
~ Aubrey Armes
- Sep 24, 2019
- 3 min
Can I Grow My Career And Skip Managing People?
If you'd rather do the work your passionate about, lead the company vision and focus on your area of expertise rather than manage a team...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Sep 9, 2019
- 3 min
What To Do When You Fail Big At Work
Perhaps you had a brilliant idea but the reality isn’t matching up. Here are a few questions to ask yourself as a starting place: 1....
~ Aubrey Armes
- Aug 26, 2019
- 4 min
How To Be An Extraordinary Leader During Times Of Stress
Being a leader is tough. There are days when everything seems so dang hard and nothing seems to fall in your favor. With every email or...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Aug 12, 2019
- 3 min
7 Benefits Of Taking A Nature Break
In case you need a little encouragement to peel yourself away and take that vacation or simply even unplug for the weekend, here are 7...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Aug 5, 2019
- 2 min
Get Back to Neutral In Nature: Why Unplugging In Nature Is Good For Business (and Everything Else)
In my last blog post, I was writing from the passenger seat as my husband was hurling us 70+ mph down the highway towards our 2+ week...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jul 8, 2019
- 2 min
How To Embrace JOMO For A Fuller Life
You are probably expecting the third of five installments on the Four Agreements. Instead, we are going to take a brief detour for...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jun 17, 2019
- 6 min
Integrity In The Workplace
The second of five installments of the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and how to apply them in business. If you aren’t familiar with...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Jun 10, 2019
- 4 min
Applying The Four Agreements To Business
You’ve heard the expression; it takes two to tango. What the expression doesn’t say is that in order to tango, those 2 people need to...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Apr 22, 2019
- 5 min
The Key To Greatness (And Radical Results)
In my last post I revealed that Sammy Baxter The Wonder Dog had transitioned over the rainbow bridge. He was 15 years, 2 months and 25...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Creating A Learning Culture
At the time of writing my last post, you read about my pug Sammy, who was 15 years, 2 months and 19 days old. During the time in between...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
Great Leadership Requires Humanity
Having a dog makes me a better leader. Truly great leaders connect to humanity, theirs and others. Dogs are great to keep us human as...
~ Aubrey Armes
- Apr 1, 2019
- 5 min
Pruning For New Growth
It’s a gorgeous Sunday in early March. The sun in shining, the air is crisp, the sky is blue and spring is right around the corner. Even...