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Sep 6
3 min

Using "Zoom Types" To Be More Effective (and happier) Working Remotely

II was recently asked to develop a workshop about how to be more effective working virtually. . . how to create boundaries, how to stop w...

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Tracy Akresh Stone

Jun 20
4 min

My Wife is Working 12 Hour Days

I had four virtual coaching meetings last week, in the midst of the Covid-19 work-at-home phenomenon. Two of my clients were women and I w...

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Tracy Akresh Stone

Apr 10
3 min

Freedom and Prison

Sheltering in place for the foreseeable future has caused me to think about what it would be like to be in prison. Not in prison during C...

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Tracy Akresh Stone

Mar 19
2 min

Procrastination in the Time of Covid-19

I've been thinking a lot about how stress manifests differently in all of us. For some of us it is hoarding basic supplies, others may de...

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Tracy Akresh Stone

Feb 11
3 min

January is a really stressful month.

If only January could live up to its potential. It has so much potential. And every year, with the changing of the calendar January gets ...

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Being a Middle Manager - Best or Worst of Both Worlds

Tracy Akresh Stone

Oct 30, 2019
4 min

Being a Middle Manager - Best or Worst of Both Worlds

I was delayed at the airport in Dallas and came across a book called "Serve Up, Coach Down." I was initially very excited to see this boo...

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Tracy Akresh Stone

Aug 5, 2019
3 min

Where Are the Leadership Books for Men

Try this experiment: Search: Leadership Books Result: Some really amazing books on how to be a great leader. General leadership books - i...

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Tracy Akresh Stone

Jun 28, 2019
4 min

Don't be an Ambivert

I recently took a marketing class as part of my coaching certification continuing education. I have taken literally dozens of marketing c...

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Would You Cry If Your Boss Left? Leadership Lessons from Preschool

Tracy Akresh Stone

May 26, 2019
5 min

Would You Cry If Your Boss Left? Leadership Lessons from Preschool

The leader inspired a shared vision of what the school was and could be and they were so much more together than they were individually.

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