My Circus, My Monkeys

If you work in Higher Education, you're most likely concerned about what the election results mean for you, your institution, and your students. In this episode, we talk about ways to better process all these emotions, understand how we got here, and plan for the future amidst uncertainty.

Link to article, Election Grief Is Real. Here’s How to Cope
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/election-grief-is-real-heres-how-to-cope/

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

Supervisors frequently encounter similar challenges. When those problems pop-up, it can be easy to focus on the situation. When that happens, you spend loads of time and energy dealing with recurring problems. But when you dig deeper and find the root cause, you can change the systems that are creating the problem. In this episode, we break down three common supervisor challenges to discover what's most likely causing those challenges, so you can create better systems to support you, your team, and your students.  

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

If you want to be a better supervisor, you probably think you need to focus on information related to how to manage your team, right? While you do need to know what effective supervisors do, that's only part of the solution. Who you are now impacts the type of supervisor you are now. If you want to upgrade how you supervise, you also need to upgrade your identity. In this episode, we discuss why so many topics we cover may not seem to be directly related to supervising but are crucial to your success if you truly want to become a better supervisor.

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

We’ve discussed in many episodes just how important self-care and stress management are to you as a person and a supervisor. Today, we have a guest, Morgan Starr-Riestis, who has a degree in neuroscience, is a licensed therapist, and had developed her own system to fill the gaps that current mental health practices miss when it comes to healing and growth. In this episode, Morgan goes into more depth about how important it is to keep your nervous system regulated if you want to be productive and get the best outcomes. During our interview, Morgan discusses what happens to your brain under stress; how to handle emotions in the workplace, including during those often-challenging accountability conversations; and finally, how to keep yourself and your team members regulated so you can do the important work in front of you.  

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

It can be challenging to give yourself permission and space to invest in yourself. But you cannot effectively supervise your team, if you don’t have what you need. In today’s episode of My Circus, My Monkeys, I interview Karen Smolarek, Director of TRIO Student Support Services at University of Wisconsin – River Falls and incoming President of the Educational Opportunity Association (EOA). Karen has gone through our Supervisor Strengths Institute, and we just recently did three training sessions for her team. I talked to Karen about how the Institute and those team trainings gave her the tools and support she needed to maximize her team and herself. 

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

The beginning of the school year brings excitement and challenges. Add to that people's emotions and motivations and leading your team can become complicated. In this episode, we unpack a question from an HR Director about how to manage team members who seem to shut down when their excitement is thwarted because their ideas or suggestions aren’t implemented. We'll unpack what might be going on and how supervisors can get clear on how to navigate similar situations.

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

It's August. For most folks in Higher Ed, it's one of the busiest time of the year. If you've already been wondering whether you should stay in your job, this episode might seem like poor timing. But if you're trying to decide whether to stay or go, you need to know whether your institution and your supervisor really have your back. If not now, when? In this episode, we dig into a few things to consider when deciding whether to start that job search, including engagement, your stories and strengths, and fit. 

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

One important aspect of performance management is setting clear expectations for your team members. That can be challenging because supervisors are often so busy, we don’t feel like we have the time to get clear on what we expect. To make things even more complicated, there’s often a story that good employees should go above and beyond basic expectations. In this episode, we unpack where the idea of striving for excellence and doing more might come from. We also discuss how to set clear expectations so you can be both fair and kind to the folks you supervise. 

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

You know there are plenty of things that need to be fixed on your campus and in Higher Education. But when you have staff members that only seem to focus on the negative or are chronic complainers, it can negatively impact your team and add to your stress. Complaining is often a symptom of a larger problem, so in this episode, we’re going to dig into why folks on your team might be focusing on the negative. Then we’ll discuss how to better manage those individuals and prevent them from negatively impacting your team. 

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...

In a recent coaching call, someone asked me what they're supposed to do with all these emotions people are bringing to the workplace these days, especially with newer generations. We had a great discussion, so I wanted to break down a few of the key points we discussed for you here. In this episode, you'll learn the role emotions play in making decisions, how to figure out what those emotions are telling you, and how to more effectively navigate emotions in the workplace. 

I hope this episode resonated with you. Remember any ah-ha moments you had during this episodes, MUST be followed by action or you won't see any changes.

We just started the fall Supervisor Strengths Institute. If this wasn’t the right time for you to join us, I want to offer you a free resource and a challenge...

FREE RESOURCE
Here's the link to get our FREE Supervisor Success Activity Book - https://learn.strengthsuniversity.org/activitybook. You’ll get 20 pages of information and activities focused on energy, stress, and performance management. In addition to the book you’ll be on our mailing list so you never miss out on our great resources and upcoming events.

YOUR CHALLENGE
As I said earlier, change only comes through action. So look through the activity book or relisten to this or another episode. Then pick ONE thing you’re going to focus on for the rest of the semester. Once you decide, write down your plan. List the one thing you’re going to work, your goal, and what exactly you’re going to do to achieve it.

If you want things to be different, you need to be different. I’ll check back in with you about how your plan is going during the semester.

Have questions? Email Anne at [email protected] or set up a meeting with her HERE...