Category Archives: Leadership

The #1 Source of SEVERE Workplace Stress

The #1 Source of SEVERE Workplace Stress
What stresses your people more than anything else? It’s not only the cause of higher general stress, but it’s also the area where more employees ranked their workplace stress as severe.[spacer]   Yeah, I already knew that. If you have been in any leadership role, the number one source of severe employee stress won’t surprise…
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Is There a Pattern to Leadership Stress?

Is There a Pattern to Leadership Stress?
Leaders have a different stress pattern than employees, and that probably won’t change without intentional effort. Stress Quotient is a TTI diagnostic tool we use for revealing stressors in your workplace. After assessing a recent group, our data showed an intriguing pattern of stress unique to leaders.[spacer] Register Here to attend and get your personalized…
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MasterMinds Expands to East Coast

MasterMinds Leadership is proud to announce the opening of our East Coast office in Virginia Beach, Virginia! We welcome our newest team member, Dr. MaryJo Burchard, the Vice President of Strategic Leadership, who oversees our services on the East Coast. Dr. Burchard works to help leaders clarify and focus on what's most important to them,…
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How to Win the Leadership Confidence Battle

How to Win the Leadership Confidence Battle
Confidence is not a quality that you gain once and keep forever. If you are growing as a leader, then confidence challenges will keep coming back. There is a subtle lie that says: once you’re a leader, you are supposed to be confident all the time. People expect it on the outside, and so I…
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Dedication or Obsession?

Dedication or Obsession?
High-Octane Leaders, Beware [spacer]By: Dr. MaryJo Burchard [spacer]Movie icon Rocky Balboa once said, “Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up.” Have you ever watched a single-minded person move forward with such steadiness that the momentum seemed like a force of nature? Maybe you’ve been that person. If you have exceptional focus…
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Right here, right now: Mindfulness in the life of a leader

Right here, right now: Mindfulness in the life of a leader
By: Dr. MaryJo Burchard In a quiet office, I nervously sat staring at a computer monitor, waiting for the notification that the conference call was ringing me into a video job interview. I was one of two finalists, and I was first up.  Due to technical difficulties on the other end, we were already 15…
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